{"id":13263,"date":"2023-10-17T21:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13263"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:11:58","slug":"linden-passport-office-opens-on-saturdays-for-passport-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-passport-office-opens-on-saturdays-for-passport-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Passport Office Opens on Saturdays for Passport Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Linden Immigration and Passport Office is extending its operating hours to include Saturdays, starting from October 14th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move is aimed at expediting the distribution of passports and eliminating the existing backlog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the backlog issue, the government has committed to clearing approximately 5,700 pending passports, ensuring a prompt issuance to citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergeant Sherwin Dodson, who oversees the Linden office, encourages individuals to collect their passports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasizes that the office is dedicated to providing efficient service and assures that the documents are readily available for pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To accommodate applicants, both the Linden and Immigration offices nationwide will be operating for extended hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In cases where individuals are unable to personally collect their passports, arrangements can be made to authorize a family member for pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For inquiries about document availability, applicants can contact the office at 444-4552 or 444-4553. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergeant Dodson can also be reached at 682-1647.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative reflects the government&#8217;s commitment to streamlining passport issuance for the convenience of citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting by Shawnette Fiedtkou, NCN News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Linden Immigration and Passport Office is extending its operating hours to include Saturdays, starting from October 14th. This move is aimed at expediting the distribution of passports and eliminating&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13265,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13263\/revisions\/13265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}