Following a representation by the state Haj Committee, the Regional Passport Office has agreed to issue 100 more passports to prospective Haj pilgrims, to facilitate them to submit their Haj applications.
After the Passport Adalat held on 4 April in the RPO, the Haj Committee collected as many as 921 affidavits from applicants whose Police Verification Reports were not received.
Of them, police verification reports for 100 cases were received, and international passports for these candidates would be issued on 19 April in the Passport Office.
SHC chairman Syed Khaleeluddin Ahmed and other officials and SHC members met RPO Dr. Srikar Reddy, and finalised the program of distribution of the passports to the concerned.
The Haj Committee will inform all the concerned over telephone, and give them their token numbers.
For the remaining 821 candidates, only passports with one-year validity to travel to Saudi Arabia will be issued, on 23 April (Monday), at 10:30am, in the Passport office.
Only candidates who had submitted affidavits in the Haj Committee can approach the Passport Office on that day, after receiving a token number from the Haj Committee. (INN)