This happened on May09 2011..
I want to get my Passport (with visa’s ) renewed via tatkal service provided at Hyderabad. As I am a tech savvy filled the form in from the passport website. It suggested me 11:00 am as the time to arrive at office.
My father always insists me to go early to government offices so I started at 6:00 AM in Nacharam and I reached the passport office by 6:30 am .To my surprise I found long queue waiting for passport. There are 2 different queues , one for woman carrying infants, senior citizens and Physically handicapped and other one for new passport applications, renewals and tatkals.
I know the limit per day for passport office is around 300 tatkal and 100 general. The queue on both sides is around 500 odd people.
So I went and joined the long queue at 6:45 am. Passport office only opens by 8:00 am.
I wanted to try my luck with brokers who are saying/boosting to do anything for money. I asked a broker then he told that he will take Rs 2500 for getting an appointment next day. If I go through a broker the total would be Rs 5000 which was not affordable to me and one of my Cousin had a very bad experience with brokers.
I asked few people in the line when they stood in the line few answered that they came on Saturday evening , some came on Sunday morning.
I went back to the line where I was standing ..after few hours in hot sun ..all my energy got exhausted ..so I left home (I was confident that even if I stood in that line I would not have entered the passport office).
Here are few tips if you’re going to passport office…
1.Try to go on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as I feel the queue would be less.
2.Try to bring water bottle , some energy drinks and biscuits .
3.Try to reach passport office as early as possible (ie by 3am )
4.Dont believe the words of brokers as a new strict officer who joined recently after the CBI raid at passport office doesn’t encourage them at all.
5.If you stay nearby to passport office then ask your watchman or someone else to sleep in the night near passport office so that you can take his position next day morning.
6.Protect yourself from sun and rain etc as you need to stand in hot sun or rain if you want to get passport.
7.If your not having a habit of sitting on ground take a small stool with you so that you can sit if the line is not moving.(I am not able to stand in line continuously for 4-5 hours )
8.If your carrying infants carry more than enough food for them .
9.Police standing outside also doesn’t have much information.
10.if you have time then apply through e seva centers and head post offices rather than standing in the line for fresh passports.
My other passport experinces
Passport experinces in Hyderabad
Please put your comments if you agree/disagree with me…
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I want to get my Passport (with visa’s ) renewed via tatkal service provided at Hyderabad. As I am a tech savvy filled the form in from the passport website. It suggested me 11:00 am as the time to arrive at office.
My father always insists me to go early to government offices so I started at 6:00 AM in Nacharam and I reached the passport office by 6:30 am .To my surprise I found long queue waiting for passport. There are 2 different queues , one for woman carrying infants, senior citizens and Physically handicapped and other one for new passport applications, renewals and tatkals.
I know the limit per day for passport office is around 300 tatkal and 100 general. The queue on both sides is around 500 odd people.
So I went and joined the long queue at 6:45 am. Passport office only opens by 8:00 am.
I wanted to try my luck with brokers who are saying/boosting to do anything for money. I asked a broker then he told that he will take Rs 2500 for getting an appointment next day. If I go through a broker the total would be Rs 5000 which was not affordable to me and one of my Cousin had a very bad experience with brokers.
I asked few people in the line when they stood in the line few answered that they came on Saturday evening , some came on Sunday morning.
I went back to the line where I was standing ..after few hours in hot sun ..all my energy got exhausted ..so I left home (I was confident that even if I stood in that line I would not have entered the passport office).
Here are few tips if you’re going to passport office…
1.Try to go on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as I feel the queue would be less.
2.Try to bring water bottle , some energy drinks and biscuits .
3.Try to reach passport office as early as possible (ie by 3am )
4.Dont believe the words of brokers as a new strict officer who joined recently after the CBI raid at passport office doesn’t encourage them at all.
5.If you stay nearby to passport office then ask your watchman or someone else to sleep in the night near passport office so that you can take his position next day morning.
6.Protect yourself from sun and rain etc as you need to stand in hot sun or rain if you want to get passport.
7.If your not having a habit of sitting on ground take a small stool with you so that you can sit if the line is not moving.(I am not able to stand in line continuously for 4-5 hours )
8.If your carrying infants carry more than enough food for them .
9.Police standing outside also doesn’t have much information.
10.if you have time then apply through e seva centers and head post offices rather than standing in the line for fresh passports.
My other passport experinces
Passport experinces in Hyderabad
Please put your comments if you agree/disagree with me…
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------All the messagesbelow are just forwarded messages if some one feels hurt about it please add your comments we will remove the post.Host/author is not responsible for these posts.
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