Namibia has introduced the country’s first electronic identity card.

The Executive Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security says the mutual visa exemption agreement between Namibia and China is strictly applicable to holders of diplomatic and official passports.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Albert Kawana, reaffirmed the government's commitment to infrastructure development when he inaugurated immigration facilities at Impalila and Kasika in the Zambezi Region.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security is happy with the progress made with the construction of the Home Affairs office building at Katima Mulilo. 

The flagship project will accommodate departments dealing with civil registration and immigration. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security has garnered praise from lawmakers in the National Council following the announcement of an additional N$32 million allocation to enhance its services.

The Kavango West Region will soon have its own improved Civic Affairs Office.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security has plans in the pipeline to construct a regional civic affairs office at Nkurenkuru.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security has issued a public alert regarding a syndicate engaged in the production and sale of counterfeit Namibian birth certificates and IDs.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security has reached its target of registering 50,000 people for birth certificates and identification documents through the ongoing mass registration.

Additionally, 7,332 applicants were registered as stateless and undocumented persons.

While celebrating the completion and opening of roads on Impalila Island on Thursday, the Roads Authority (RA) handed over additional infrastructure and funds to the community.

Untraceable sources, chancetakers, and uncooperative parents are some of the concerns about the ongoing mass registration process countrywide. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security is conducting the mass registration outreach programme across all 14 regions of Namibia.