The Port-of- Spain branch of the pass­port of­fice has been moved to the Gov­ern­ment Cam­pus Plaza.

In a press re­lease is­sued this af­ter­noon, the Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion an­nounced sev­er­al changes to the op­er­a­tion of pass­port of­fices.

Per­sons will now be re­quired to make new pass­port ap­point­ments on­line in­stead of call in ap­point­ments as was pre­vi­ous­ly done.

This is just one of the changes an­nounced by the Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion.

The fol­low­ing is a press re­lease from the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty:

The Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty wish­es to ad­vise that pass­port ser­vices have re­sumed at its Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion of­fices. Mem­bers of the pub­lic are asked to take note of the fol­low­ing changes to pass­port ser­vices, con­sis­tent with the sys­tem up­grade which com­menced in April 2020 to en­hance Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion op­er­a­tions in align­ment with in­ter­na­tion­al best prac­tice.

Re­lo­ca­tion of the Port of Spain Pass­port Of­fice

The Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion of­fice lo­cat­ed at No. 67 Fred­er­ick Street, Port of Spain will be re­lo­cat­ed to the Gov­ern­ment Cam­pus Plaza, No. 3–9 Rich­mond Street, Port of Spain from Mon­day June 08, 2020. From that date, the Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion will no longer pro­vide ser­vices to the pub­lic from No. 67 Fred­er­ick Street, Port of Spain.

Sched­ul­ing of New Pass­port Ap­point­ments

The pre­vi­ous call-in sys­tem used to make ap­point­ments via tele­phone num­ber (868) 225-4664, has been dis­con­tin­ued. Pass­port ap­point­ments will now be fa­cil­i­tat­ed on­line via the web­site www.ttpass­port.in­fo Na­tion­als seek­ing an ap­point­ment to ap­ply for a first-is­sue Ma­chine Read­able Pass­port or for a re­new­al, will be re­quired to book their ap­point­ment on­line, go­ing for­ward.

Pass­port Ap­point­ments al­ready sched­uled from June 08, 2020

Per­sons with con­firmed pass­port ap­point­ments from Mon­day June 08, 2020 are asked to keep their ap­point­ment. Ap­pli­cants should come to the ap­point­ment venue no ear­li­er than ten (10) min­utes be­fore the sched­uled time as on­ly a lim­it­ed num­ber will be al­lowed in­to the of­fices at a time, in keep­ing with Gov­ern­ment’s pre­cau­tion­ary mea­sures aimed at mit­i­gat­ing the spread of COVID-19.

Missed ap­point­ments dur­ing the Stay-at-Home pe­ri­od, March to May 2020

Per­sons who missed their pass­port ap­point­ment dur­ing the pe­ri­od March 31, 2020 to June 05, 2020, will be ac­com­mo­dat­ed from Mon­day June 15, 2020 uti­liz­ing a dai­ly al­pha­bet­i­cal sys­tem. The tem­po­rary al­pha­bet­i­cal sys­tem will be uti­lized at ALL Im­mi­gra­tion (pass­port) of­fices as fol­lows:

          Mon­days: Per­sons with sur­names start­ing with the let­ters A to D

          Tues­days: Per­sons with sur­names start­ing with the let­ters E to K

          Wednes­days: Per­sons with sur­names start­ing with the let­ters L to Q

          Thurs­days: Per­sons with sur­names start­ing with the let­ters R to T

          Fri­days: Per­sons with sur­names start­ing with the let­ters U to Z

On­ly per­sons who missed pass­port ap­point­ments dur­ing the pe­ri­od March 31, 2020 to June 05, 2020 will be ac­com­mo­dat­ed us­ing this tem­po­rary sys­tem. These per­sons are urged to vis­it the Im­mi­gra­tion of­fice most con­ve­nient to them as soon as pos­si­ble, with all the re­quired doc­u­men­ta­tion to ap­ply for a pass­port. All ap­pli­cants must pro­duce their ap­point­ment ref­er­ence num­ber in or­der to be ac­com­mo­dat­ed un­der the tem­po­rary sys­tem. Per­sons not in pos­ses­sion of all the re­quired doc­u­ments when they vis­it im­mi­gra­tion of­fices will be di­rect­ed to sched­ule a new ap­point­ment.

Ex­pe­dit­ed pass­port ap­pli­ca­tions will on­ly be fa­cil­i­tat­ed at the Im­mi­gra­tion of­fice lo­cat­ed at Gov­ern­ment Cam­pus Plaza, No. 3–9 Rich­mond Street, Port of Spain.

Per­sons with queries re­lat­ed to pass­port ser­vices can con­tact the Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion via email ad­dress im­mi­gra­tion.pass­ports@gov.tt