Guyanese living abroad will soon have greater access to essential services as the government moves to establish mobile service centres in countries with large Guyanese diaspora populations.
President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali said the initiative is intended to make government services more accessible to Guyanese living overseas by bringing agencies directly to them.
The head of state made the announcement on Tuesday evening during an engagement with members of the Guyanese community in Saint Lucia.
“We want, at least once every year in the beginning, to take the mobile government service across every country where we have a large diaspora, so we can service that diaspora with one unit, whether it’s NIS, birth certificates, replacement of any document and all of these things.”
President Ali said the initiative complements Guyana’s ongoing digital transformation, which has already significantly improved the delivery of public services at home.
President Ali also announced that a mobile team will soon begin offering biometric passport services to Guyanese overseas, eliminating the need for many to travel to Guyana to complete the process.
He explained that newly established government service centres across Guyana have reduced processing times for many transactions from weeks to just minutes by providing multiple services under one roof.
Attendees were invited to submit their names, contact information and issues requiring government intervention. Those concerns will be entered into a central database, allowing officials to begin processing requests almost immediately to address concerns raised.
The president encouraged members of the diaspora to return home, invest with confidence, and play an active role in Guyana’s continued development.