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A Trinidadian woman living in Tanzania has been on edge after the immigration office there misplaced her passport, leaving her with no legal identification or proof of residency when there is unrest in the country.

The woman, who requested to remain unidentified, moved to Tanzania several years ago to start a new life as she felt TT was a “dead end” as there was no way to advance in her career.

She explained she had to renew her resident visa every two years. She would send her passport and other documents to the immigration centre in the area in which she lived, which would forward those documents to the head immigration office in Dodoma, the capital city of Tanzania. There, the documents would be processed and returned to her local immigration office, where she would collect her passport, with the new visa inside.