The Department of Registration and Citizenship within the Ministry of Border Control and Employment wishes to remind all citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands of the importance of checking the validity of their passports whether there are immediate plans to travel, or not. More significantly, the expiry dates on passports must be checked prior to purchasing airline tickets as there are strict guidelines governing the issuance of TCI emergency passport stock.
Emergency temporary passports may be issued locally under the following conditions:
- Contact from Interhealth Canada regarding an EMERGENCY transfer of a patient to another country,
- Urgent business travel by Government Officials and Parliamentarians, and
- Any other travel that may be considered on compassionate grounds.
Further, the Department wishes to advise that Extension to Passports will only be given under careful scrutiny and only if the passport is valid for less than six (6) months.
Additional information and forms may be found on the website www.gov.tc/passports
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