Director General of Immigration and Citizenship Services Masauko Medi has transferred some top officers within the department with Chief Immigration Officer for Central Region Mrs Martha Mapemba being moved to Mchinji Immigration Office. Mapemba has been posted to Mchinji as officer –in-charge, while Mr S. Kalimanjira, who was Principal Immigration Officer, is now the acting […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal sitting at Blantyre has dismissed an application by controversial Iris Group SA and Challenge International for an injunction stopping Department of Immigration and Citizenship on the procurement of K27 billion contract to upgrade the Passport Issuance System (PIS) and Introduction of the Electronic Passport. The contract was dully awarded to Two Trees Investments […]
Immigration officials in Lilongwe have arrested nine people for illegal stay in the country and for fleeing from Dzaleka Refugee camp in Lilongwe. Immigration Department spokesperson in central region Eric Banda said the illegal immigrants were picked from Kawale, Mchesi, Biwi and City Centre among other areas. “Two of them were arrested for staying in […]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has hailed its officers in the Eastern Region for their hard working spirit and for fighting corruption, particularly in the just ending year, 2018. Permit Officer from the Department’s Headquarters, George Lamya made the commendation on Friday in Mangochi at an end of year party the Eastern Region Immigration […]
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA) cleared the Department of Immigration and Citizenship on the procurement of a $35 million (K27 billion) contract to upgrade the Passport Issuance System (PIS) and Introduction of the Electronic Passport after it had sought clarification on the rules. The department had sought PPDA clarification after it was impressed with […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it is investigating Technobrain, the supplier of Malawi passport books, over the 250 blank passports that went missing last year. ACB director general Reyneck Matemba informed Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority in a letter seen by Nyasa Times reference ACB/ADM/25 dates December 72018 that Techno Brain is “under investigations” by the […]
There was an interface meeting between the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security with the Committee of Parliament on International Relations as reported by The Nation newspaper of Wednesday October 17 2018. According to that report, the Director General of the Immigration is reported to have informed the parliamentarians that the department is unable to […]
Mangochi Second Grade Magistrate’s Court on Friday sentenced 30 – year – old, Christopher Meleka to 20 months imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for being found in possession of a counterfeit passport. Meleka was arrested on November 14 at the Eastern Region Immigration Headquarters in Mangochi when he attempted to replace his lost passport. The […]
Newly refurbished Eastern Region Immigration office in Mangochi is now ready for commissioning, Director General of the Department of Immigration, Masauko Medi has disclosed. Medi who was on a pre-launch assessment visit in Mangochi district said he was impressed with the progress made in the refurbishment of the offices and that it was now ready […]
Immigration department says visa would now be granted online by November end, saying this will help boost tourism in the country. Immigration department spokesperson Joseph Chauwa said the rolling out of the online visa is a milestone in the country’s history, saying tourists will now be able to apply for visa and where applicable pay […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Tuesday resumed hearing of a case in which former minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Uladi Mussa is answering charges of aiding at least 55 foreigners to illegally obtain citizenship while he was a Cabinet minister. First State witness, former chief Immigration officer Hudson Mankhwala, continue to testify. During […]
Chief immigration officer Masauko Medi has said the deaths of three trainees at the department were due to physical stress associated with interview and training. Reports indicate that two of the three trainee immigration officers died while running around Mapanga ground in Blantyre as part of the physical interviews last year while another died this month during his last physical training at Nkula. […]
Printing of passports has finally started in Mangochi following successful installation of the printing machine, the district’s Immigration Officer In-Charge, Vivian Kasambo disclosed on Friday. Kasambo made the disclosure during an extraordinary full council meeting where he invited the council members to visit the immigration office at any time to appreciate the printing process. He […]
A magistrate court in Lilongwe has released on bail the Immigration Department northern region chief, Richard Chadwala and three of his juniors who were arrested last week on allegations of running a multi-million illegal immigrants syndicate. Chadwala and the other three suspects were told to pay a bail bond of K50, 000 each, report to northern region police headquarters fortnightly […]
Malawi police have charged the Northern region immigration chief following his arrest on Saturday on immigration related offences. Police spokesman James Kadadzera said the immigration boss has been charged with an offense of aiding prisoner escape. “We are just finalizing paper work, we will be taking the suspects to court as soon as the paper […]
Malawi government has withdrawn a diplomatic passport for former Cabinet minister Muhammad Sidik Mia who is aspiring to be opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice President at the party’s national convention next month. Business mogul and politician had gone to Immigration Department to renew his passport to travel abroad. But Immigration Department could not issue the […]
The Department of Immigration Tuesday morning apprehended 66 Ethiopians for entering the country illegally. The immigrants were nabbed in the mountains around Phwezi in Rumphi District after a tip by some residents who spotted suspicious people in the mountains. Northern Region Immigration Department Deputy Public Relations Officer Francis Chitambuli confirmed the development on Wednesday. “We […]
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services will host a day-long inter-regional sports day—first of its kind— for its officers at Malawi Defence Force’s (MDF) Parachute Battalion in lakeshore district of Salima on Saturday. According to Wellington Chiponde, Deputy National Publicist for the Department, this maiden social gathering will provide the officers with an opportunity […]