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MINISTER UPLIFTS RESIDENCE PERMITS, CITIZENSHIP SUSPENSION

The Minister of Home Affairs, Mr.  Motlalentoa Letsosa has announced that the suspension of indefinite residence permits and citizenships has been uplifted.
Mr. Letsosa noted that the applications will be open for all legible persons from Monday of 25th April 2022, noting that the indefinite residence permits and citizenship are not sold.
He stressed that the documents of the applicant and the reasons for applying will be thoroughly examined before any permit could be granted, saying that this will depend on who will add economical value to the country.
The Minister emphasized that the applications will undergo several procedures before approval, hence applicants should bear with the Ministry in case some applications are declined as the country has an obligation to uphold its dignity locally and across the globe.
He stressed that foreign nationals are in the country for either business, work, marriage and many other reasons but the Ministry is unhappy about the increasing number of foreigners often found with fraudulent receipts.
He said the Ministry therefore carried out the investigations in relation to this fraudulent acts from 1966 till now, adding a total number of 1 083 citizenship applications were granted and other documents were reported lost during the 1998 political turmoil. The said number is likely not to be exact considering he way of information storage back then. So far, he stated that about 130 foreigners are still in the country while 25 have moved to other countries with a total of 928 missing.
He stressed that further investigations will be carried out to get to the bottom of this as some of these foreigners might have passed on, hence it is suspected that the foreigners are not really here for a citizenship but they just need passports.
When concluding, Minister Letsosa said he has learnt that some foreign nationals use Lesotho as their transit point to their ultimate destinations, adding that the main intention is to commit crime in other countries with Lesotho documents, as a result all should be warned that no Lesotho passport will be granted without citizenship.
The residence permits and citizenships were suspended in September 2021.
By Staff Reporter: ‘Maphoka Likotsi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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