Foreigners to pay more for services

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Published: Friday | January 30, 2009


GOVERNMENT HAS no plans to increase the cost of a passport at this time.

However, foreigners applying for extended stays in the island, and those seeking to become citizens of Jamaica, might soon have to dig deeper to pay increased fees for the services offered by the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA).

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Major Richard Reese told the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee of Parliament that the ministry had made a submission to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for the current fees to be reviewed.

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