Big Hit! Newly launched Passport Seva App registers 1 million downloads in just two days!

NewsBharati    29-Jun-2018
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New Delhi, June 29: It feels so good when you have everything in hand and there is no need to travel to get a thing done. With the digital waves rippling its success all over the new to join the league is the new Passport Seva App. In just two days the Passport Seva mobile application, which allows users to apply for a passport from anywhere in the country, has registered one million downloads.

 

Confirming the news, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted saying, “Passport Seva mobile App launched recently by the Ministry of External Affairs recently has already registered 1 million downloads.”

The scheme, which was launched by the ministry on the occasion of the Sixth Passport Seva Divas on Wednesday, allows migrant applicants to apply for a passport from their original place of residence. She had previously described this initiative as “revolutionary”. Through the application, which is available on Android and iOS platforms, users can apply, pay and schedule appointments for acquiring a passport.

The application does not require any computer or printer thus enabling the need to benefit the users.

The mobile application was launched under the initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs to ease the process of acquiring the passport. The launch has eased the process of getting the passport residing in any corner of the country.

Now, irrespective of your current place of residence, you can choose the Regional Passport Office (RPO) and the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) or Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) while submitting an application. This means, for instance, if you are originally from Kolkata but residing in Jaipur, you can apply for a passport from the former city.

While launching the app, EAM Sushma Swaraj asserted it as a ‘passport revolution’. The passport app emphasizes two major schemes. This entails the Passport application from anywhere in India, and filling passport application forms from mobile phones, would make the procedure for obtaining passports simpler.