CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA

December 2015
Jacquelyn Hamer
Deputy Consul General
Cooperative Republic of Guyana

The Consulate General of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana wishes to inform the Guyanese Community that it has in its custody a large number of unclaimed Machine Readable Passports. Several of these have expired or are soon to be expired.

Even though expired, these passports will still be required for the processing of new passports by applicants at the regular fee. Any passport application unaccompanied by the expired passport carries an additional fee.

The Consulate General is urging those Guyanese who applied for passports from 2009 and have not uplifted them, to do so as early as possible before March 31, 2016. After this date, a fee of US$35 per month will be charged for each additional month that the passports remain in its custody until June 30, 2016. All Machine Readable Passports remaining in its custody after this date will be returned to Georgetown.

For those who may be unable to uplift their passports in person can arrange to have them collected by an authorized person who must present adequate identification.

The passports can be uplifted from its offices at 308 W38 Street, New York on Monday-Friday from 9am-3pm. To inquire whether their passports are among those in its custody, persons can call (212) 497 5110-5119 or email guyanaconsulate@hotmail.com.

The Consulate General would appreciate the assistance of all Guyanese in sharing this information with all those Guyanese with whom they may be in contact.