Saturday, May 05, 2007
Iraqi Type S passports to be recognised in Jordan till September
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(Al Mada Newspaper) - 2 MAY - The Jordanian government decided to keep working with Iraqi Type S Passports until September. Saad Al Hayani, Iraqi Ambassador in Jordan, announced, “Last May, the Jordanian government decide to cancel officially recognizing the Iraqi Type S Passport in June [2007]. However, the Iraqi government submitted a request to the Jordanian government to allow for Iraqi Type S Passports to be recognized by Jordan until September.”
The Iraqi Ambassador added, “The number of Iraqis living in Jordan reached more than 700,000. We need an extension of time to issue the new Type G Passports. The procedure for issuing a new passport in Jordan for Iraqis takes about a month to process the paperwork through Baghdad before a new one is issued.” Al Hayani added, “All Iraqis need the new Type G Passport because all of them have types N, M, and S passports which can not be used since 2006. There are five types of passports used in Iraq. Two types were used during the former regime. Types N and S were used under Saddam and these passports contained his picture but no one has been able to use them since 2006.
Labels: Iraq, Jordan, Saad Al Hayani, series S passports, Type G Passports
