The Ministry of Immigration is set to roll out an electronic visa application system.
Deputy Secretary for Immigration Joseph Keter says the system will reduce physical contact between the applicants and the personnel at the ministry while speeding up the process of acquiring visas.
The system is also of help especially for applicants in countries inSouth AmericaandAsiawho have often found it difficult to access their travel document in good time.
Keter noted that the move will also have a multiplier effect with the government reducing expenditure while increasing revenue collection.
Keter who addressed a sensitization workshop for senior staff from the ministry of immigration organized by the National Anti-Corruption Campaign Steering Committee, said among a raft of measures aimed at streamlining operations at the ministry will also be the introduction of the electronic birth certificate application system.
Keter said this will help to reduce the time spent by parents seeking to have their children’s birth registrations done.
He said in three years, the Local Area Network will be in place connecting the central office inNairobito all the 47 counties together with the development of the national integrated population system upgrade that will enable the new service to come into effect.
And the Steering Committee Director Dr Hukka Wario appealed to the public to stop viewing immigrants negatively, but as an important component of economic development of the country.
“We have already welcomed investors into the country and those who are investing in large sums of capital ought to be seen as helping in the development of the country and not merely as immigrants,” said Dr Wario.
Vice Chairperson Rose Olende called on the public to change their perception of the ministry of immigration and instead seek the requisite documents in good time to reduce inconveniences that are at times blamed on corruption.
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