For too many Jamaicans, getting a birth certificate, renewing a National ID, or recovering a lost document has meant long lines, multiple trips, and days of waiting ā at the worst possible moments in their lives.
Minister of Efficiency, Innovation & Digital Transformation, Ambassador the Hon. Audrey Marks, MP, announced at the 2026 Sectoral Debate that NIRA is now Jamaica's newest 24/7 online government service ā accessible from home, from work, or from anywhere in the Diaspora, at any hour.
47,562 document recovery applications have already been processed following Hurricane Melissa. 856 of the most vulnerable Jamaicans received those services free of cost.
And the programme has now been permanently institutionalised ā so that in every emergency, no Jamaican is left without the documents that give them access to everything else.
š Announced at the 2026 Sectoral Debate | Office of the Prime Minister
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