Nod To Passport Service Centers

    Right now Punjab State is divided into three zones as per area wise to apply and get passport by residents of Punjab, and for this formality required by applicants to submit application is either through agent along with required documents and almost double fees charged by passport department which include his commission and then wait for next level formalities from passport office and sometimes objections by passport department has to be deal by applicants itself or submit application by visiting passport office along with required documents and duly filled application form plus actual fees but for this applicant need one whole day considering the traveling time, office timings, rush, although time to time passport office use to hold public meetings in the areas that comes under there office to give public services’ on the spot relating to passport but frequencies of these meetings in any areas it takes time of year or more. It is good news for the peoples of Punjab that Ministry of External Affairs has given its nod for four Passport Service Centers, it will help people to visit service centers and do the formalities at service centers itself and beauty of these service centers will be whole procedure will be based on electronics techniques, it will help department to release passport to the public fast, plus it will also help department to get rid on to the problem of people getting second time passport.
     Ministry of External Affairs has given nod to open four passport service centers in Punjab, and hopefully will be operational from August this year, although service centers at Chandigarh are already starts its working, selected places of service centers are –

1. Jalandhar – Guru Nanak Mission Chownk
2. Jalandhar – Nakodar Chownk, near Aman Plaza toll
3. Hoshiarpur – Arora Galaxy Tower
4. Amritsar

• How these centers will work?
• Answer of this question is that applicant can submit new application or renewal of his/her passport, it will be fully online service, and people will ask online to do the formalities by visiting service centers, at these centers facilities of getting fingers prints and picture of eyes of applicants will be install just to take control of problem of anyone applying for second passport, service centers will get police verification through email, after getting police verification reports detail will be forward to the regional passport office by service centers, then last and final formality of preparing passport and dispatching it to the applicant address will be make by passport office. Service centers will be jointly operated by TCS employees and government department employees.

Hopefully based on the words of Regional Passport officer, Jalandhar Mr. Parneet Singh that probably Passport service centers will start working from August month onwards at four places’ in Punjab, it will help public to submit there passport application personally at service centers and will get passport very fast compare to present time, as every formalities will be execute through electronically, so it will help to zero the mistakes, applicants wont be able to get another passport and also end the problem of tampering passport.