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Police Verification for Passport: The Modi government is constantly making efforts to improve the process for those applying for passports. In this sequence, Union Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday (24 June) that the Ministry of External Affairs is working to reduce the time taken in police verification of passport applicants. For this, the Ministry of External Affairs is trying to coordinate with the police of the states and union territories.

On the occasion of Passport Seva Diwas, Jaishankar said that his ministry is committed to ensuring that passports have a significant impact on the country's development by facilitating international trade and investment and enhancing global mobility. He informed that to provide better passport services, the ministry has launched 440 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras. This is in addition to 93 Passport Seva Kendras, 533 Passport Processing Centers and 37 Regional Passport Offices across the country. The ministry has also integrated the passport issuance system in 187 Indian missions abroad.

MPassport Police App launched in 9 thousand police stations

Jaishankar said, “To further improve the passport delivery ecosystem, the ministry is continuously working with the State/UT police to reduce the time required for police verification.”

He said the “mPassport Police App” simplifying the police verification process has been launched in 9,000 police stations across 25 states and union territories. He further said, “The Passport Seva system has been successfully integrated with the DigiLocker system to facilitate a paperless documentation process.”

mPassport Police App reduces verification time

Giving information in the Lok Sabha in December 2023, Jaishankar had said, the average time of police verification across the country is 14 days. However, in the states and union territories where the mPassport Police app has been launched, the average time of police verification has come down to less than five days.

Jaishankar had said at the time that the average time taken to issue a normal passport, excluding the time for police verification, is seven to 10 days and the average time for a tatkal passport is one to three days. “Police verification of applicants’ details plays a vital role in the timely dispatch of passports,” he had said.