(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) This is the highest among the 37 passport offices in the country Regional Passport Officer (RPO) Ashwini Sattaru announced on Thursday.
Hyderabad: The regional passport office (RPO) in Hyderabad added a feather in its cap by issuing 600950 passports during 2014. This is the highest among the 37 passport offices in the country Regional Passport Officer (RPO) Ashwini Sattaru announced on Thursday.
The regional passport office Hyderabad is the top and the largest RPO out of 37 passport offices in the country with 700170 passport applications accepted and 600950 passports issued during 2014 Ashwini told the media.
“During 2013 600560 passport applications were received and 600320 passports were issued. This year’s passport issuance amounts to a 13 percent increase when compared to the 2013 figure” she said and attributed speedy clearance of police verification process for achieving the highest number of issuance of passports. The RPO Hyderabad presently covers 18 districts including all the 10 districts of Telangana and eight districts of Andhra Pradesh. In view of division of Andhra Pradesh eight districts of AP which are currently under the jurisdiction of RPO Hyderabad will be transferred to Visakhapatnam passport office she said adding this includes transfer of Passport Seva Kendra in Vijayawada and Tirupati as well.
All the applicants from Anantapur Chittoor Kadapa Kurnool Nellore Guntur and Prakasam districts besides Vijayawada would need to approach the Passport office in Visakhapatnam for all queries and passport related issues/services she said.
In Telangana’s Mahabubnagar and Medak districts the police verification process is done in eight days while in AP it is done in six days in Krishna district followed by Kadapa in seven days Ashwini said.
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