[list_indonesia] [ppiindia] Women's Passport Rules Unchanged

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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:41:12 +0200
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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=61283&d=30&m=3&y=2005

Wednesday, 30, March, 2005 (19, Safar, 1426)

      Women's Passport Rules Unchanged
      Maha Akeel, Arab News 
        
      JEDDAH, 30 March 2005 - Despite reports to the contrary, there have been 
no changes in the procedures for issuing passports to women, a source at the 
Passport Department told Arab News. 

      Okaz newspaper reported yesterday that women must obtain a personal ID 
card in order to have a new passport issued for them. The newspaper also 
claimed that the director of Passport Department for Makkah Region said that 
the women's sections in the major cities would begin applying this new system 
within a few days through the Civil Status Department. 

      According to Okaz, the changes were made for security reasons to prevent 
fraud.

      "This is not true, and no changes were made in the system for issuing 
passports to women," said Capt. Firas Al-Tewayan, director of public affairs at 
the Passport Administration. "Any changes in the system follow a procedure and 
have to be approved by the Council of Ministers; it is not done through 
internal administrative revisions," he added.

      The present system requires women to submit their applications and all 
necessary identification documents to the Passport Department in their city or 
to the women's section of the Passport Department's offices in Riyadh or Jeddah 
until sections are opened in other cities.

      However, once all the documents, including the consent of the woman's 
guardian or mahram, are handed to the women's section and checked for 
completeness and authentication they are sent to the men's section for 
processing and then returned to the women's section for pickup.

      "Consent by the guardian is still required for a woman to have a 
passport," said Capt. Al-Tewayan. Earlier this month, Arab News reported 
quoting Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication, that a Saudi woman who had a 
valid passport could apply and obtain her ID card without needing a male 
guardian. Only in the case of a Saudi woman not owning a passport, does she 
need a male guardian to verify her identity. However, an official gave Arab 
News a different explanation. 

      "A Saudi woman's passport without the approval of a male guardian would 
only suffice in a case when she doesn't have any male guardian," said Turki 
Mohammad Al-Malafekh, director general of Jeddah Civil Status Department. 
"Other than that a male guardian must come in person and apply, provide 
approval and verify her identity by signing on the back of her photograph," he 
added. 

      "I'm not aware that there will be any changes to the current system 
anytime soon or any consideration or discussion about changing it," Capt. 
Al-Tewayan told Arab News.

      In a related development, Nasser Al-Hanaya, undersecretary at the 
Interior Ministry for Civil Affairs, said plans are under way to use 
fingerprints instead of photos for IDs of both men and women. "We don't know 
for sure whether we could replace photos with fingerprints because the project 
is still in the experimental stage," Al-Madinah quoted him as saying.

      Hanaya also spoke on the possibility of linking the Civil Department with 
private and public hospitals to register births and deaths. 

      "This would help transfer correct information quickly and is important 
for security reasons," he said.
     


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