Title:New passport office evokes good response

The new Post Office Passport Seva Kendra set up by the Ministry of External Affairs at the post office in Rasipuram town on May 18 has evoked good response.

外交部于5月18日在Rasipuram镇的邮局设立了新的邮局护照Seva Kendra，对此反应良好。

This is the first kendra in the industrial district of Namakkal.

这是纳马卡勒工业区首家肯德拉。

According to official sources, except printing and dispatch of passports, the kendra will carry out all other operations such as receiving applications, document verification, fee collection and facilitating further process by sending it to the Regional Passport Office in Coimbatore.

据官方消息来源称，除印制和发放护照外，肯德拉将开展所有其他业务，如接收申请、文件核实，收取费用，并通过将其送交科英巴托雷区域护照办公室来促进进一步的进程。

The passport applicants can schedule an appointment to visit the kendra online.

申请护照者可以在线安排预约访问肯德拉。

Applicants of Namakkal district can book their appointments through www.passportindia.gov.in.

Namakkal区的申请人可通过www.passportindia.gov.in登记他们的任命。

G. Sivakumar, Regional Passport Officer, Coimbatore, told reporters here that the Passport Office at Coimbatore issued about 1.75 lakh passports during last year. Passports were being issued in two days under tatkal system.

科英巴托雷地区护照干事Sivakumar向记者表示，科英巴托雷的护照办公室去年发放了大约1.75拉克护照，两天以来根据旧护照制度发放护照。

Mr. Sivakumar said that the Ministry has simplified various formalities for getting the passport and this has immensely benefited the common man. About 50 appointments will be released for the Rasipuram kendra a day.

Sivakumar先生说，该部简化了各种办理护照的手续，使普通人获益匪浅，每天将为Rasipuram Kendra发放约50份任命书。

While the applications of children will be cleared within four days, the adults will get the passports in 20 days.

虽然儿童的申请将在4天内得到批准，但成人将在20天内获得护照。

He said that a kendra was opened at the Salem Head Post Office last year and about 100 applications were being processed there daily.

他说，去年在Salem总部开设了一家肯德拉，每天大约有100份申请在那里处理。

About 22,000 applicants of Salemd district got passports from the kendra in Salem so far, he said.

他说，到目前为止，Salemd区约有22,000名申请人从Salem的肯德拉领取了护照。