Two years after it was announced by the President Martelly https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3517-haiti-social-a-haitian-passport-valid-for-10-years-next-year.html , the Haitian passport valid for 10 years is ready, but not available... This is what confirmed Claude Raymond Junior, the Director General of the service of immigration and emigration, which says wait for the green light from the government to start issuing the passport "long duration".

Should we see in the waiting for the green light, the fact that this 10-year passport will cost 10,000 gourdes as appears in the Finance Bill 2012-2013 (waiting to be passed by the Senate after being ratified by the House low), a measure that should bring according to estimates nearly 150 million gourdes to the State... Should also be specify that in this same bill, passport with a duration of 5 years increased from 1.600 to 3.500 gourdes.

Note that in the last 3 years, about 700,000 Haitian passports were issued.

Note that before to be ratified by the Senate, the Senators can make changes in the draft Finance Bill 2012-2013 including on this fee proposal.

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