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The increases in dollar terms are small, mostly below $20 for services under the Immigration Ordinance and Registration of Persons Ordinance and mostly below $100 for services relating to registration of births, deaths and marriages.
The spokesman added that even after the proposed fee revision, services relating to registration of persons and issue of travel documents would still be operating at a deficit.
End/Friday, May 26, 1995
New "self-adhesive" computer printed visa labels
The Immigration Department announced today (Friday) the introduction of new visas and endorsements printed by computer in the form of self-adhesive labels upon implementation of a new computer system developed under the department's Information Systems Strategy.
"The new computer system provides automation facilities essentially to support applications relating to the issue of visas and related endorsements.
"With implementation of the system in various immigration offices by phases, majority of the visas and endorsements issued by the department will be computer- printed on self-adhesive labels for attachment to the inner pages of applicants' travel documents instead of being in the form of manual endorsements made by immigration officers.
"The new visa and endorsement labels will be adapted from the existing formats incorporating the applicants' name and information relating to the nationality and type of travel documents," a spokesman for the Immigration Department said.
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"The newly introduced visa labels will contain special security features to differentiate against counterfeits. The authenticity of visas presented for arrival" clearance can be verified at our immigration control points through on-line checking" against the computer by September 1995 with the roll-in of the department's other computer systems.
"The present manual endorsements of visas will continue to exist under certain situations such as those granted at the immigration control points and overseas visa posts," the spokesman added.
End/Friday, May 26, 1995
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