Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology has announced that collection of biometric information of expatriate workers in the country will be conducted at Rehendhi School hall as well starting from tonight.
Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology has announced that collection of biometric information of expatriate workers in the country will be conducted at Rehendhi School hall as well starting from tonight.
In an announcement, the ministry said that collection of data will be conducted at Rehendhi School hall in Hulhumale' Phase 1 as well from tonight until a week after Ramadan.
The work will be conducted every day except Friday from 9.30pm to 12.30am.
Under this, fingerprints of all ten fingers and photographs of expatriate workers will be collected.
The ministry said that the decision to offer registration at Rehendhi School was taken so as to offer the service at a convenient location for employers.
In addition to this, the joint operation centre at NCIT, the desk at North Harbour and the desk at Kalaafaanu School hall will also recommence operations on March 9.
These places will operate from 9.30am to 4pm and again from 9.30pm to 11.30 pm every day except Fridays, the ministry said.
The ministry has previously said that expatriates who do not provide this information before April 20 will be deported.
The operation, titled 'Kuran'gi' aims to take biometric information of all expatriate workers in Maldives. Under this, information collection has been completed in 59 islands to date. Information has also been gathered from expatriates working in some resorts.
The government has said that 24,540 expatriates have been regulated now.
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