Update (12/26/2022) – by DT
The Federal Police (PF) informed at the end of last week that around 108,701 people are waiting to receive their passport?? The preparation of new documents has been suspended since the 1st of December due to lack of funds and there is no expected return.
The number released by the PF corresponds to requests made until last Thursday (22). Despite the suspension of the service, the online scheduling for the issuance and service at the Federal Police stations continue to function normally.
The queue includes people who have already completed all the bureaucratic processes and are just waiting for the document to be printed and delivered. “For the time being, there is no forecast for the resumption of issuance, but there is good expectation that it will be soon”, said the PF, in a note.
Please note that, On November 19, the first interruption in service occurred?? Production was temporarily resumed after six days, with the release of R$ 37.4 million in budget credit made by the Ministry of Economy.
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However, the issuance was interrupted again on December 1st. The PF awaits the presidential sanction of a bill, approved by the National Congress on December 15th.which releases a supplementary credit of R$ 596.2 million.
The amount approved is for various Executive bodies, including for the preparation of passports. To issue the document, you must pay a fee of R$ 257.25. In the case of the emergency version, the price rises to R$ 334.42.
Original text (11/18/2022)
The Federal Police announced on Friday night (18th) that issuing passports will be interrupted as of tomorrow, Saturday (19th). The reason given by the agency was a lack of funds to carry out the activities of this sector.
According to the note published by the PF, there was an “insufficiency of the budget allocated to activities related to migratory control and issuing of travel documents”.
Making passports will be suspended from Saturday
The PF informs that the manufacture of new passports is suspended as of this Saturday (19). The measure stems from the insufficient budget allocated to migration control activities and the issuance of travel documents. pic.twitter.com/Xwf5YmT6Gl
— Federal Police (@policiafederal) November 18, 2022
The PF did not give a date for when the passport making service will be normalized. Scheduling, however, is still available at agency posts and online. already theOther services of the corporation will not be interrupted, according to the institution.
It is worth mentioning that it is necessary to pay a fee of R$ 257.25 to issue a passport. In the case of the emergency version, the price rises to R$ 334.42. In June, the federal government presented a new model of the documentwhich promises to be Safer against fraud.
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Still according to the Federal Police, the issuance of the emergency passport is maintained for situations that require the travel document and cannot demonstrably wait for the normal period of preparation and delivery of the same.
The government has not yet commented on the suspension of the issuance of passports by the Federal Police.
