Vizag passport office to cater to Guntur, Krishna, Yanam

May 22, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:55 am IST - HYDERABAD:

Guntur and Krishna districts in addition to Yanam (Puducherry Union Territory) have been realigned and mapped to Passport office, Visakhapatnam with effect from Friday.

Hyderabad Regional Passport officer Aswhini S in a statement said consequent upon the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the Ministry of External Affairs has decided to realign the districts between Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam passport offices for the purpose of providing passport services.

Accordingly, as part of exercise, Guntur, Krishna and Yanam were realigned with Passport office, Visakhapatnam from May 11.

But, from Friday, complete transfer is being affected.

The passport applicants from Guntur, Krishna and Yanam could choose either of the Passport Seva Kendras at Vijayawada or Visakhapatnam under the Passport Office, Visakhapatnam while registering on passport portal for passport services.

The passports of applicants will accordingly be printed and issued from Passport Office, Visakhapatnam.

With effect from Friday, the jurisdiction of Passport Office, Visakhapatnam, with its Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam PSKs would cover the districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Yanam.

Passport services to applicants from rest of the districts of Andhra Pradesh namely, Prakasam, Nellore, Chittoor, Kadapa, Kurnool and Anantapur districts would continue to be rendered by PSK Tirupati or Passport Seva Kendra in Hyderabad under Regional Passport Officer, Hyderabad, until further orders.

The Passport Seva Kendras in Hyderabad and Nizamabad will continue to cater to the districts of Adilabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Warangal, Rangareddy, Khammam, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda of Telangana State.

Walk-in category

On-hold applicants who have submitted their applications in PSK Vijayawada till May 21 would be serviced as walk-in category on any working day between 9.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., the release said.

Passport applicants from Guntur, Krishna and Yanam can choose either of the PSKs at Vijayawada or Visakhapatnam while registering on passport portal

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