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Rwandans abroad can now get national IDs, passports at embassies

By Wycliffe Nyamasege
On 29 June 2024 at 01:10

Rwandan nationals living abroad can now apply for identification cards (IDs) and e-Passports and obtain the documents from the embassies, the government announced on Friday, June 28, 2024.

In a notice, the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) said the service will be available on a new system developed by the immigration department in collaboration with the National Identification Agency (NIDA) and Irembo, an online platform that enables access and provision of government services.

"This was implemented to facilitate the Rwandan community abroad without national ID cards," the DGIE said.

"The biometric data will be captured from the nearest embassy and be used for the processing of both National ID and e-Passport."

Interested applicants are required to submit their applications for National ID cards and e-Passports on the Irembo portal.

Irembo was introduced in 2015 to allow people to access government services online with the issuance of e-Apostilles being among the latest services onboarded on the portal.

Early this month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MINAFFET) in partnership with Irembo started issuing and accepting Apostilles from other member countries of the Hague Apostille Convention of October 5, 1961.

The initiative makes the legalization process for public documents such as birth certificates, marriage certificates and death certificates faster, simpler, and digitized through the use of electronic Apostilles (e-Apostilles).

"Rwandan documents intended for use abroad will be processed digitally and accessible through the Irembo e-government platform https://irembo.gov.rw. Foreign documents apostilled abroad will be directly usable in Rwanda," officials said.

Interested applicants are required to submit their applications for National ID cards and e-Passports on the Irembo portal.

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