Surge in demand for passports : Punjab organises Special Mega Passport Mela on August 26
Punjab witness high demands for passport owing to heavy rush for travel abroad post pandemic
Special Mega Passport Mela: In view of high demands of Passports, Regional Passport Officer (RPO) Sh. N. K. Shil Passport Office, Amritsar decides to organise another back to back ‘Special Mega Passport Mela’ on August 26, 2023 (Saturday) to bring down the long waiting period in the appointment cycle for submission of applications witnessed due to high demands for passport owing to heavy rush for travel abroad post pandemic.
Special Mega Passport Mela in Punjab: Places and Timings
The Passport Mela is to be organized between 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on 26.08.2023 at PSK Amritsar and POPSK Ferozepur to scrutinise, verify essentials documents and process applications of local applicants only under the ‘normal’ or ‘re-issue’ category”.
Appointments for the Passport Mela would be allotted by the system on first come first serve basis as per availability. Applicants with appointments of that day will only be allowed entry. A dedicated counter/help desk would also be opened to assist all such applicant and to meet their queries on passport related services help applicants to get their services in an easy, comfortable, convenient and quick manner.
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Applicants who will book appointments for the day will require to visit the Passport office in person for application processing, biometrics (finger prints etc), capturing to photographs on the designated time and day of appointment, the applicants along with ARN (Appointment Reference No.) and original documents (photocopies thereof) must visit the designated Passport Camp for having their passport applications processed.” the Passport officer emphasized upon. Such citizen centric initiatives by new RPO are well taken by all across the board and prove to a big relief.
How to apply for passports?
Applicants are to log on to the passport India website www.passportindia.gov.in or mPassportSeva app to fill the application form online, make payment of passport fee online through debit/credit card or internet banking of state bank of India (as mentioned on the website).
Alert on fake websites related to Passport Services
It has come to the notice of the Ministry that many fraudulent websites and mobile applications are collecting data from applicants and also levying additional hefty charges for filling up the online application form and scheduling appointment for Passport and related services.
Some of these fake website are registered in the domain name *.org, *.in, *.com such as www.indiapassport.org, www.online-passportindia.com, www.passportindiaportal.in, www.passport-india.in, www.passport-seva.in, www.applypassport.org and many other similar looking websites.
It is therefore advised to all citizens applying for Indian Passport and related services that they should NOT visit to the above mentioned fraudulent websites or make payment related to passport services.