Anyone has a link in the immigration office?

[Ry an]

You mean PCO ? Passport control officer. I already spoke to the one in point fortin where i had applied and she told me she submitted everything.

I just praying right now to get through.

[Kes67]

Yep that's it. Hope you get through

[javishm]

grande office answering there phone and hanging up now

[sekhar_777]

grande office answering there phone and hanging up now

People really get away with anything here..

[hustla_ambition101]

So they back to work on a half day capacity, Grande lines getting insane though. Only good thing with Grande is as long as your ducks in a row for the drop off facility you spend 2-3 minutes with the officer and you're done

[RASC]

How things working out with people today???

[sekhar_777]

Anyone actually got there renewed Passport?

[hustla_ambition101]

A friend who applied a couple months ago got hers....grande

[pete]

My parents got theirs a few weeks ago. Had applied a month and a half before. Unfortunately they forgot that I got mine same time as theirs and didn't get me to renew same time..

[sekhar_777]

I applied May 16th in Grande. Did she apply earlier?

[redmanjp]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Duke-to-address-passport-backlog-at-PoS-Immigration-265632861.html

Duke to address passport backlog at PoS Immigration
By \\\\\ Michelle Loubon anna.ramdass@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jul 2, 2014 at 9:48 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jul 2, 2014 at 9:48 PM ECT
President of the Public Services’ Association (PSA) Watson Duke said yesterday he will be meeting today with the staff at the Immigration Office in Port of Spain to discuss reducing the backlog of passport applications.
The Immigration Office on Frederick Street was open to the public until midday yesterday. Board of Inland (BIR) revenue workers and Piarco International Airport employees have since returned to work.
Across in Tobago, Duke also said buildings like Division of Health and Social Services and the Electrical Inspectorate will remain closed until Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Orville London agrees to meet with him.
Amid the closure of several Government services buildings, customers have registered their angst at Duke for the inconvenience. Several people who had gathered outside Immigration offices in Port of Spain and San Fernando said they could not get their passports to travel for work, business or leisure.
In a release issued on Tuesday, National Security Minister Gary Griffith said the shutdown action had threatened thousands with loss of jobs, scholarships, school places and inconvenienced thousands of citizens due to their inability to travel. Griffith also said he would be discussing the issue with Attorney General Anand Ramlogan.
Duke has steadfastly maintained he was concerned about the workers’ health and safety issues and the buildings’ health and safety standards under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Act.
Via a telephone interview yesterday, Duke said: “At 7 a.m. (Thursday), I will be meeting with the staff to explore options to clear up the backlog of passports. Maybe it will involve additional compensation for them. We will be looking at a shift system.”
Duke added: “The airport is back up and running. The BIR and other workers are back on the job. We have had talks. We expect some things in writing in a short while.”
Efforts to contact London, Griffith and Ramlogan on their mobiles were futile yesterday.


more tobago protests:
n Duke said the buildings like Sandy Hall in Tobago will remain closed. “I have not spoken to the Chief Secretary because his approach is reckless. The protest action continues in Tobago until they agree to meet.”

[TriniAutoMart]

Heard Duke shut down immigration office today...

[sekhar_777]

Heard Duke shut down immigration office today...

Just great. And here I thought good sense would prevail. Doesn't this violate the court mandate?

[sekhar_777]

Is the office open today? Anyone know?

[RASC]

Country at ransom.

[crazybalhead]

Just postponed a trip because of this sh111t.

[mitsu_chick941]

was told 3 mths to get back passport because of strike

[maj. tom]

So the Ministry of National Security can't just move the office and equipment to a temp location and work from there while they fix the building and bring it up to Health Codes? How long that move would have taken, a week? Wouldn't that be a win-win for the population as well as the health of the workers?

WHY hasn't this issue been raised in Parliament yet?! What is wrong with this third world nation!?

[pete]

The problem is not health related.

Surely if they have violated a court injunction the Mr. Duke should be held/jailed for contempt of court? And if he says he did not instruct them to strike then they have acted outside of the union and the employees should face disciplinary action?

[RIPEBREDFRUIT]

Heard Duke shut down immigration office today...

Just great. And here I thought good sense would prevail. Doesn't this violate the court mandate?

Great, injunction filed and WD playing the arse.

You really cant take the nasty gutter out of some ppl oui!

PSA needs REFORM to keep the damn workers in check and productive, all those who are not meeting this should be dismissed!
ONLY THEN will government offices be productive and reliable.

[SR]

Duke knows the injunction ruling is correct but he is twisting it to the public to make everyone feel the government is holding a gun to thier heads
The industrial court already saw the facts and made the ruling so now duke wants to say psa not going into any talks if the injunction is there......and the stupid staff at immigration lapping it up

[RIPEBREDFRUIT]

Duke knows the injunction ruling is correct but he is twisting it to the public to make everyone feel the government is holding a gun to thier heads
The industrial court already saw the facts and made the ruling so now duke wants to say psa not going into any talks if the injunction is there......and the stupid staff at immigration lapping it up

as I said - you just cannot tek the Gutter out of some ppl!
They shoud throw his arse in jail!

[Gem_in_i]

Don't think Duke has the public servants interest in mind.
And did he sign off on 8% and daily paid had gotten 12%?

[Chimera]

Anyone get passport renewed within last two or three weeks?

[*$kїđž!™]

So any update?...heard they took duke and the immigration officer to court this morning...both facing jail?

[SR]

According to reports in the papers from both the building manager and jerlean john duke's osha claims are over exagerated and incorrect as well as his arguments over health and safety the wires hanging are network cables that could have been run neater and not electrical

Sombody needs to post pics of dukes osha claims

[pete]

OSH inspector visited and said there are no conditions that pose a danger to the life and health of the workers.

My passport is expiring in November, was kinda holding out til everything is settled but it doesn't like it will for a while. Will probably head down Chaguanas office Monday to try something.

[redmanjp]

and my sis coming in from d US with an expired passport next week (only realized it expired when she intended to renew her visa) and to try to renew it

[hustla_ambition101]

and my sis coming in from d US with an expired passport next week (only realized it expired when she intended to renew her visa) and to try to renew it

How she travelling with an expired passport from the US (srs question)

[pete]

Supposedly the US will allow us to travel up to 6 months after the expiry date of the passport. They say that you should ensure that when you arrive that it won't expire before you leave and the immigration officer may still deny you entry if they think it's too close to the expiry date though.