The Immigration Division has advised that the Government of Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has extended the maximum validity term for adult passports from five (5) years to (10) years. Passports issued to children under sixteen years of age will remain at a maximum of five (5) years.

This change came into effect on August 1, 2015.

The Government will introduce an updated passport design in 2016. The update will include a revision to the text on page 1, reflecting  the aforementioned change.

Selected passports issued after August 1, 2015 will contain text pertaining to the maximum limit of five years validity term on page 1. The Government confirms that the validity shown within the data (page 2) of those passports shall take precedent.

The maximum validity period is represented within both the Visual Inspection Zone (VIZ) and the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ).

For additional information, please contact the Ministry of National Security, Immigration Division of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago helpline at (868 623-6569) or by email at Immigration.Information@gov.tt