Those hoping to go abroad in the near future are in trouble if they don't have their passports yet. An official at Kathmandu's Central District Office confirmed that the distribution of passports here and in most parts of the country had been stopped due to the shortage at the Foreign Ministry. The new stock of Nepali passports, which are printed in France, has been delayed for two months, supposedly because the Finance Ministry did not have the funds for it. They will take another two months to arrive here. The Foreign Ministry distributed passports until two years ago, when they handed the job to the Central District Administration under the Home Ministry office to make the process quicker. Officials at the Foreign, Home and Finance Ministries are said to be blaming each other for the current situation.