Nepalese embassy to speed up passport application process
Harihar Kant Poudel, second secretary at the Nepal embassy, said new passports are currently issued four months after the submission of an application. “This is due to various reasons. The details of each applicant are manually entered and the same is …
Read more on Gulf Times
Militants Kin's Passport Application Not to be Rejected: Kashmir's Omar
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said nobody's passport application should be rejected on the grounds of a relative's involvement in militancy. Abdullah's comment came on Twitter after Sheikh Ruhail Afzal, resident of …
Read more on freepresskashmir
Bangkok Shutdown Leads to Waiting Game at Passport Office
All she needs now is a passport. But the 30-year-old civil servant will have to wait while the Foreign Ministry clears a backlog of 30,000 applications before getting to hers. Ms. Sawitra spent over an hour traveling to Bangkok from the popular seaside …
Read more on Wall Street Journal (blog)