Subedar & Sons

06/09/2022

Passport Seva Kendras to be open on Saturdays for PCC

In order to bring down the long appointment cycle for Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) applications, Passports Seva Kendras in Telangana began functioning on Saturdays to process PCC applications exclusively.

Accordingly, three PSKs in Hyderabad (Ameerpet, Begumpet and Tolichowki), one in Nizamabad and one in Karimnagar, were open this Saturday for processing applications for PCCs, with a total of 1,534 PCC applications being processed the first day.

According to a note issued by Regional Passport Officer Dasari Balaiah, in addition to daily issued appointments, separate appointments for next Saturday (September 10) were also being released for all five PSKs under the RPO, Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: In order to bring down the long appointment cycle for Police Clea

06/09/2022

All Indians wishing to work in Saudi Arabia will be required to produce a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) to be worked in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian Consulate in Mumbai has instructed travel agents to furnish Police Clearance Certificates for any employment visa endorsement, according to sources. The new rule will come into effect from 22nd August, they said.

The mandatory PCC norm already existed in the Saudi Arabian Embassy in New Delhi for some time and it was due to be implemented in Mumbai.

It is noteworthy to mention that including Telangana all southern states approach the Saudi Consulate in Mumbai for visa processing. In fact, lion share of Indian visas are being processed by consulate in Mumbai.

The Passport offices will issue PCCs on the request of the police stations. The similar method already exists in Kuwait in the Gulf Region.

The PCC rule is being implemented to maintain the country’s image as crime free. The system will ensure only law-abiding prospective employees come to Saudi Arabia to work.

All Indians wishing to work in Saudi Arabia will be required to produce a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) to be worked in Saudi Arabia.

03/04/2021

We are deeply saddened by the news of the demise of Shafeeq ur Rahman Najeeb saheb of Najeeb Enterprises Mumbai.

May Allah swt forgive his sins, grant him maghfirah and admit him in Jannatul Firdous, Aameen.

17/05/2018

Assalaam Alaykum and Ramadan Mubarak everyone!

12/01/2018

New passports to not qualify as address proof? Govt plans to remove last page, change colour: report

Passports may soon stop serving as valid proof of address in India, with the Ministry of Externala Affairs announcing that the last page will no longer be printed in the new passports issued.

The last page of the passport includes the father or legal guardian’s name, along with the names of the holder’s mother, spouse and their address.

"As the last page of the passport would not be printed now, the passport holders with ECR (Emigration Check Required) status would be issued a passport with orange passport jacket and those with non-ECR status would continue to get a blue passport,"

Passports may soon stop serving as valid proof of address in India, with the Ministry of Externala Affairs announcing that the last page will no longer be printed in the new passports issued. The last page of the passport includes the father or legal guardian’s name, along with the names of the ho...

22/08/2017

Passport: Govt. to replace physical police verification with online check.

New Delhi: The physical police verification for getting a passport will soon be a thing of the past as the government plans to connect the service with a robust national database of crimes and criminals that will check the antecedents of applicants at the click of a mouse. Union Home Secretary Rajiv...

10/02/2017

The Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad will conduct Passport Mela on 18th Feb, 2017 at Passport Seva Kendra, J.B. Towers, 5-6-33, Pragathi Nagar Near Kapila Hotel, Hyderabad Road, Nizamabad - 503002 from 09:30am onwards.

All applicants who intend to apply for fresh/normal & Re-issue/normal can only apply on this date. The applicant should come with printout of ARN sheet after registering in the website www.passportindia.gov.in along with all requisite documents in original. For this date, appointments will be released in the website from 13.02.2017 (Monday).

Applicants should come with scheduled appointment date and time on this date i.e. 18/02/2017.No Tatkaal, PCC, On-Hold and Walk-In will be processed in Mela.

26/12/2016

Passport rules changed to help single mothers, orphaned children

* Birth certificates not needed any more; grievances will be now handled on Twitter.

* Online passport application form now requires the applicant to provide the name of any one among the father, mother or legal guardian.

* No marriage certificates needed for married applicants.

* No need to name the spouse in cases of applicants who are divorcees.

* Orphaned children can submit a declaration from their respective orphanages while sants can name their spiritual gurus.

“This would enable single parents to apply for passports for their children and facilitate issue of passports where the name of either the father or the mother is not required to be printed at the request of the applicant,”
“The passport application form does not require the application to provide the name of her/his spouse in case of separated or divorced persons. Such applicants would not be required to provide even the Divorce Decree,”

Applicants can submit:
PAN Card, birth certificate, voter identity card, Aadhaar, driving license
Students can submit transfer certificate/school leaving certificates

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Passport-rules-changed-to-help-single-mothers-orphaned-children/article16934163.ece

Birth certificates not needed any more; grievances will be now handled on Twitter.

03/10/2016

Centre to implement E-passports by next year

The Centre will roll out chip embedded e-passports, which can be incorporated with passports so that the information can be verified electronically, in the first phase by next year.

Minister of state for External Affairs V K Singh said here today that fully digital passports that could be even carried in mobile phones would be introduced in the next phase.

Singh was talking to media persons during a visit to the Regional Passport office here.

He said that facilities for e-passports are being installed and it is expected that all fresh passports to be issued from next year would have the chips incorporated in it.

The minister also said that once the delay in police verification process is sorted out through electronic passing of information, the time required for issuing passports could be minimised.

In reply to a question, Singh said the restrictions imposed on overseas recruitment of nurses and female domestic workers had helped curb the exploitation in the sector.

Singh, who had recently visited Saudi to help those stranded there following job losses, said the Saudi government is cooperating in getting the claims of Indian workers from Saudi employers.

He also advised those still going to Saudi to take up employment to be cautious and go through genuine channels.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Centre will roll out chip embedded e-passports, which can be incorporated with passports so that the information can be verified electronically, in the first phase by next year. Minister of state for External Affairs V K Singh said here today that fully digital passports that...

03/10/2016

The Regional Passport Office (RPO) here has asked citizens to immediately do away with their handwritten passports, saying not switching to machine-readable ones will cause them problem in getting visas.

According to the passport office, as of today, 2.5 lakh handwritten passports with 20 years validity are in the circulation across the country which need to be converted into machine-readable ones.

According to another official at RPO, those who fail to renew or convert their passports into machine readable one may be denied visas henceforth.

Mumbai: The Regional Passport Office (RPO) here has asked citizens to immediately do away with their handwritten passports, saying not switching to machine-readable ones will cause them problem in getting visas. The move comes following a directive issued by the Joint Secretary and Chief Passport Of...

19/02/2016

This is the new GAMCA location in Hyderabad. GAMCA centre is working in the same building of MESCO diagnostics, Darulshifa, Near to Salar Jung Museum Behind Mahatma Gandhi Bus Stand. Timings are from 6am -12pm Monday to Saturday...