Monrovia – The Minister of Foreign Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah has disclosed that the government of Liberia has opened the second phase of an additional 20 passport application centers in several cities across the world to ease the burden of Liberians who are in a dying need for travel documents.

The first phase of passport application centers was launched on February 18, 2023. Melbourne, Australia, Pretoria, South Africa, Chicago, Illinois, Nairobi, Kenya and Los Angeles, and California were the places selected to process Liberians’ passports.

The Minister of Foreign speaking at the Ministry of Information Regular Press Briefing Thursday stressed that the opening of twenty additional centers in places around the world will ease the financial burdens of Liberians having to travel long distances to existing passport application centers at Liberian Embassies and Consulates.

This, the Minister of Foreign says, will also allow Liberians abroad the opportunity to regularize their residency in the countries they reside. He further stressed that the process will afford those Liberians wishing to travel back home to Liberia for their personal reasons, but did not have updated passports, to be able to do so.

Amb. Kemayah added: “Today, in fulfillment of my announcement, I am here to confirm that indeed the Government of the Republic of Liberia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has opened twenty additional centers to process passports. All of these are fully operating.”

In the United States of America, Liberians wanting a passport will have to go to Atlanta or Houston. Also, In Canada, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Edmonton are the areas where Liberians’ passports can be processed.