South Sudan launches business passports
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July 21, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan launched last week a new type of
passport that will only be issued to the business community.
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A South Sudanese passport (VOA/Karim Zeitvogel)
The passport was launched in the South Sudanese capital Juba on
Tuesday 17 July, by the Directorate of Nationality Passport and
Immigration and the country’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and
Agriculture.
Agustino Maduot, the director general of the directorate, said
business passports had been included in the immigration act.
However, Maduot warned the South Sudan Chamber of Commerce against
recommending criminals and called on the business community not to
abuse the honour of having a passport specifically designated for
them.
“These passports should be given to the right people and so should not
be given to criminals to avoid abuses because it is respected”, he
said, adding that those issued with diplomatic passports should also
portray a good image of the young nation.
The official further stressed that anyone applying for business
passports must possess a South Sudanese nationality certificate, a
certificate of incorporation, a letter of recommendation from the
register of companies, a tax clearance certificate, a Tax
Identification Number (TIN), bank statements covering the past three
years, and be a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
He warned that applicants with criminal records over the past three
years would not eligible to apply for business passports.
The inspector-general of police, Pieng Deng Kuol, urged business
people not to abuse the privilege, as has been the case with some
holders of diplomatic passports, who he accused of being
“undiplomatic” in the way they use the document.
The country’s interior minister, Alison Monani Magaya, who launched
the new business passports, warned that the government would halt the
issue of the new documents, if it is found that non-South Sudanese are
illegally acquiring them.
He said the passports should only be issued to members of the South
Sudanese business community.
Magaya hailed the business community in South Sudan saying that they
are an important group, with an equally important role to play in the
development of the country.
With unemployment continuing to rise, Magaya said the government would
do all it could to support the private sector so as to address the
problem.
The 64-page passports can be obtained for a fee of 3,000 South
Sudanese pounds (SSP). South Sudan now has five different types of
passports, including business, special, diplomatic, citizen and
official ones.
(ST)
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