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Civil Registry & Passport Office fees to increase

The Civil Registry and Passport Office wishes to advise the public that pursuant to the passage of the Registration and Births and Deaths Act, 2021, there will be an increase in fees commencing January 3, 2023. Photo: bvi.gov.vg
The Civil Registry and Passport is located on the First Floor, Sakal Place, #286 Walter James Francis Drive, Wickham's Cay. Photo: VINO/File
The Civil Registry and Passport is located on the First Floor, Sakal Place, #286 Walter James Francis Drive, Wickham's Cay. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Come the new year, the public will be required to pay more for services offered by the Civil Registry and Passport Office.

It was on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, that the Civil Registry and Passport Office advised the public that “pursuant to the passage of the Registration and Births and Deaths Act, 2021, there will be an increase in fees commencing January 3, 2023.”

It said, for further details, individuals could visit bvi.gov.vg or contact the Civil Registry at 468-3035.

There was no mention of the amount of increase and no such information was provided on the government website that the public is being directed to.

The Registration and Births and Deaths Act, 2021 repealed and replaced the Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance, (Cap. 276), which had been in existence for over sixty years.

The Act also sought to modernise the Territory’s procedures with respect to the registration of births and deaths, and enable computerisation of the notification and registration process.

The Civil Registry and Passport is located on the First Floor, Sakal Place, #286 Walter James Francis Drive, Wickham's Cay.

18 Responses to “Civil Registry & Passport Office fees to increase”

  • Hhhh (29/12/2022, 08:09) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    small man frees continue to rise while the investors comes in to our country and continue to be given all manner of tax breaks(what some won't do for 30 pieces of silver
  • one eye (29/12/2022, 08:11) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    More text on the poor
  • omg (29/12/2022, 08:14) Like (40) Dislike (0) Reply
    Everything going up except for minimum wage, yall in the bvi Sick
  • I n I (29/12/2022, 08:21) Like (23) Dislike (0) Reply
    Fees increasing all over and guess what, the same mediocre rude service
  • The watchdog (29/12/2022, 08:41) Like (20) Dislike (1) Reply
    This unity government with the two east end man going kill the poor
  • Another suggestion (29/12/2022, 10:44) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Maybe they can finally afford a proper visa printing machine too, imaging paying over $200 for a visa that gets emailed to you and you have to go home and print on a copy paper. Let's not mention how it takes over 1 month sometimes to process a renewal for someone on Island. Oh You Love to See It!
  • Revenue hunt.. (29/12/2022, 10:45) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    Simple, reduce the high rent bill you will save millions and stop putting more pressure on poor people with all these new increases every month...
  • W*F (29/12/2022, 12:38) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    The US passport has more value that the BVI Passport and the cost is way lower than ours. Why the F@#k they going raise it again.
    • Norris Turnbull (30/12/2022, 06:47) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
      @WTF..Your point is yours but it's a stupid nonvalid point. The US charge what they want for THEIR dam passport. U cannot compare the US to the BVI in no area. Why people like you et al..Always comparing the BVI to that Devil Demon nation?
      • @Norris Turnbull (30/12/2022, 11:00) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
        And the BVI ain’t a demon nation that Andrew already sold to his gods? And yes I’m a BVIslander saying this
  • HMMM (29/12/2022, 12:38) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
    Increase in fees for a passport that has no weight. SMH.
  • Well (29/12/2022, 13:36) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Another blow to the HAVE NOTS. There is no more poor or rich, IT’S THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS IN THE BVI.
  • tola (29/12/2022, 13:41) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
    I born tola but they running alot of bvi people. You cant save nothing in this country and you're not making no money no tax return just nothing.
    • @tola (29/12/2022, 15:07) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
      They are running a lot of tola people away. Once they leave, they have no interest in coming back.
      • Who Cares? (29/12/2022, 19:44) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
        Yal won't be missed from the working environment. It's the expat doing the work..Go or stay NO DIFFERENCE...
        • @Who cares (30/12/2022, 11:03) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply

          And it’s the same expats y’all treat like sh*t in this same BVI

  • Murder (31/12/2022, 08:27) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    How in the world are we to survive in the BVI with everything prices increasing except salary?


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