{"id":14396,"date":"2024-02-23T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/?p=14396"},"modified":"2025-01-05T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:30:30","slug":"the-somali-government-and-the-united-kingdom-deliberated-on-the-recognition-of-the-somali-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.so\/en\/the-somali-government-and-the-united-kingdom-deliberated-on-the-recognition-of-the-somali-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"The Somali government and the United Kingdom deliberated on the recognition of the Somali passport"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14396\" class=\"elementor elementor-14396\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b90c007 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b90c007\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4169aae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4169aae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[Febraayo 23, 2024] <\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000;\">The Director General of the Immigration and Citizenship Agency of Somalia (ICA), Mr. <strong>Ahmed Said Mohamed<\/strong>, led a delegation to the United Kingdom that had crucial talks with representatives from the UK\u2019s <strong>Home Office<\/strong>, <strong>Foreign Affairs<\/strong>, <strong>Commonwealth &amp; Development Office<\/strong>, and <strong>HM Passport Office<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-weight ); letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The delegation&#8217;s visit was intended to foster close collaboration and strengthen ties between the ICA and its counterpart in the United Kingdom, with a particular focus on issues related to immigration, the recognition of Somali passports, and capacity building.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-weight ); letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ICA\u00a0delegate requested from the UK representatives to expedite the recognition process of Somali passports, which the UK officials granted, and suggested recognising diplomatic passports as an initial stage. And as part of the recognition process, parties agreed to convene in Somalia within two months to have more talks and assess the Somali passport in its entirety.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-secondary-font-weight ); letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ICA has focused worldwide engagement with its counterparts to improve the standing Somali passport.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dbf167 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dbf167\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51934a9 eael-fg-hoverer-content-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-filterable-gallery\" data-id=\"51934a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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