Crowding to get passports

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of February 15, hundreds of people flocked to the Immigration Department (PA72) to make passports and travel documents on the first working day of the new year.

On the morning of February 15, the first day after Tet holiday, Room PA72 opened to receive applications for passport and travel document renewal for citizens. From early morning, hundreds of people were present in front of the office very early. Most of them wanted to renew their passports and travel documents to go abroad to work, the remaining few were for business trips or tourism.

From early morning, a large number of people gathered at the Immigration Office.

At 7am, the streets around the Immigration Department (in Truong Thi Ward, Vinh City) were packed with people. At the desks for passport and travel documents to Laos, although they were given queue numbers, hundreds of people jostled each other to submit their documents, creating a chaotic scene.

Hundreds of people crowded together, making the small space of the headquarters even more cramped.

Mr. Nguyen Van Cong (resident of Que Phong district) said: "I heard that today is the first day the agency accepts applications, so I got up at 5 am and drove here to get a travel permit to Laos. Thanks to arriving early, I was lucky to be able to submit my application."

Hurry up and write the application form.

Lieutenant Colonel To Huu Tri - Deputy Head of the Immigration Department said: Every year, the processing of passports and travel documents after Tet is stressful due to the huge demand. To meet the people's demands, the Department has mobilized all forces, coordinated with the ward police and the community order, and arranged additional desks to receive documents to quickly complete procedures for the people.

To avoid the situation of "brokers" doing the procedures, this year, the Department organized to take photos of the documents right at the headquarters. At the same time, it also created conditions for 4 mountainous districts to get the passports on the same day to save on travel expenses.

Phan Ngoc