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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86433, member: 27"]
A fresh visa system just pulled in N$413 million for Namibia in under a year after nearly 290,000 travelers grabbed entry permits since the March 2025 launch.

Visa-on-arrival financial windfall
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[*]The visa-on-arrival program raked in N$413 million by late January.
[*]Launch date was 3 March 2025 with an electronic platform.
[*]Border agents processed 289,510 visa applications during that stretch.
[*]Cabinet greenlit the Visa Reciprocity Policy to balance security and growth.
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Document processing and refugee support
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[*]Immigration officials churned out 51,285 travel documents in that window.
[*]Ordinary passports made up 50,155 of those issued credentials.
[*]Refugees received 682 African guest IDs for banking and work access.
[*]Digital ID cards are slated to drop in the 2026/27 budget cycle.
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Minister Iipumbu's visa reform deadline
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[*]All pending visa changes must be locked in by 1 April.
[*]Stakeholder feedback gets compiled before mid-February wraps up.
[*]Domestic and farm workers will get a grace period to regularize paperwork.
[*]Business visa plans head back to Cabinet after final tweaks.
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Budget execution wins praise
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[*]The ministry hit an 84.75% spending rate on allocated funds.
[*]Iipumbu called that number proof of disciplined project delivery.
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