Apply for your Indian passport in morning, pick up by evening- Dubai

People from India and the northern Emirates will now be able get passports issued on the same day. But all of this will happen under certain conditions which will include a higher amount of fee, the Consulate here has announced.

Anshramehdi
Published on: 10 Jan 2020 10:44 AM GMT
Apply for your Indian passport in morning, pick up by evening- Dubai
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Lucknow: People from India and the northern Emirates will now be able get passports issued on the same day. But all of this will happen under certain conditions which will include a higher amount of fee, the Consulate here has announced.

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Consul General of India in Dubai, Vipul, on Thursday announced that the Consulate will start issuing tatkal passports (issued in emergency cases) on the same day, the Gulf News said in a report. Vipul made the announcement during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non Resident Indian-NRI Day) celebrations at the consulate.

He said the same day issuance service for tatkal passports can be availed only if the application is submitted before noon at the office of BLS International, the outsourced service provider for Indian passport and visa applications, in Al Khaleej Centre, Bur Dubai.

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"We already issue tatkal passports in 24 hours. We are going one step beyond that. We are going to issue tatkal passport on the same day if it is applied for before 12 noon. By evening, we can issue the tatkal passport," the Consul General added.

In the year 2019, the consulate issued more than two lakh passports, over 2500 emergency certificates (one-way travel document), over 2,800 police clearance certificates and provided 72,000 attestation services including registration of births and deaths, according to Vipul.

The mission receives about 850 passport applications daily.

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