Electronic passports: Tanzania vs Kenya

Electronic passports: Tanzania vs Kenya

kennedy0000 said:
Still. The 800,000 Kenyans is also not the total in Kenya. It's only those who had converted to the new one.
By then, 1.5 million Kenyans were yet to shift to the electronic one.
Meaning there are over 2.3 million Kenyans with passports.

www.capitalfm.co.ke

1.5 million Kenyans yet to acquire new passport as deadline looms

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 12 - Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has revealed that about 1.5 million Kenyans are yet to apply for the new E-Passport and - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke
www.capitalfm.co.ke www.capitalfm.co.ke
Click to expand...

Well, there are a number of things, first you don't just get a passport in Tanzania, you need to have a trip. And to get a biometric passport you need a national ID (unless you live abroad). And it takes time to get one especially for people who don't have the right documentation. Plus, you also need at least one parent's birth certificate (they used to accept a male parent passport)

In Tanzania there are a lot of people who use their fathers first name as their last. So when people at NIDA (National ID) find a mismatch between a father and a child's last names they'll put that application on hold. This usually takes several months to complete and most people just give up.

So you can see that there are a lot of hoops to jump through, to get a passport in Tanzania.

Before 2016, it used to be easy to get one, (with bribe money of course) which resulted in so many people from other countries holding our passport. Some of these people were criminals and painted a bad picture of our country when ever they got caught with drugs. To tackle that, the government made it extremely hard to get a new one even for those who need to renew.
 
Chamoto said:
Well, there are a number of things, first you don't just get a passport in Tanzania, you need to have a trip. And to get a biometric passport you need a national ID (unless you live abroad). And it takes time to get one especially for people who don't have the right documentation. Plus, you also need at least one parent's birth certificate (they used to accept a parent's passport)

In Tanzania there are a lot of people who use their fathers first name as their last. So when people at NIDA (National ID) find a mismatch between a father and a child's last names they'll put that application on hold. This usually takes several months to complete and most people just give up.

So you can see that there are a lot of hoops to jump through, to get a passport in Tanzania.

Before 2016, it used to be easy to get one, (with bribe money of course) which resulted in so many people from other countries holding our passport. Some of these people were criminals and painted a bad picture of our country when ever they got caught with drugs. To tackle that, the government made it extremely hard to get a new one even for those who need to renew.
Click to expand...

Tanzania's case is no different from any 3rd world country.
Many Kenyans will swear its harder to get a passport here.

Parents IDs, birth certificate, lawyer's signature, hefty amount etc.

Many Kenyans have a hard time getting their IDs leave alone passport.
 
kennedy0000 said:
Tanzania's case is no different from any 3rd world country.
Many Kenyans will swear its harder to get a passport here.

Parents IDs, birth certificate, lawyer's signature, hefty amount etc.

Many Kenyans have a hard time getting their IDs leave alone passport.
Click to expand...
You don't get it, Kenya's immigration laws are way softer than Tanzania's and to give you an example of that, you guys allow dual citizenship status, we don't!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Our Community

Regional Communities

Back
Top Bottom
Menu
Forums
New posts
Log in
Register