The Passport Department will soon install cameras at airports in Jeddah and Riyadh and at the King Fahd Causeway to monitor the performance of its staff.

Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Yahya, director general of the Passport Department, said it would also install devices at counters for travelers to assess the services of employees.

He was speaking at Dammam airport this week while launching the new services.

Al-Yahya said the first stage of the project would see cameras and passenger devices installed at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh and King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, and then later at other airports.

“The causeway will also be monitored with multiple cameras and other monitoring devices, and will be connected to my mobile phone,” he said.

Al-Yahya said the department has provided extra laptops in the event of computer failures and breakdown of vehicles as emergency backup at the causeway and other entry points.

Meanwhile, Passport Department workers started on Sunday to wear their traditional Saudi attire at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and Prince Mohammed International Airport in Madinah.

Officials at other airports in the country would also do so over the next two weeks, Al-Yahya said.

He said that the department has started training a group of women "in accordance with the Shariah” to staff counters in Riyadh and Jeddah in the next two months.