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Eligibility
- Guyanese citizens by birth
- Guyanese citizens by descent
- Acquired Guyanese citizenship by registration or naturalization
What are the Documents Required?
Documents Required
- Registration as a citizen and identity cards
- Married women (including widows and women whose marriage is terminated) Marriage Certificate
- If the applicant has changed his name through deed poll and registered his name and change deed poll should be submitted along with the latest birth certificate (within 6 months) proof of change of name.
- Birth certificate of descent
- Born outside the Republic of Guyana (father/mother), naturalization or registration document or other evidence of citizenship.
- Two (2) color photographs
- Payable Money Order or Payment Receipt
Procedure to apply Guyanese Passport
- Application forms can be obtained from the embassy or its website
- Fill the form in block capitals
- Alternately to submit their applications and update their new passports using an authorized postal service that facilitates tracking (eg FedEx, USPS, UPS).
- Alternatively, applicants may add an additional fee of US $23.00 to facilitate return postage or include a prepaid mailing envelope with a tracking number.
- To avoid processing delays, applicants must fill in all relevant sections of the application form, email address, if any, and affix their signatures in the two (2) spaces provided on pages 2 and 3.
- Candidates should ensure that the application form is properly filled and submitted along with all relevant supporting documents and copies.
- All supporting documents should be produced in duplicate (original and duplicate).
- Completed applications are forwarded to Georgetown for further processing, which takes approximately 2-3 months.
- New machine-readable passports are issued by the passport office in Guyana within 5-7 days (weekends not included). Old green cover passports are valid till their expiry date.
- All passports are processed and issued by the Central Immigration and Passport Office (a unit of the Guyana Police Force) in Georgetown, Guyana. The Passport Office comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- After submitting your application, you will receive an email with useful information about the next steps
Processing Fees of Guyanese Passport
First-time applications and renewals with a standard processing time of five (5) working days – G$6,000
Expect expedited service within seventy-two hours (72 hours). – G$20,000.(Additional cost )
Passport Validity
The current Guyana CARICOM Passport is valid for 5 years and may not be renewed.
The previous non-Machine-readable passport (MRP) was valid for 5 years, and could be renewed for 5 years after the first expiry date, and another 5 years after the expiry of the renewal (for a total of 15 years total usage).
Guyana Reginal Passport office location
| Region | Address | Phone: |
| Region 2 | Anna Regina Police Station Police Compound | 696-0626 |
| Region 6 | Garrison Road, Fort Canje, Berbice | 333-3347/42 |
| Region 9 | Tabatinga, Lethem | 693-3571 |
| Region 10 | 227 Independence Avenue, Mackenzie, Linden | 444-4452/53 |