Regional Passport Office in Hyderabad largest in India

Regional Passport Office in Hyderabad largest in India
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Regional Passport Office in Hyderabad Largest in India. Regional Passport Office Hyderabad Is the top and largest RPO out or37 Passport DtfIces In the country with 7.17 lakh P...port applications accepted and 6.95 I.kh p..sports issued in calendar year 2014.

1. RPO Hyd top RPO In the country: Regional Passport Office Hyderabad Is the top and largest RPO out or37 Passport DtfIces In the country with 7.17 lakh P...port applications accepted and 6.95 I.kh p..sports issued in calendar year 2014.

This amounts to 13% growth from 2013.

2., Tran"'r 0' Jurl~ictlon po.t~bifurcation of state: Very soon In the coming few months, 8 districts of Andhra Pradesh state, which are currently under the jurisdiction of RPO Hyd, will be transferred to Vishakapatnam Passport Office. This includes transfer of Passport Seva Kendra In vijayawada and Tirupati as well.

All the applicants from Anantapur! Chlttoor! YSR Ked.pa! KUTnooJ! Nellore! VlJayawada! Guntur! Praka..m would need to approach the Passport Office in Vlshakapatnam for all queries and passport related Issues/services.

3. Machine Readable Passports (MRP) Passports: From 24 November .2015, all hand-written and non-machine readable pa~ports will become invalid.

All passports holders who have been Issued handwritten passports with 20 yr validity and those who have non-MRP are required to renew their ' passports for a machine readable one. As per International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) norms, ali handwritten and non-MR passports across the world become invalid after this date.

4. <6month validity passports: All passport holders should have a minimum validity of 6 months for applying for any Visa. All passport holders should carefully check for such validity and apply for re-Issue of passport. The universal practice In. vogue now Is," Once your pauport crosses the nine-year mark, it I. time to get new passport".

5. Minor to Major passports: Parents of minor children, who are about to turn major should check about their minor children passport validity as minor child Is given a validity of only 5 yrs.

6. Exhaustion of VI.. Pages: Some countries do not accept passports which may have fewer than 2 visa pages remaining. All passport holders are requested to check their passports for the same and apply for re-Issue as there Is no provision for additional booklets/pages. frequent travellers can apply for Jumbo booklet with 60 pages.

7. H.j 2015 pilgrims: Haj Pilgrims of 2015 are requested to apply for passports well In advance to avoid iast minute rush and tenSion. This office will ensure smooth facilitation at PSKs and early Issuance of Passports to all Haj pilgrims. Our sincere and special thanks In achieving our Mission One crore target In 2014 to:

1. Shrf Mahender Reddy,IPS, CP Hyderabad;

2. Smt. Anuradha, IPS, AOGP INT AP;

3. Shri C.V.Anand,IPS, CP Cyberabad;

4. Shrl Shlvdhar Reddy,IPS, IGP INT Telangana;

5. Shrf Nagl Reddy,IPS, Joint CP Special Branch Hyderabad;

6. All the Superfntendents of Police of all 18 districts under the jurisdiction of RPO Hyd;

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