General Directorate Director
Since 1991 by making the immigration service to be modernized and upgrading itself it’s named as immigration and citizenship affairs main department and by now from time to time by improving its service mechanisms and following modern immigration process replaces the manual passport with an electronic passport. To issue different service it is started using modern technologies and from 2018 one of the reform works started in Ethiopia is service of immigration so considering its benefit for the country combined with vital events building its capacity for giving proper service and established as immigration citizenship and vital events agency.
The office has started accepting applications online. Now citizens can apply and check for their application status online from any where.
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Immigration ,Nationality and Vital Events Agency.
Many changes have been recorded since the emigration system come into action in 1930 E.C. the constitution of 1987 has stressed the freedom of citizens to move from place to place and also the National information and security service has done a lot to accomplish the missions of the constitution. as a result, many changes have been made on the working systems as making it modern /automated/. As a result, The Online Web-Mobile Passport System (OPAS)launched. This System Enables user to apply wherever they want to Via Internet Connection.