JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – The Directorate of Civil Registry, Passports, Immigration, and Nationality (DCRNPI) is seeking to double the lifespan of South Sudanese passports, a move revealed in an exclusive interview with Eye Radio. Maj. Gen. Elia Costa Castino, the Director of Immigration and Passports, disclosed that the department has initiated formal steps to transition from the current five-year validity to a ten-year standard. The Director stated that the move aims to align South Sudan with international travel standards and the growing global trend of decade-long document validity. Maj Gen Costa outlined a specific administrative and legal roadmap that the proposal must follow before it becomes a reality. “We know that the whole world has moved its passports from five years to ten years,” Maj Gen Castino told Eye Radio.