The Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) has announced that it has developed a system that allows individuals to apply for and acquire Rwandan National ID and e-Passport from embassies.
This system was developed in collaboration with the National Identification Agency (NIDA) and Irembo Ltd.
In a public announcement released on June 28, the DGIE said, “This system was implemented to facilitate the Rwandan community abroad without national ID cards.”
“The biometric data will be captured at the nearest embassy and used for the processing of both National ID and e-Passport,” the DGIE added in the public announcement.
Prior to this new development, an applicant’s biometric data was collected at the embassy and sent to the DGIE in Rwanda, which then had to mail the identity document back to the embassy for distribution.
Rwandan Community Abroad to start acquiring National IDs, Passports at embassies
