CHENNAI: Soon you can fill up your passport applications online at the nearest post office after paying a nominal fee. India Post and the Ministry of External Affairs are in discussions to offer one-stop passport solutions at post offices across the country soon, said Merwin Alexander, Post Master General of Chennai City region.
Once the proposal is cleared, passport applicants who are not computer literate can visit the post office and get their applications filled online rather than approaching an agent. “People who are not computer literate are dependent on agents who demand money for filling up the applications. Now they can walk into a post office and the online applications would be filled by the postal clerk,” said Alexander.
He, however, refused to fix any time frame for the service to be launched. It is learnt that it would be launched across the country once India Post gets a unique log-in ID and password. “We want a one-time unique log-in and password rather than logging in every time. We are negotiating this with the Ministry of External Affairs,” Alexander said.
Further, India Post is working on a mechanism to regulate the fee structure to be charged from the applicants for filling the form. “It should be remunerative. We are also working on a mechanism where the system of bank challans could be done away with. It could be paid online from the post office. We want to make the post office a one-stop solution for passports,” he added.
Once the proposal is cleared, passport applicants who are not computer literate can visit the post office and get their applications filled online rather than approaching an agent. “People who are not computer literate are dependent on agents who demand money for filling up the applications. Now they can walk into a post office and the online applications would be filled by the postal clerk,” said Alexander.
He, however, refused to fix any time frame for the service to be launched. It is learnt that it would be launched across the country once India Post gets a unique log-in ID and password. “We want a one-time unique log-in and password rather than logging in every time. We are negotiating this with the Ministry of External Affairs,” Alexander said.
Further, India Post is working on a mechanism to regulate the fee structure to be charged from the applicants for filling the form. “It should be remunerative. We are also working on a mechanism where the system of bank challans could be done away with. It could be paid online from the post office. We want to make the post office a one-stop solution for passports,” he added.
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