By 1 p.m. on Monday, the Government’s Migrant Registration Framework had received 137,198 hits to its website.
According to Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander, the online programme was launched at 12 a.m. on Monday morning.
By 1 p.m. the website had registered 137,198 hits, Alexander stated via What’s App.
Information provided by Alexander stated that as of 1 p.m., 1,611 persons started applications but did not complete the process.
The number of completed applications was at 599, he advised.
The Government earlier this month announced its continuation, with some changes, of the previous administration’s migrant registration process for Venezuelans.
The renewed MRF was expanded to include all migrants in Trinidad and Tobago.
Alexander also last week announced that applicants would be subject to a fee of $700.
The processing charge was criticised by some civil rights activists, including Venezuelan activist Yesenia Gonzales, who argued that most migrants would be unable to come up with the money.
Gonzales was also among those claiming that the registration was being unjustly used to net and deport Venezuelans, which has been denied by Alexander.