The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis will cover all costs in processing new E passports that were issued between January 2012 and July 2014 that do not include the place of birth or show any legal name changes.
This was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security, Elvis Newton on Tuesday morning’s edition of “Freedom Fm’s Good Morning St Kitts and Nevis.” Mr. Newton said the customary EC $150 in stamps to process the passport, will be absorbed by the government as the ten-year validity period would not have expired.
However, in the case where a baby was issued a passport, a current photo identification will be required as the features would have changed. Once a reissuance form is completed, citizens in St. Kitts can return their travel document to the Passport Office, which is operating under temporary extended hours – on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In Nevis, the forms and passports should be returned to the Premier’s Office.
Passport holders living overseas should return the document to the nearest mission in New York, Washington D.C., London, Toronto, The Republic of China (Taiwan), Cuba, Jamaica or Nigeria.
The re issuance period began on Wednesday (December 10) and concludes on January 31, 2015.
The Permanent Secretary added that the re issuance is in keeping with Government’s policy to ensure that the travel document continues to adhere to and comply with the highest international standards.