Passport-seekers’ now stand double the chance of getting an appointment. The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Bengaluru, has doubled the number of appointments with as many as 4,160 appointments being available this March.
The RPO has seen a huge demand for passports over the last year, with the figures surpassing a whopping five lakh in 2014. This year too, until March 3, as many as 1.01 lakh passports have been issued and the number is expected to cross six lakh by year-end.
P.S. Karthigeyan, Regional Passport Officer, said the 4,160 daily appointments available as of now includes 500 Tatkal appointments and excludes walk-ins (for four categories, including senior citizens, infants and candidates with physical disabilities). A gradual increase in the number of appointments was made from November-end. With this, the RPO intends to cut down on the waiting time of applicants.
