Chandigarh administrator launches ‘mPassport’ app to complete verification process in 15 days

'mPassport' was created by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and has been linked to the Regional Passport Offices (RPOs) throughout the country.

By: Express News Service
Chandigarh | June 16, 2023 03:39 PM IST

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Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Banwarilal Purohit at the launch of 'mPassport' Police app. (Twitter/@DgpChdPolice)

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Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Banwarilal Purohit Friday launched ‘mPassport’, a mobile application of Chandigarh police, to ensure that all passport verifications are completed within 15 days.

He also announced that four more services, including employee verification, character verification, tenant verification and servant verification, would be made available online through the mobile application of Chandigarh police, ‘e-Sathi’.

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‘e-Sathi’ app has already been offering 11 online services including parking stickers for senior citizens, lodging of e-FIRs, lodging of complaints of missing objects etc.

‘mPassport’ was created by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and has been linked to the Regional Passport Offices (RPOs) throughout the country. It will make the entire verification proceeding paperless.

DGP (UT) Praveer Ranjan said, “mPassport-enabled 32 tablets were allotted to 16 police stations. Now on, cops will visit the applicants’ residences and upload the necessary documents on the application instead of collecting the photocopies. As the application is connected with the RPO, uploaded documents will reach the concerned department. Although 15 days is the timeframe to complete passport verification, Chandigarh police usually completes the verification process within 5 days.”

DIG Raj Kumar Singh, SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, DC Vinay Pratap Singh and senior officer from the Regional Passport Office (RPO) were also present at the function.

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