WILLEMSTAD - Richard van Zwol, a member of the Council of State of the Kingdom, recently visited Curaçao. He also reported on the findings of his research into the division of competencies in the granting of visas for entry to the individual countries of the Kingdom. In the advice, State Council Van Zwol argues for better cooperation between the countries in the assessment of visa applications. Among other things, by exchanging data and making it possible to view the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom in the visa registration system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with due observance of data protection rules.
Van Zwol (right) was accompanied during his visit by Dirk-Jan Nieuwenhuis, director of consular affairs and visa policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.