Immigration authorities and the police have rounded people who cross the border between Malawi and Tanzania illegally by using unchartered routes. This comes amid concern that latest cases of coronavirus are being imported from Tanzania. The authorities rounded up the illegal cross borderers at Songwe Border in Karonga amid enhanced security to arrest spread of […]
There is an unspoken of evil labour practice that continues to consume the working spirit in most international companies operating in the country and some organisations with strong links to international interests, Nyasa Times has established. Qualified Malawians and others with more high-grade and internationally recognised skills and papers are left-out in preference to international […]
Government has said Malawi Police Services has sealed all uncharted routes that people could be using to cross borders uncharted, which remains a threat in the face of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi has said this at a news conference in Lilongwe addressed by a Special Cabinet Committee on Covid-19. He […]
The Director General of Immigration and Citizenship Services, Masauko Medi, has urged immigration officers in the country to institute intensive patrols and seal off uncharted routes in the country’s bordering districts as a measure of containing the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the country. Malawi is still safe from Covid-19, which has claimed 0ver […]
Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) on Friday conducted COVID-19 orientation workshop targeting employees of various government departments and private organizations working at Mwanza Border Post. PHIM Deputy Team Leader Dr. Evelyn Chitsa Banda said her organization conducted the workshop in order to sensitize the staff on causes, transmission and prevention of the disease which […]
Malawi government has suspended issuing visas on arrival to visitors as part of drastic measures to prevent coronavirus for hitting the country which has so far not registered any case. The suspensions were the latest measures imposed after President Peter Mutharika on Friday declared a State of Disaster. In a circular to all Malawi diplomatic […]
High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has put the judiciary on spot on how questionable justice delivery is delivered in the country following his order that the Department of Immigration should not deport four Chinese nationals upon their arrival in the country amidst fear of the spread of the deadly Coronavirus. But the Department of Immigration has […]
Immigration authorities at Mwanza border and police have arrested a 60-year-old Bristish woman for allegedly entering the country using unchartered routes. Mwanza border immigration spokesperson Pasqually Zulu says the details on her photocopies of a passport which she claims was lost in South Africa, indicate she is Cheryl Ann Dee and was born in Brisbane, […]
Director General of Immigration Masauko Medi has urged immigration officers through the country to be vigilant in enforcing the Citizenship Act by vigorously checking immigrants as a precaution measure.to prevent the deadly Coronavirus from spreading into Malawi. Medi said this on Friday when the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services held an emergency meeting at […]
Immigration Department and Citizenship Services Deputy Public Relations Officer, Wellington Chiponde says over 3,000 travel documents have been issued using the newly introduced e-passport system. The department launched electronic passport system in December, last year (2019) which replaces Machine Readable Zone passports. The new system was introduced to meet international Civil Aviation Organisation requirement to […]
Blantyre-based South African businessperson Wayne Thomas James.at the heart of an immigration wrangle flew back in the country on Tuesday via Chileka Airport in Blantyre where he was welcomed by his wife and three children. The businessman, who runs Affordable Aluminium, an aluminium frame fabrication company in Blantyre, was unceremoniously deported two weeks ago after […]
Malawi’s chief immigration officer, Masauko Medi and his deputy, Fletcher Nyirenda, faces an arrest over a decision by Home Affairs minister Nicholas Dausi to deport a South African who alleges some people “stole” his company. The High Court in Blantyre has directed South African businessman Wayne James, a claimant in a case to file contempt […]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services is finally moving from the machine readable zone (MRZ) passports to electronic passports (e-passports) along with new fees effective next week Tuesday, January 14 2019, it has been confirmed. Immigration Department spokesperson Joseph Chauwa said the e-passport is aimed at meeting International Civil Aviation Organisation security requirements which seek […]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Servicessays it has shut down its offices for new passport applicants as it is migrating from machine readable passports to e-passports aimed at meeting International Civil Aviation Organisation security requirements which seek to enhance security. An e-passport is the same as a traditional one with the addition of a small […]
Deputy commissioner of immigration who is also chief passport officer, Annie Kaonga has asked immigration officers to use appropriate laws to send back to refugee camps all refugees who are staying outside their camps illegally. Kaonga said this on during a Christmas party which the eastern region office organised at La Raviera resort in Mangochi. […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha is reportedly pushing the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services to increase the price of a Malawi passport to around K72 000. It it clear intention for Mwanamvekha to raise more money for government and at any cost. The fees are currently at K48 […]
Printing of Malawi passports has temporarily halted as the printers are said to have run out of the printing books. Sources at the Immigration department says the passports have not been printed for three weeks now in what is said to be government failure to buy the books for the printer. However, Immigration department spokesperson […]
Visitors to Malawi can now get visa online from November 1, officials from the Immigration department have said. This means travellers to this country will now be able to apply and process visa online as the e-visa portal will allow applicants to fill and submit an application, upload required documents including photos and pay for […]