Passport making process to be simplified

 

 

 

 

Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh and Surguja districts Staff Reporter : Raipur, The process of making a new passport or renewal of passport in the State will now become simple. Due to this, the delay and hassle due to police verification and other procedures for issuance of passports will be relieved. This entire process will be started as a pilot project in Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh and Surguja districts of the State. Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain held a meeting of Home Department at Mantralaya on Thursday on the simplification of the passport process. Additional Chief Secretary Home and Jail Subrat Kuamr Sahoo was also present in the meeting. Director General of Police Ashok Juneja informed in the meeting that the process of issuing passports has been simplified using m-passport app in the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Odisha.

 

This m-passport app is proposed to be used in the state of Chhattisgarh. For the study and technical information of this entire process, a team of officials from the Home Department has gone to Maharashtra. Initially, passports of applicants will be made through m-passport app. During the process, information will be sent to the applicant from the concerned police station for verification of documents.

 

The physical verification of the place of residence of the applicant will be done by the personnel of the concerned police station within the stipulated date. After that the whole process will be done online. The work of providing passport to the applicant will be completed in 21 days. The Chief Secretary has given instructions to the Home Department to make necessary preparations in this regard. Senior officers of the Police Department and officers of Passport Office were also present in the meeting.