All cit­i­zens of T&T must have their elec­tron­ic pass­port by No­vem­ber 24 or they will not be al­lowed to trav­el abroad.

This in­for­ma­tion came via a press re­lease from the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty's Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion.

The re­lease ad­vised that all cit­i­zens must be in pos­ses­sion of a ma­chine read­able pass­port when trav­el­ling to a for­eign coun­try.

"This is in keep­ing with the time­line and stan­dards set by the In­ter­na­tion­al Civ­il Avi­a­tion Or­gan­i­sa­tion (ICAO) for in­ter­na­tion­al trav­el," the re­lease stat­ed.

The re­lease stat­ed cit­i­zens who are de­sirous of trav­el­ling abroad and have not yet ap­plied for a ma­chine read­able pass­port are strong­ly ad­vised to do so, giv­en that the old for­mat pass­port will not be ac­cept­ed for trav­el from No­vem­ber 24.