Reforms are finally being brought to the long, tedious process of acquiring and renewing passports in India.
In a series of tweets, India’s External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj has announced change in policies pertaining to the passport and it's police verification.
As per the new reforms brought in, getting your passport is going to take less than a week as police verification will be done after you get the passport and not before.
Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "If you submit an application with copies of Aadhar, Voter ID and PAN Card with an affidavit of no criminal case, we will issue the Passport. The police verification will be done later. You can choose any appointment date from the earliest five available dates for Passport related services."
The police verification process will now be carried out after the applicant acquires the passport.
Moreover, these services are being launched with an app called 'Passport Police App' for speedy submission of Police Verification (PV).
