Papua New Guinea passport Photo: Supplied
Papua New Guinea's Immigration and Citizenship Service Authority in Port Moresby is facing closure due to a lack of operational funds to keep its office running.
Sources within the department say that the electricity provider PNG Power has cut off the department's energy supply for almost a month now due to non-payment of bills.
Various department services such as printing and issuing of PNG Citizen passport documentation have been delayed.
A growing backlog of travellers seeking passport documentation has been regularly queuing up at Immigration's Waigani office to no avail.