Digital border card

(1) A person who intend to travel to border towns and villages of Mexico or Guatemala may apply to the Director of Immigration and Nationality Services for a digital border card in lieu of a passport to leave and enter Belize, in accordance with these Regulations. (2) An application for a digital border card shall consist of– (a) the completed application form as set out in the Schedule II; Schedule II. 7 (b) the prescribed application fee (which shall be non-refundable), (c) a certified copy of birth certificate, nationality certificate, passport or other form of photo identification. (d) the fingerprints and photograph of the applicant to be taken and captured by the Department of Immigration and Nationality Services; (e) any other necessary documentation as may be required by the Director of Immigration and Nationality Services. (3) The flowing persons are eligible to obtain a digital border card– (a) Belizeans; (b) Mexicans; (c) Guatemalan; (d) any person designated as fit and proper for this purpose by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette. (4) Subject to the requirements of these Regulations, the Director of Immigration and Nationality Services may issue a digital border card in the form as set out in the Schedule II. (5) The digital border card may be issued for a maximum duration of three years, except in the case of Guatemalan students attending school in Belize, for whom the duration shall be for one year. 8 (6) The issuance of a temporary permit pursuant to Regulation 7 shall not be affected by the issuance of a digital border card for the purpose of travel to the border towns and villages in Guatemala.