Chief of Passport Branch: We are extending our two-hour program next week

Chief of Passport Branch: We are extending the two-hour program for next week

"To help citizens and make them more efficient passport issuing activity has decided to extend the working hours of two hours, now from 8:30 to 18:30 from Monday to Friday. The measure is valid until 39 to 31 August 2018 for 30 counties: Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Braila, Botosani, Brasov, Cluj, Caras-Séverin, Constanta, Dambovita, Dolj, Hunedoara, Iasi, Mehedinti, Maramures, Mures, Neamt, Prahov a, Sibiu, Satu Mare, Suceava, Timis, Vrancea, Vrancea and Vaslui

. the weekend, the program being from 8:30 to 18:30, "said Mirel Toanca, chief of the General Directorate of Passports, Saturday, [19659005] According to him, after supplementation, next week, at the national level, there will be 209 reception desks Demands and issuance of travel documents

The passport officer recalled that this month, several legislative changes have come into force regarding the issuance or validity of passports, the most important of which is the previous change is the increase in the validity of the simple electronic passport of 5 to 10 years for people over 18 years and the modification of the conditions of issuance of temporary temporary passport
"This type of passport is issued within a period not exceeding 3 working days, only in objective situations where, for health, family or professional reasons, it is necessary and urgent for the person to be e present in the territory of another state and there is no time for 19659005] The representative of MIA pointed out that the legislative changes were introduced to reduce congestion in the offices of the services of passport caused by the large number of citizens who apply for temporary passports without having emergency situation

"the validity of the simple electronic passport to 10 years, we expect increase and the number of applications for release for this type of document, as it is known that in July and August most travel documents are issued compared to the rest of the months of the year. (…) Compared with the same period last year, the number of employees in the passport system has increased to about 60 people, "said Toanca.

According to the source, from July 16, in Bucharest, the counters of Pipera and Amzei set up at Park Lake.

"From the beginning of the year to date, about 41,000 citizens have requested that the passport is sent by post. In order to reduce waiting times at the counter, the SMS alert system has been put in place at the next expiry of the passport, where citizens are notified about one to three months ago ", said the boss. Passport Branch

Between 27 and 27 July, 47,314 applications for the release of ePassports and 12,055 temporary passports were received at the national level. During the same period last year, 33,601 e-mails were issued for simple e-passports and 15,970 for temporary temporary passports, an increase of 40.81% in the number of single e-passports. 24.51% decrease in the number of passports. number of temporary temporary passports.

Also in the period from 1 January to 27 July 796 173 simple electronic passports and 287 122 temporary passports were issued while in the same period last year 615 155 simple electronic passports and 251 171 temporary temporary passports were issued, registering an increase of 29.43% electronic and 14.31% of temporary

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