Africa-Press – Angola. Four thousand,477 migratory acts, between nationals and foreigners, were processed this year by the Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) in the province of Huambo, one thousand,552 more compared to the same previous period.
The information was provided this Wednesday by the SME spokesperson in Huambo, chief inspector Marlene Matokissa, who explained that these migratory acts include two thousand 993 nationals (another thousand 431) and a thousand 484 foreigners (another 121 ).
Regarding foreigners, he said they were citizens of 42 nationalities, with emphasis on Mauritanian (312), Eritrean (151), Ivorian (150), Cuban (117), Vietnamese (115) and with a smaller population, Czech, with 13.
According to the official, the institution currently controls 1,450 foreigners, 483 of whom have work visas, 143 temporary stay visas, one an investor visa, 89 resident cards, 202 refugee cards, 241 declaration holders. asylum seeker receipts and 286 asylum seeker receipts.
Passport issuance
He mentioned that over the same period, two thousand,829 ordinary passports were issued, an increase of one thousand,552 compared to the same previous period, as well as another 41 service passports (35 more) while foreigners were given 842 different documents (more 38).
To date, added chief inspector Marlene Matokissa, the institution has yet to deliver 665 ordinary passports, the issuance of which, according to the law, varies between 15 and 90 days.
He informed that the institution has been making telephone contacts with passport holders, with the aim of preventing them from losing their validity period at the SME counter, as the measure involves persuading them to proceed with the collection.
Therefore, the person responsible reiterated the appeal to national and foreign citizens with unresolved documents to go to the counter of the Migration and Foreigners Service in the province of Huambo or to consult, via the website sme.gov.ao.
The Migration and Foreigners Service, abbreviated as SME, is the central executive body of the Ministry of the Interior, with administrative autonomy and budgetary management, which is responsible for executing the policies and legislative and regulatory measures related to the entry, transit, exit and control of stay and activities of foreign citizens in national territory.
It is also the responsibility of the SME to promote, coordinate and execute measures and actions related to those activities.
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