Citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis resident in the UAE are among the first in the world to gain access to the Federation's new biometric passport , following the launch of the National Biometric Enrolment and Passport Modernisation Programme by the Ministry of National Security and the St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Unit. Appointments at Government-designated collection centres opened on 1 May 2026, with the UAE confirmed as a Phase 1 location. Citizens of the Federation living and working in the Emirates can now book directly through the official Biometric Enrolment Portal without needing to travel internationally to complete their enrolment. The programme brings St. Kitts and Nevis travel documents in line with the biometric standards already used by the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The new passport is chip-enabled, with fingerprints, a facial scan, and a digital signature embedded directly in the document.…