BERBICIANS will soon benefit from a $57.5M Passport and Immigration Office following the symbolic turning of the sod by Citizenship Minister Winston Felix and Mayor Winifred Haywood last Saturday.
The office will be located at Garrison Road, Fort Canje, New Amsterdam.
The single-flat, 40×100 feet concrete edifice will be built by M&P Investment (Maria and Pierre Walcott) and construction is expected to commence on December 15 and be completed on April 2018.
The building will have an upper flat and 95 per cent of the workforce will be drawn from the New Amsterdam township.
The building when completed will be a fulfilment of a promise made by the coalition government to decentralise immigration services.
Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony, Minister Felix said prior to the government taking office, about 400 passports were prepared daily, but that number increased to 650 afterwards.
The office will be located at Garrison Road, Fort Canje, New Amsterdam.
The single-flat, 40×100 feet concrete edifice will be built by M&P Investment (Maria and Pierre Walcott) and construction is expected to commence on December 15 and be completed on April 2018.
The building will have an upper flat and 95 per cent of the workforce will be drawn from the New Amsterdam township.
The building when completed will be a fulfilment of a promise made by the coalition government to decentralise immigration services.
Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony, Minister Felix said prior to the government taking office, about 400 passports were prepared daily, but that number increased to 650 afterwards.
