The Kenyan Embassy in Seoul, South Korea has called on citizens to collect their passports and police clearance certificates following the March Mobile Consular Service exercise.

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The collection announcement was through a notice seen by  Kenyans.co.ke on July 9, stating that the documents, processed during a special outreach exercise held earlier this year, are now sitting ready for pickup at the embassy's offices in the city.

This means that anyone who applied for a new passport or a Certificate of Good Conduct during that period is being urged to visit the embassy as soon as possible.

“This is to kindly inform those who applied for any of the following documents during the March Mobile Consular Service exercise that their documents are now available for collection: Passport and Police Clearance Certificate (Good Conduct),” stated the embassy.

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The embassy has not issued a strict deadline, but it is clearly keen to clear the backlog of unclaimed documents from its shelves.

This latest call follows a mobile consular exercise that ran from March 6 to March 11, at the embassy's basement offices in Yongsan-gu.

During that week, officials processed passport applications and renewals, birth certificates for children born abroad, police clearance certificates, and certificates of no impediment to marriage.

Passport renewals required copies of old passports, identity documents , and an eCitizen application form, while police clearance certificates cost Ksh2,500 (30,000 Korean Won) and needed copies of a passport and an alien card.

Those seeking a certificate of no impediment to marriage had to part with Ksh12,500 (150,000 Korean Won), alongside a passport, ID, and birth certificate copies for both parties.

This push to collect documents comes against the backdrop of a growing Kenyan community in South Korea, currently estimated at between 300 and 400 people, according to the earlier data released by the embassy this year.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke