Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Status of passport application on mobile

NEW DELHI: From now on, you can get the status of your passport application on your mobile phone by just sending a message to the passport
department.

The regional passport officer announced on Tuesday that an applicant just needs to message "Ppt" to 57272 and the status of the application would be delivered immediately to the sender.

"File number always contains an English alphabet followed by eight digits. For example: A00018009. The cash receipt contains only an alphabet and six digits. Therefore, one needs to add two more digits which represent the year in which he/she applied.

To cite an example, if the year of application is 2007, add 07," the regional passport officer said, adding that this new facility was effective since February 9.

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