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August 01, 2023
Minnis concerned as 19 passports are missing

THE temporary misplacement of 19 passports at the Passport Office has sparked a police investigation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

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July 14, 2023
Passport Office strained by influx of applications since court ruling

THE Passport Office has received about 11 to 125 applications a week from New Providence residents affected by the Privy Council's landmark citizenship ruling, according to Chief Passport Officer Kingsley Smith.

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June 26, 2023
Residents React To New Passport Application Changes

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Many are unaware of the new protocol change which affects those whose father is a citizen of The Bahamas, and mother is of foreign-descent.

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June 23, 2023
Children of unwed dads may apply for passport

THE passport office will begin accepting applications from people affected by the landmark Privy Council ruling on citizenship as of June 26 if the applicant's father is identified on their birth certificate.

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June 23, 2023
Passport Office will accept applications of those impacted by citizenship ruling, govt says

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday that the Passport Office will on Monday accept the applications of people impacted by a recent Privy Council ruling that under Article 6 of The Bahamas constitution all children born in The Bahamas out of wedlock to a Bahamian father and a foreign mother are Bahamians at birth. ...
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News Article
June 23, 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces passport application protocol change

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — People born to unwed Bahamian men and foreign women will as of Monday, June 26 be able to apply for a passport as long as their father's name appears on their birth certificate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday. "The Ministry is working closely with the Office of the Attorney General [...]

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June 13, 2023
Pinder: Passport Office sees influx of applications after Privy Council citizenship ruling

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said the passport office has received an influx of applications following the recent Privy Council ruling granting citizenship to children born out of wedlock to Bahamian men.

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June 13, 2023
Passport Office Flooded With Applications

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Applications are flooding into the Passport Office after the Privy Council ruling which said anyone born out of wedlock in The Bahamas, to a Bahamian father and foreign mother should have the right to a Bahamian passport at birth.

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August 22, 2010
Claims that passport office employee received bribe are being investigated

By ALISON LOWE

Tribune Staff Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

SENIOR officers at the Passport Office are investigating claims made on a local talk show that an employee at the passport office requested and received a bribe from a mother applying for passports for her two children - and later got himself caught red handed when he was recorded talking about it on her cellphone.

Deputy Prime Minis...

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April 14, 2023
Show us the Lease and what is this about Bahamian Passports?

“We knew it was locked up in an endless back and fourth, and there was conflict over the Crown Land” “In conversations with the Government, it was agreed to remove the three acres; take those out of the equation and uncomplicated the entire project”

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