17,500 Fiji passports will arrive in the country next Tuesday.

Immigration Director, Major Nemani Vuniwaqa said the issuance of passports will then begin on Wednesday.

People who applied for passports in the first week of January will be the first to receive their passports when issuing starts.

For those who applied in the second week of January, expect your passport to be given on the second day of issuing and so forth.