AS the Guyana Government continues to push towards digitisation in several sectors, the country’s immigration support services has moved to a new digitised system.

This was announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday in an urgent public notice in which it noted that “The Immigration support services is transitioning to a new, completely digitised system.”

This took effect on Sunday and the existing website, eservices.iss.gov.gy was expected to be down temporarily.

In the notice, it said that applications that were submitted prior to Sunday will still be processed, even as it was noted that in-person applications are still being accepted at the ministry’s Brickdam office.

Just a few weeks ago, President Dr Irfaan Ali had said that the government is aiming to enhance the experience of persons coming into Guyana and move towards digitisation.

At that time, he noted that the country must be compliant with international standards from a technological and security standpoint.

As part of this transformation, in January of this year, the border control and e-gate system went live. This was followed by the E-passport issuance system going live the following month.

This, it was noted, has resulted in improved security, accuracy and reliability using technology.