The Guyana Elections Commission today commenced the conduct of the 4th Cycle of Continuous Registration. This exercise will end on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Anyone who will be 14 years or older by June 30, of this year and is a Guyanese citizen by birth, descent, naturalization, or is a citizen from a Commonwealth country living in Guyana for one year or more, is eligible for registration during this exercise. Persons eligible for registration are required to visit the Registration Office responsible for their areas of residence to apply for registration. Applications for registration can be made accordingly at the respective 27 GECOM Permanent Registration Offices across Guyana or at the relevant Temporary Registration Offices 49 of which have been established across the ten Administrative Registrations. During this registration exercise persons who are already registered, could apply for a name change if they have changed their name(s) by marriage or Deed Poll since they were registered, or apply for correction(s) if there is incorrect information on their National ID Card. Additionally, persons who are already registered could request that heir photographs be retaken if the quality of the photograph on their ID cards are unacceptable, or collect their new ID cards if they have not done so as yet. In order to apply for registration, eligible persons must be in possession of the following source documents, as might be necessary, to support their application for registration:-
i. Original Birth Certificate issued by the General Register Office or a valid Guyana Passport
ii. Original Marriage Certificate, and original birth certificate – in the case of a name change by way of marriage, or valid passport that was issued in the married name of the person applying for registration.
iii. Original Deed Poll and original Birth Certificate – in the case of any change of name by Deed Poll.
iv. Original Naturalization Certificate issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and original birth certificate/valid passport – in the case of naturalization. Evidence (photocopy/duplicate) of an application having been made for naturalization will not be accepted.
All persons who are eligible for registration, but are not in possession of the relevant above stated supporting document(s) are urged to take immediate steps to acquire the said documents, in order to facilitate their respective registration during this registration exercise.
Gecom has stressed that “Baptismal Certificates, expired passports, photocopies of relevant documents or letters from Priests, Elders, Head Masters, Village Captains/Touchous and Justices of the Peace, and existing ID Cards WILL NOT be acceptable as source documents for registration”
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