Malawi’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has run out of passport booklets — leaving desperate applicants without their vital travel documents for months and sparking fresh fears over the government’s ability to deliver even the most basic of public services. An investigation has revealed the department has, for several weeks, been unable to issue […]
Inside the alleged network where an Indian restaurant worker and corrupt officials reportedly sold visas, work permits and tip-offs to foreign nationals bypassing Malawi’s borders A shadowy parallel immigration operation is reportedly producing fake visas, work permits and residence permits for foreign nationals in Malawi, allegedly working hand-in-glove with corrupt immigration officials to bypass the […]
Homeland Security Minister Peter Mukhito has issued a stark warning that corruption within Malawi’s security institutions goes far beyond simple misconduct, branding it a genuine threat to the country’s national security. Mukhito delivered the blunt message in Karonga District on Monday, during a familiarisation tour and meeting with officers from the Malawi Police Service, the […]
Malawi’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has confirmed that investigations into a widespread passport fraud scheme involving middlemen and, disturbingly, officers within its own ranks are now at an advanced stage, with several suspects already in police custody. Department spokesperson Pasqually Zulu revealed the immigration service is deeply concerned by mounting reports of passport […]
Malawi’s passport system has ground to a complete standstill — leaving desperate applicants stranded without travel documents for a full week, as ageing machines break down and booklets run dry. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has produced not a single passport in seven days, insiders claim, plunging travellers hoping to go abroad for […]
Government says it is investigating some foreign enterprises for obtaining business resident permits without following proper procedures. This follows revelations that most of foreign entrepreneurs ply their trade in locations reserved for locals, hence exerting unfair competition. Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe said that an investigation has been instituted to flush out illegal traders. Chitipa […]
Malawi government would probe the award of diplomatic passports to South Africa based prophet Shepherd Bushiri, his wife Mary and other individuals during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime, Nyasa Times understands. Bushiri was issued a diplomatic passport following political directives, Nyasa Times learnt from Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services. Former chief immigration officer […]
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has deported four illegal immigrants from Malawi. Immigration officials disclosed the four had over stayed their welcome in Malawi and were failing to pay for there work permits. Nyasa Times sources at the Department said the foreign nationals were advised to pay for their working permits which they […]
Ethanol producer, Ethanol Company (EthCo) has donated 200 litres of hand sanitizers to the Immigration department in the central region in readiness for the opening of the borders which were closed due to the novel coronavirus. EthCo Operations Manager Derek Zamaere said they decided to respond to the request from the Immigration department because health […]
The Immigration Department has arrested a Nigerian man who was trying to process for a Malawian passport on the pretext he married a Malawian woman. Chukwuma Kanayo Gbubhemobi is reported to have entered Malawi sometime during the novel pandemic Covid-19 times, officials at the Department said. The Malawian woman, Precious Ngwata, from Matekenya Village, Traditional […]
Government has appointed Commissioner of Police for the Northern Region, Hannings Mlotha, as the new Director-General for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services. Mlotha replaces Masauko Medi who has been redeployed to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs where he is going to take up the post of Principal Secretary (PS) administration. According […]
Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has said that secure borders are crucial for national security and development. Borders protect people from outside threats like Coronavirus and generate revenue for government to carry out developmental programmes. Speaking at Muloza Border Post in Mulanje on Monday where he addressed Police and Immigration Officers as part […]
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday questioned Chief Immigration Officer Masauko Medi and several other officers at Immigration office in Blantyre. The bureau also conducted a search at Immigration Headquarters in Blantyre and residences of some immigration officials as part of investigations. But ACB director general Reyneck Matemba said no arrests have been effected […]
The Immigration Department officials arrested a group of 67 illegal workers – all Indian national – at the Salima Sugar Factory for working without work permits. during a raid on Wednesday barely a day after Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda paid a surprise visit to the factory . The immigration officers surrounded the […]
Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has been stopped at Malawi-Zambia border in Mchinji while trying to flee the country to neighbouring Zambia. Ansah was reportedly travelling on a Toyota VX Land Cruiser registration number MG 236 AK. Officer in-charge at Mchinji boarder Steve Chirambo confirmed that Ansah told officials she was going […]
The just promoted Departent of Immigration and Citizenship Services sergeants in Malawi have vowed never to commit themselves effectively to their normal duties if management will not take heed to their reservations on the promotions which were effected on May 12. In the letter addressed to the Director General of the department Immigration and Citizenship […]
Sub Inspectors at Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services say they are not happy with the move by management for not considering them for promotions. On Tuesday the department announced that it has promoted all constables to sergeants and all sergeants to sub inspectors, the last rank of junior officers. The move came after the junior […]
Staff at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Service have threatened to abandon border and entry points of the country if the government fails to give them coronavirus (Covid-19) risk allowances. In a letter seen by Nyasa Times, the staff are also demanding promotions. They accuse the government of bowing down to demands by the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) […]