Wait time for passport appointment reduced in Telangana

Hyderabad: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the waiting time to get a passport appointment at Passport Seva Kendras and Passport Laghu Seva Kendra in Telangana has dropped. During last year’s lockdown, the passport services were never stopped and all emergency passports requirements were attended from the Regional Passport Office here, an official statement from the RPO […]

Hyderabad: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the waiting time to get a passport appointment at Passport Seva Kendras and Passport Laghu Seva Kendra in Telangana has dropped.

During last year’s lockdown, the passport services were never stopped and all emergency passports requirements were attended from the Regional Passport Office here, an official statement from the RPO said on Tuesday.

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Post the lockdown in May 2021, passport offices opened with 50 per cent appointments in June 2021 and later with 75 per cent in August 2021.

In view of the demand for passports, 100 per cent appointments were released from September 23, 2021, it said, adding that the appointment availability cycle in September 2021 was seven working days which increased to 15 working days in months of October and November 2021.

“To reduce the delay in getting appointments, 200 additional appointment slots per day were released throughout all Passport Seva Kendras in December 2021 and passport applicants were attended while following all the Covid-19 appropriate behavior protocols. This resulted in immediate dropping of waiting time for passport appointments at PSKs (Begumpet, Ameerpet, Tolichowki)/PSLK (Karimnagar) to 7-8 working days and to two days in PSK, Nizambad,” the note said.

A total of 4.42 lakh passports and police clearance certificates were issued during 2021, while it was 2.93 lakh in 2020 and 5.54 lakh in 2019.

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