A police official said the motive behind introducing the mobile application was to lessen the burden on the Police Department and to fast-track the passport process. The online verification process will be operational within a week.
To make passport verification faster, the department will distribute mobile tables with the 'mPassport' APP for the police personnel and will also organise a training programme in this regard.
“With this online application, the passport verification process ensures timely submission of police verification reports to the department. It will take around one or two days for the personnel to complete the application process. Personnel will conduct field verification and furnish the verification process on spot,” Deputy Commissioner of police (headquarters) Deepak Gahlawat said.
“Since manual police verification takes considerable time amidst their regular work, the uses of the mobile App would now ensure the there would not be any delay in the verification process of passport application. It will help time-first applicants get their passports in a time-bound manner without paying any additional fee,” the DCP said.
The official said all the police stations across the district would have one tablet each. The concerned personnel will visit the applicant destination and will update the entire information of the applicant and furnish the verification report to the concern police station.
“The passport section would verify the reports and forwarded the same to the passport department. We have received an APP password from the Passport Department. The online process would be operational within next few days,” the DCP said.
“With the introduction of the app, passport verification process will become paperless. We will totally digitalise the passport verification process,” he said.
“At present, the police download and print the verification form and visit the house of the passport applicant for verification,” Gahlawat added.
However, as per the new system, the police salutes will visit the house of the passport applicant and fill the form on his cell phone.
Similarly, the verification report, once submitted, will be sent to the Passport Office and automatically saved in the server of the Police Department,” Gahlawat added.