MINISTRY OF BORDER CONTROL AND EMPLOYMENT
The Passport Office within the Registration and Citizenship Department, Ministry of Border Control and Employment wishes to remind all citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands to check the validity of their passports whether there are immediate plans to travel, or not. More importantly, the expiry dates on passports must be checked prior to purchasing airline tickets as there are strict guidelines governing the issuance of TCI emergency passport stock.
The following do not meet the criteria to have an emergency temporary passport issued locally.
·the discovery of a soon to be expired or already expired passport, before or after the purchase of an airline ticket,
·a pre-planned business trip, vacation or doctor’s appointment overseas, and
·accidental or intentional damage to a valid passport as a result of inattentiveness, for example spilling liquids on a passport, washing a passport in a washing machine and defacing or tearing passport pages.
Emergency temporary passports may be issued locally under the following conditions.
When there is contact from the hospital regarding an EMERGENCY transfer of a patient to another country and the patient concerned is not in possession of a valid travel document.
When there is urgent business travel by senior government officials and parliamentarians; and,
Any other travel that may be considered on compassionate grounds.
Additional information and forms may be found on the website www.gov.tc/passports
