With the proposed launch of a new initiative by the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Hyderabad, applicants may hope to get their passports sooner than before.

As per this initiative, RPO Hyderabad plans to tie up with the city police wing and link the passport software with the police portal. Thus, an applicant will get passport within four days instead of the earlier five days as a major component in application process, police verification, will be done in a day . RPO Hyderabad could be the first in the country to launch this new initiative.

"Now, with the link of the software, the process of verification and issuing of passport can be done within four days. Discussions pertaining to this service with the city police chief are completed and within a week or 10 days, the process will begin," Hyderabad Regional Passport Officer E Vishnu Vardhan Reddy told TOI.Earlier, police used to take at least 10 days for verification and after Passport Seva Kendra(PSKs) were set up, the days came down to one week and gradually to five days.

But still there was a delay in police verification due to double entry at PSKs and the concerned police stations which will now be mitigated. "No doubt, the cops are doing police verification process quickly, but we found that for one verification there is a double entry. One at Passport Seva Kendra and the other at the police station concerned resulting in delay. In this new initiative, we have decided 'one entry' is enough for police verification," said Reddy.

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