Spl Passport Mela on Mar 17, 18 at SKUAST-J

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Daily Excelsior
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 9: Regional Passport Office (RPO) Jammu has decided to hold a Special Passport Mela at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Jammu (SKUAST-J) for faculty members, participants and especially farmers to be gathered on the occasion of Kisan Mela.
The Passport Mela will be organized in collaboration with Prof JP Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-J. As many as 100 applications on that day would be processed during the special Mela.
While informing this, N K Shil, Regional Passport Officer, Jammu said that appointments for the Passport Mela have already been opened and applicants who wish to avail this unique opportunity may book their slots. They may submit the Passport Application Forms online for Fresh/Re-issue of passport under normal category and book prior appointment before visiting Passport Mela Camp.
“Applicants may log on to the passport India website www.passportindia.gov.in or mPassportSeva app to fill and submit the application form online, make payment of passport fee online through debit/credit card or internet banking of State Bank of India (as mentioned on the website),” he intimated.
He said the Passport Mela is to be held between 10 am to 5 pm on March 17 and 18 at Kisan Mela Stall at SKUAST Jammu to scrutinize, verify essentials documents and process applications of local applicants only under the ‘normal’ or ‘re-issue’ category. Appointments for the Passport Mela would be allotted by the system on first come first serve basis as per availability, he added.
Shil said that applicants who have booked appointments for the day are required to visit the Passport office in person for application processing, biometrics (finger prints etc), capturing of photographs on the designated time and day of appointment.
He said the applicants along with ARN (Appointment Reference Number) and original documents (photocopies thereof) must visit the designated Passport Camp for having their Passport applications processed.

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