About Immigration & National
Registration Department
Introduction
The Immigration and National Registration is a government agency under
the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible for
carrying out the duties and functions as laid down in accordance with:
- Immigration Act (Chapter 17) 1958
- Immigration Regulations 1958
- Passport Act (Chapter 146) 1983
- Passport Regulation 1983
- Nationality Act (Chapter 15) 1962
- Nationality Regulation 1962
- National Registration Act (Chapter 19) 1965
- National Registration Regulations 1965
- Registration of Births and Deaths Act (Chapter
79) 1923
- Registration of Births and Deaths Regulation 1957
The Headquaters of the Department of Immigration and National
Registration is located in Bandar Seri Begawan with branches in Belait , Tutong and
Temburong district.
Brief
History
The Department of Immigration was officially established with the
enforcement of Immigration Act and Regulations on the 1st July 1958. Before, all
immigration and passport matters were handled and monitored by the Brunei Police Force.
The first Controller of Immigration was Mr. T Mackei.
The responsibilities of the Department increased with the enforcement of the Nationality
Act on 1st January 1961 and the National Registration Act on 1st March 1965. The
department was then known as Immigration and National Registration Department.
On 16 August 1997, the post of the Controller Immigration, Nationality Registrar and
Commissioner of National Registration was changed to become Director of Immigration and
National Registration.
On 18 August 1997, the Births and Deaths Registration Section and the Adoption Section
that were previously under the purview of Ministry of Health and District Office
respectively were transferred to the department's jurisdiction.
Mission
/ Functions
The functions of Brunei Immigration and National Registration
Department, Ministry of Home Affairs :
- To control and regulate movement of
foreigners into and out of the country so as to safeguard without jeopardising the
national interest in respect of security, economy, social, religion and culture as well as
to support the Government aspiration to promote investment and tourism;
- To issue high quality and secured travel
documents to citizens and permanent residents of Brunei Darussalam and to facilitate their
travels;
- To ensure the registration of persons for
identity cards;
- To collect and store information for the
purpose of registration and identification of individuals in accordance to the National
Registration Act;
- To ensure every birth and death is lawfully
registered;
- To ensure every adopted child is lawfully
registered;
Objectives
- To provide efficient and effective service for
the customers
- To facilitate immigration services for foreigners
- To prevent the entry and presence of undesirable
foreign nationals or those who contravene the Immigration laws
- To eradicate activities which contravene the
Immigration Act and Passport Act
- To issue high quality and foolproof identity card
- To run a computerised and comprehensive
information system
