Executive Council met today, Tuesday 21 January 2014. There were four items on the open agenda. The first item was an information paper on the Repatriation of issue of the British Overseas Territories Passport (St Helena) to the UK. Due to the need for increased security features on these passports they will be issued from the UK, starting in December 2014. This process will take longer than the former process and the Immigration Executive has agreed to give further detailed publicity nearer the time. As there will always be people who require passports at short notice for medical evacuations and other emergencies, a stock of blank passports will be held on-Island for these eventualities. This means that even after December 2014, St Helena Passports – for emergencies only – will be available within three days. .... Sean Burns, the previous Administrator of Tristan da Cunha, has been appointed as the next Head of the Governor’s Office and will arrive on Island on Thursday 6 February 2014. The role of Head of the Governor’s Office now carries additional responsibilities, including the role of Acting Governor in the Governor’s absence, a change that reflects the model on the Falkland Islands. .... The visiting Department for International Development (DfID) Development Aid Planning Mission (DAPM) and the St Helena Government have this morning (Saturday, 18 Jan 2014) signed the 2014-15 Aide Memoire (AM). The document was signed by HE Governor Capes and DfID Deputy Head of the Overseas Territories Department, Dr Kenny Dick. .... Full story and links - sthelena.uk.net/newsitems.php?id=2
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:10:05 +0000
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