{"id":29750,"date":"2026-05-05T19:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29750"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:46:00","slug":"from-months-to-days-online-system-speeds-up-immigration-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/from-months-to-days-online-system-speeds-up-immigration-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"From months to days: Online system speeds up immigration processing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>-by NaAsia Bristol <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Home Affairs has revamped immigration services,\u00a0allowing applications for visas, work permits and extensions to be completed online\u00a0via the Immigration Support Services platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shift from a paper-based system has significantly improved efficiency,\u00a0reducing processing times from months to as little as two weeks or even days,\u00a0with complete documentation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;All of those services that used to take a very long time, lots of paper,\u00a0requiring heavy in-person presence, turning up to make your payments,\u00a0we&#8217;ve been able to put that entire stream of services online,&#8221;<\/strong> Minister\u00a0of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond said during a recent event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system allows applicants to complete forms in minutes, upload documents\u00a0and track their status without visiting the Ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was further explained by Acting Head of Immigration Support Services, Melessa Pinheiro, who said, &#8220;An applicant can apply within five minutes. Also, it&#8217;s one central.\u00a0It&#8217;s very transparent. It&#8217;s predictable.\u00a0If we&#8217;re saying that once you make an application and you have all your documents,\u00a0you will receive an approval based on the amount within a couple of days.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the digital system&#8217;s rollout in October 2025,\u00a0over 13,000 applications have been approved, primarily for work permits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily processing increased from about 60 to 150 approvals,\u00a0a crucial development as Guyana seeks to attract foreign workers\u00a0in light of its rapid economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-by NaAsia Bristol The Ministry of Home Affairs has revamped immigration services,\u00a0allowing applications for visas, work permits and extensions to be completed online\u00a0via the Immigration Support Services platform. This shift&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350,364],"tags":[488,370,982,455,412,405],"class_list":["post-29750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news","category-technology","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-immigration","tag-ministry-of-home-affairs","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29750","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29752,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29750\/revisions\/29752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}