BY SAMIE WAIKORI
The Immigration Division under the Ministry of Commerce (MCILI) will soon provide visa system service at the passport office in Auki, Malaita province.
This is the second phase of the newly established passport service in Auki, as MCILI is behind a plan to introduce this additional immigration service to the passport office.
Senior Immigration Officer, who is in charge of Auki passport office, Mr Selwyn Ramoni announced the plan yesterday as MCILI is working on it.
“Later on, we will go into visa system. The service will provide access of vise at the passport office in Auki. We are working on it and when ready the service will be offered,” he said.
Ramoni said this is an additional service to the current passport service in Auki. The vise system will encourage investors to come and invest in Malaita.
He added that through the investment, opportunities will be created for Malaitans to engage in employment and businesses to support local economy.
Ramoni said Malaita province is looking forward for more development in the province and service is needed to administer immigration needs associate with the developments.
He reiterated that the Immigration Division under MCILI is behind the plan, and as long as things are ready vise service will offer in Auki.
