Bengaluru, March 24 A Mobile Passport Seva van will operate in the town of Madikeri in the Kodagu district from April 8 to 10, providing on-the-spot passport services to applicants.
The van will operate at Gandhi Bhavana in Madikeri town as part of an initiative launched by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to provide passport services to people in underserved areas by facilitating document verification and biometric data collection closer to their homes. The Regional Passport Office, Bengaluru, stated in a press release.
Applicants can book appointments online through the Passport Seva portal under the normal scheme. After making the payment, they should select the 'mobile van' option while scheduling the appointment, it said.