Visakhapatnam Passport office issues over 80,000 passports
Passports issued jumps over 15,000 in 1 year

Visakhapatnam, April 12, 2007

Passports issued jumps over 15,000 in 1 year

The Visakhapatnam Passport Office, despite having the same number of staff since 2000, has succeed in issuing 15,164 more passports this year compared to the previous. The office has issued 80,821 passports during 2006 while the number stood at 65,657 in 2005.

Addressing the issues and grievances raised by the passport holders and disseminating of information through the passport office website has helped the office to be more productive.

A release from the passport office says that international standards would be brought in place once the findings of a study conducted by the Ministry of External Affairs and the National Institute of Smart Government, Hyderabad is being implemented.

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