«Interior»: stop the issuance of passports of Article «17» for two weeks

The General Administration of Nationality and Passports announced the suspension of issuing the passports of Article 17 for two weeks, except for study and treatment.
Security sources told Al-Qabas that this decision is strictly organizational, and aims to regulate the process of issuing passports of Article 17, creating a team capable of absorbing the accumulated requests for passports, and finding an integrated department to accelerate the disbursement operations.
The sources added that the decision ban excluded students studying abroad and excluded patients who are treated abroad.