KL Report
SRINAGAR
Continuing with its record performance Passport Office Srinagar rendered around Sixty Thousand (60,000) Passport Services during 2013 (around 250 services per day).
Talking to KNS, Firdous Iqbal, Passport Officer Srinagar said that a record number of around 1, 21, 000 Passport services were rendered during 2012 and 2013. “Passports were issued under Tatkaal Service also which after modifications in the application system became transparent and uniform. These are record performances in the history of Passport Office Srinagar and the figures assume significance keeping in view some abnormal situation during the early months of this year and streamlining of Passport Service.”
For the convenience of the applicants and to reduce the processing period some initiatives taken during the year are as under: “New Passport booklets with Ghost Image or Letter Screening Image were introduced to overcome smudging problems. This has also provided an additional overt security features to protect travel documents against tampering and unauthorized personalization.”
“Online downloading of Personal Particular Forms by the concerned verifying agencies. The physical movement of Personal Particular Forms from the Passport Office to the concerned was done away with as a result of which substantial reduction in the verification period was observed.”
