BIRTH CERTIFICATE MANDATORY FOR OBTAINING NEW PNG PASSPORT

Chief Migration Officer says the office of Immigration and Citizenship authority will not compromise the integrity of PNG passports.

Birth Certificate Mandatory when applying for PNG Passport (Image: Facebook)

He said this on his social media page today in response to a Drum piece in the Post Courier suggesting his office should relax its rigid stance that citizens should acquire national identification cards in order to apply for a passport.

PNG national identity cards

The Coca-Cola national schools rugby league tour to Queensland Australia was deferred because 75 per cent of the Under 18 boys and girls do not have the national identity cards to obtain a passport.

“The students are from around the country and the process is quite rigorous to get the NID certificate,” PNGRFL chief executive Reatau Rau said.

Kantha in response to the Drum piece said: “Let me place on record that a birth certificate is a mandatory requirement for a passport and ICA will not compromise the integrity of our PNG passports.

NID and birth certificates required for PNG Passports

‘The detection of false NID birth certificates will affect the integrity of our passport system and affects the position of countries granting visa on arrival for PNG passport holders,”he added.

The NID is a fundamental and primary requirement for a passport and once this is compromised our passports will be questioned at entry ports in other countries and we will not be able to get to a stage of introducing biometric or e-Passports,” he said.

“Our birth registry process and NID must step up and improve or we will not get anywhere. All support must be given to Mr (Noel) Mobiha who is doing his best under trying circumstances.”

Source: Facebook October 1

GOVT TO RELOOK TFF POLICY

The Marape-Steven Government will be re-looking the Tuition Fee free policy - a key policy of the former Government.

TFF policy/Facebook/NBC News

The policy introduced in 2012, enabling access to education for over one million of the country's young, has seen approximately four billion kina invested to date.

In Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister James Marape, while commending the former Government for the policy said it has both good and bad sides – and needs to be relooked.

He said the Government does not want to encourage lazy citizens, rather productive ones.

“There are also downsides to it, in as far as the quality interventions are concerned.

Many of our parents and citizens have pulled back, thinking that is 100 percent Government obligation.

We will look into that policy as well without putting burden on our parents and citizens. 

We are looking into a program where there is a shared responsibility. 

I am divorcing and distancing from an absolute free education in our lower level systems but we are working at a higher education – skills level, college level, certificate level.

And we are trying to share arrangement at the lower level, I have citizens from my electorate who are adults – they say Government is paying for free education and they are not responding or contributing to the economy but are instead lazying their way through life,” Mr. Marape said.

Meantime, Papua New Guineans attending tertiary institutions in the country can expect to get some assistance with their tuition fees by 2020.

This following the announcement by Prime Minister James Marape in Lae recently, of the setting up of an 'endowment fund' that will see students benefiting from interest-free loans.

Mr. Marape elaborated on this today in Parliament, saying the Government understands the current burden that families have to pay annually for fees - which lies in the K5-000 to K20-000 mark.

He said the catch is that - all students will now have to register through the National Identification project in order to benefit from this scheme.

Mr. Marape was responding to questions by North Fly MP James Donald regarding the Government's announcement of an endowment fund to assist students at the tertiary level.

Source: NBC News 9th October 2019

SIX REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTERING A CIVIL MARRIAGE IN PNG

The Papua New Guinea Civil and Identity Registry released this notice on requirements for registering marriage. The documents are important. 

Here are the 6 important information supplied by the PNGCI registry office.

1) Birth Certificate

2) Death Certificate: if widow or widower 

3) Divorced:

• Dissolution order from the National Court if previous marriage was registered.

• District or village court order if customary marriage.

• Decree Nisei (court order) if foreigner.

4) Consent if minor.

5) Foreigner:

• Letter of single status from High Commission, Embassy from their country of origin.

• Birth Certificate

• Copy of Passport/visa/work permit * Has to be residing in the country more than two years.

• Confirmation letter from employer

6) Disciplinary Forces

If one of the couple is a member of the disciplinary forces (defence, Police or CIS), he or she needs to get a referral letter from the chaplain or immediate sectional head/commander to show that: 

• The chaplain is not available to perform the marriage.

• The groom/bride is legally free.

Refer to Marriage Act Part III for more information.

If you are in Port Moresby and would like to visit them, see the location below. The location of Moale Haus & NID Haus

The Yellow Circle is where the NID Haus and Moale Haus is. Red paint is the Footpath known as Melanesian Way.

Source: PNG Civil Registry, Facebook

UPNG OPEN COLLEGE APPLICATION AND COURSE INFO

The University of Papua New Guinea wishes to advise that applications are now open for Lahar, two sessions back-to-back, to be conducted from November 2022 to February 2023.

UPDATED 6TH JAN 2023: The application for UPNG Open College is now OPEN. Click Here for more information.

IMPORTANT NOTICES TO ALL LAHARA STUDENTS

UPNG Open College-based Certificate Courses will be available on-demand, where a minimum of 10 students register. 

Continuing CTCS/CTS Students do not need to complete application forms. Please consult your respective study centres.

Continuing Diploma and Degree students and interested applicants who meet the UPNG entry prerequisites can seek further advice, as well as collect, complete, and submit their application forms at any UPNG Study Centre in your locality or near you. 

Completed application forms can be submitted at the same study centre, before the closing date. Separate applications must be lodged if courses are taken from different schools. 

Please note that a student can only enrol for two courses per session. Courses will be offered if there are a minimum of 10 students accepted in NCD and 20 in other centres.

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC POLICY

National Capital District (NCD)

Course No   Course Name   Session 1/2

3.20331 Principles of Microeconomics 1

3.20332 Principles of Macroeconomics 1

3.21209 Principles of Marketing 1

3.21208 Sales Management 1

3.21203 Quantitative Method for Business 2

3.21202 Entrepreneurship and Small Business 1

3.31201 Elements of Business Finance 1

3.21207 Office Management 1

3.10301 Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality Mgmnt 1

3.40705 Tourism and Hospitality Practicum 1

3.10301 Introduction to Government Management 1

3.33402 Government Budget & Fiscal Management 1

3.33403 Decentralization Policy 2

3.33404 Public Enterprise Management 1

3.43005 Public Service Conflict Management 1

3.43401 Project Management 1

3.43403 Comparative Public Sector Management 2

3.43408 Ethics in Public Sector 2

3.43402 Government Business Relations 2

3.43406 Public Procurement Management 2

3.12204 Introductory Accounting 1

3.22201 Financial Accounting 1 1

3.32203 Quantitative Analysis 1 1

3.32204 Quantitative Analysis 2 1

3.11301 Principles of Human Resource Management 1

3.21301 Introduction to Industrial Relations 1

3.21305 Human Resource Economics 1

3.21305 Human Behaviour in Organisations 2

3.20603 Introduction to Banking 1

3.20605 Introduction to Finance 1

3.40606 Financial Risk Management 1

3.40603 Financial Modelling 1

3.10803 Systems Thinking 1

National Capital District and Kokopo

3.10301 Foundation Economics 1

3.11203 Principles of Management 1/2

3.20801 Business Research 1

3.10801 Principles of Strategy 1

SCHOOL OF OF NATURAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES

National Capital District (NCD)

Foundation Mathematics 1 1

Foundation Mathematics 2 1

Computer Literacy and Numeracy 1

National Capital District (NCD), and Mt. Hagen

Applied Finite Mathematics 1

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

National Capital District (NCD) Campus

4.14001 Study of Human Society 1/2

4.14002 Modern PNG Society 1/2

4.17104 Introduction to Media Arts 1/2

4.10602 Introduction to Pacific History 1/2

4.10601 PNG History 1/2

4.14202 Gender Issues in PNG 1/2

4.11801 Logic 1/2

4.13701 Information Literacy 1/2

4.13702 Introduction to Information and

Communication Studies 1/2

4.12801 Mass Communication 1/2

4.11407 Language, Culture, and History 1/2

4.11403 Language, Power, and Development 1/2

4.11404 Introduction to Sociolinguistics 1/2

4.21433 Language, Mind, and Society 1/2

4.11103 South Pacific Literature 1/2

4.10405 Introduction to English Language 1/2

4.15503 Introduction to Government, and Politics 1/2

4.11701 Introduction to Psychology 1/2

4.11702 Developmental Psychology 1/2

4.21702 Learning, and Cognition 1/2

4.21701 Quantitative Methods in Psychology 1/2

4.11001 Community Empowerment 1/2

4.11002 Social Development 1/2

4.41203 Assessment, and Evaluation 1/2

4.41204 Aspects of Classroom Learning 1/2

4.41206 Education, and Society 1/2

4.41207 Instructional Leadership 1/2

4.10407 Communication Skills for SHSS 1/2

4.13902 Communication, and Life Skills 1/2

4.23904 Civics, and Ethics 1/2

SCHOOL OF LAW (SOL)

National Capital District (NCD)

5.30716 International Law 1

5.40738 International Humanitarian Law 1

5.30717 Criminology, and Penology 1

5.30720 Women, and The Law 1

5.30721 Business Law 1

5.30718 Law of Industrial Relations 1

International Human Rights Law 1

5.40732 Mining, and Petroleum Law 1

5.30717 Maritime Law 2

5.30730 Company Law 2

5.40735 Customary Corporations,

Cooperatives & Public 2

5.40726 Conflicts of Laws 2

5.30722 PLLG & Administrative Law 2

5.30719 Succession Law 2

SESSION DATES:

Applications close: Early October

Registration: Session 1 Mid October

Classes: Session 1 November – December 

Registration: Session 2 January

Classes: Session 2 January – February

FEES & Registration 

For further information contact 3267350/3267110 or email: mjsavio@upng.ac.pg.

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