Immigration in Tanjunguban Opens Collective Passport Service, Minimum 50 Applicants

TRIBUNBATAM.id, BINTAN - TPI Tanjunguban Class II Immigration Office, presents an easy passport service.

This new service aims to facilitate the management of passports for Bintan residents.

Head of Information and Communication Technology Section of Immigration Office of TPI Tanjunguban Class II Immigration Office, Oddy Permana said, easy passport is a collective passport service program targeting the large community.

"A minimum of 50 passport applicants.

The way office / community representatives send a letter of application to Immigration, "he said, Monday (07/13/2020).

Oddy said, this program was initiated by Directorate General of Immigration, in order to continue providing services to the public who wanted to make a passport during Covid-19 pandemic.

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"So this easy passport service reaches office employees, employees of government agencies, communities, housing, campuses, schools, and so on in terms of making a collective passport," he said.

Oddy explained that to get this service, the residents only had to submit it to the TPI Tanjunguban Class II Immigration Office.

Then officers will come for photos and interviews at the designated location.

Passport retrieval can be taken directly by the passport applicant, or representatives of agencies, offices or communities by attaching a power of attorney or warrant from the leadership or the applicant and sent through the services of PT Pos Indonesia.

The easy passport process takes about four working days, after the applicant pays the non-tax state revenue (PNBP) according to the chosen passport type.

"But it can be completed on the same day as the PNBP payment record is done before 13.00 WIB," he said.

Oddy also added, that in the service of easy passports in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic, he continued to implement health protocols for both officers and residents who applied for a passport.

This easy passport service is also specialized in making new passports and replacing.

Meanwhile, the management of lost or damaged passports is still done in the office