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UP passport offices plan special drive on October 10
The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Lucknow, has launched a special outreach campaign called ‘Passport First, Opportunities Next’ to help young people obtain their first passport. As part of the initiative, a special passport drive will be held on October 10 at Passport Seva Kendras in Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
The campaign targets students, trainees, research scholars, teachers and others from recognised educational and training institutions across Uttar Pradesh. Eligible applicants can book appointments from October 6 through the Passport Seva Portal.
RPO Gyanveer Singh said the office has been working to improve accessibility and efficiency of passport services through citizen-centric initiatives, and urged all eligible applicants to use the special drive.
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The drive removes one major hurdle for UP students eyeing study or work abroad: waiting for a passport before applying to programmes or jobs with tight deadlines. By holding the drive at only four cities, the RPO leaves out applicants from the rest of the state, who must still travel or wait for regular appointments. The campaign names no target number of applications, so its success will be measured by how many of the appointments booked from October 6 are actually processed on October 10.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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