Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Vijitha Herath says that the online system to book a date for acquiring passports is presently in operation efficient from midnight yesterday (05 ).
The minister discussed that, due to a contract made by the previous federal government with the passport supplier, it was not possible to import all the required quantity of passports at once.Accordingly, passports are being provided in batches - 50,000 in October, 100,000 by the end of November, and another 100,000 by the end of December, the Cabinet representative said.He further mentioned that the appropriate plan had been pre-agreed, and no arrangement was produced generating the total needed amount of 750,000 passports at the same time.
The minister likewise acknowledged the problem caused for the public as a result and emphasized the federal government had actually been working to resolve the issue.I enjoy to state that considering that midnight the other day, lots of people have applied for passports under the category of immediate basis.
Lots of people have applied online in the past few hours, and now there is no queue for the passports, Herath said.Now, the passports for the month of November have been repaired in advance, which indicates that they will be released through the department in the exact same method as the token was obtained.
For those who make brand-new applications, the online system will be offered from today to make a visit.
Now we have supplied services to that situation, he added.