Gov’t extends deadline on old passports by 14 months

From old to new: MIA says the new EAC branded passports will become mandatory by April 4, 2022.

The government had set January 31,2021 as the deadline for acceptance of old passports. But a statement by the Permanent secretary in MIA, indicates that this has been pushed to April 4, 2022.

The Uganda government introduced machine-readable passports to replace the old type, in conformity with East African Community standards.

MIA Permanent Secretary Benon Mutambi said in a Friday 8, January statement that: “We would like to notify the public of the decision to extend the phase out period from 31st January 2021 to 4th April 2022,” he said.

Mutambi revealed that the Machine-Readable Passports will continue to be used as a valid travel document alongside the new International
e-Passport until 4th April 2022.

“The Government of the Republic of Uganda calls upon the public to take note of the new deadline,” he noted.

He added that: “All citizens who have not yet changed to the new international e-Passport are encouraged to use this window of opportunity to migrate to the new e-Passport to avoid any inconveniences related to the new deadline.”

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