The management and officers of Maldives Immigration has held
Kashavaru-2019, an event to celebrate the achievements of 2019. The event was
held on 29th December in the Immigration Head Office at Velaanaage.
Controller General Mohamed Ahmed Hussain introduced an animated
video in the event, which presents the achievements of Immigration in 2019. As
the video displays, Immigrations achievements were on several areas. Hence,
they include the achievements in decentralizing services, providing convenient
services to customers, building public trust, minimizing the undocumented
expatriates, strengthening border security and building human resources.
The achievements of Maldives Immigration in 2019 include the
following;
1. Introduction of passport application service via email
with online payment procedure.
2. Publishing Immigration statistics to ensure transparency.
3. Processing of entry clearance for business visa and new
employment visa holders from Gan International Airport.
4. Processing of Business Visa within 48 hours.
5. Twenty-seven suspected cases of human trafficking
submitted to investigating bodies.
6. Decentralization of Immigration services by establishing
an Immigration office in HA. Atoll.
7. A Document Examination Lab established in Gan
International Airport to strengthen border security.
8. Introduction of a mobile device for immigration clearance
at seaport for the first time.
9. Introduction of En-route Clearance Service at Seaport
(For efficiency and ease of service, Immigration Officers will join the
passenger liners from its last port of embarkation for processing entry
clearance of crews and passengers arriving to Maldives).
10. Commencement of online work visa service for the first
time.
11. Establishment of Call center service for the first time
to ensure access to information.
12. Introduction of Rashun service to decentralize
immigration services.
13. Development of human resource by providing further study
opportunities to twenty-five Immigration officers.
14. In-house training conducted to 131 Immigration officers
and 48 participants from other related institutions to gain relevant skills and
knowledge.
Addressing in the event, Controller General Mohamed Ahmed
Hussain and Deputy Controller Ibrahim Ashraf appreciated the hardship and
dedication of the management and the officers in achieving the milestones. They
further stressed on reaching such heights in 2020 as well.
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