Over the past few months, Ethiopians heading to the Main Department for Immigration & Nationality Affairs Office to renew their passports or obtain new ones have found out that it is not as easy as it used to be.
The authorities are now demanding not only identification cards but are requiring documentation proof of hotel bookings, invitation letters, scholarship awards or certificates of competence from an employment agency to prove the applicant will be traveling soon. But still, applicants are complaining that they are facing hardships in obtaining approvals for their new or renewal passport applications, even after they have presented the requested documentation.
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