Overview
- The Directorate General of Passports has started a nationwide Saturday service that lets applicants collect ready passports from designated delivery counters between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
- Authorities described the plan as a temporary two-month measure intended to give people who cannot visit on weekdays an extra chance to pick up prepared documents.
- Citizens can visit their relevant passport delivery counter on Saturdays to collect passports without waiting for the next working day.
- The department reminded applicants to collect passports within the prescribed period and warned that documents unclaimed for more than six months may be disposed of under government rules.
- If weekend hours speed up collections, the office may use the two-month trial to assess whether to change service patterns and cut future delays for working applicants.