Nghe An: Number of people renewing ID cards increased 5 times in two days after Tet
(Baonghean.vn) - After only 2 working days after the Lunar New Year (February 22 and 24), the Household Registration - Identification Team (Administrative Police Department for Social Order of the Provincial Police) received and processed nearly 1,500 applications for issuing, changing and reissuing ID cards for people, 5 times more than normal days.
On February 22, the 7th day of the first lunar month, the first day of ID card issuance and renewal procedures after the Tet holiday (according to regulations, ID card issuance and renewal are carried out on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays every week, the remaining days are ID card return days), the Household Registration - Identification Team received and processed 627 ID card issuance and renewal applications for people.
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| People waiting to make ID cards. Photo by Nhu Binh |
On February 24, although it was Saturday, there were nearly 900 people coming to do procedures to issue and renew ID cards. Normally, after the Lunar New Year, the number of people coming to do procedures to issue, renew, or reissue ID cards increases 2-3 times, but this year the number of people coming to do procedures increased dramatically, about 5 times higher than usual.
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| Take fingerprints to make ID card. Photo by Nhu Binh |
"On February 22 and 24, there were approximately 1,500 arrivals. We only handle people from other districts, and Vinh City only accepts special cases such as the elderly and sick," said Lieutenant Colonel Tran Thi My Hanh - Head of the Household Registration - Identification Team, PC64.
Having lost her ID card, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhat (from Nghia Dan) went to Vinh City to do the procedure to quickly renew it so that she could go to Bac Ninh to find a job. If she had done it in the district, she would have had to wait at least 15 days, while at the provincial police station, it would have only taken 3 days. “Because I didn’t know the schedule, I went down yesterday, which coincided with the day to return my ID card, so I couldn’t do it. My brothers and sisters had to rent a room to stay, and came early this morning to do it, but it was too crowded, and they waited forever and still hadn’t gotten their turn,” Ms. Nhat said.
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| Because she lost her ID card, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhat (from Nghia Dan) went to Vinh to make an ID card. Photo: Nhu Binh |
Faced with the sudden increase in people's needs, the Provincial Police Department of Administrative Management of Social Order has mobilized 100% of its staff to work, including Saturdays and Sundays.
Lieutenant Colonel Tran Thi My Hanh said: “People from the districts come down, some of them have to travel hundreds of kilometers, so with the determination not to let people return home before finishing the work, we are ready to work around the clock. At noon we only stop at nearly 1 pm, and in the afternoon we work until 8 pm. Because the shops are not open yet at the beginning of the year, we only have time to eat a bowl of instant noodles and then go to work, not letting people wait long.”
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| Fill in the serial number information to make an ID card. Photo: Nhu Binh |
In addition to mobilizing staff to work around the clock, including on holidays, the unit coordinates with the provincial post office to return ID cards to the addresses provided by people to reduce costs and travel time for people.
