Indian expatriates told to obtain MRPs
By JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS
Published: Mar 5, 2012 01:35 Updated: Mar 5, 2012 01:35
The Consulate General of India, Jeddah, has asked all Indian nationals living under its jurisdiction to register the birth of their children within one year of birth to get an Indian passport.
Any delay beyond the one-year limit may create problems in automatic acquisition of Indian citizenship and issuance of passports for their children.
The consulate, in addition, has asked all Indian nationals living in the Kingdom to get Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) by Nov. 24, 2012. The Saudi government issued a circular to the Indian mission to this effect.
The circular states that if the expatriate fails to get the MRP he may face problems while commuting in and out of the country.
Therefore in order to avoid any hardship, Indians holding hand-written passports are advised to submit their passport applications at Outsourced Agencies, (Al-FIFA/Al-Tayyar/VFS) irrespective of date of expiry to obtain machine-readable passports at normal passport fees.
For any assistance and details contact the consulates passport wing at Tel No. 02-6513649.
Meanwhile, a team from the consulate would be visiting Qunfudah to provide consular and passport services to Indian nationals on Thursday, March 8, from 0900 to 1300 hours and 1700 to 2000 hours at Hotel Sea Village (Tel. No. 07-733 2222).
Indian nationals residing in Qunfudah area and Abha, Baha and Jazan may also avail of the opportunity to apply for the consular services and to meet the visiting officials to convey their grievances/suggestions, if any, and issues relating to labor and welfare. They should bring along with them written statements narrating their problems, including consular related services, for redressal.
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Fingerprinting for expat women begins March 31
By ARAB NEWS
Published: Mar 5, 2012 01:39 Updated: Mar 5, 2012 01:39
RIYADH: The Passport Department announced yesterday that it would enforce fingerprinting of expatriate women in the Kingdom from March 31 as part of its efforts to register fingerprints of all expatriates in the country.
Col. Badr Al-Malik, director of media affairs and the departments spokesman, said all passport offices across the country would implement the program in different phases. The first phase will start when they apply for new resident permits (iqamas) or transfer of sponsorship or change of profession or for the replacement of a lost iqama, the spokesman said.
Al-Malik said all passport offices have been readied to carry out fingerprinting process. He urged business owners to instruct their expatriate women staff to complete the process at the nearest passport office.
Those interested may visit the departments website (www.gdp.gov.sa) to know the centers where fingerprinting facility is available.
According to Al-Malik, the system would protect the rights and interests of both Saudis and expatriates and prevent the possibility of information tampering.
The project is also aimed at realizing a number of vital objectives foremost of which are:
Building a central database to keep fingerprints of all Saudi citizens, expatriates in Saudi Arabia besides those who infringe regulations;
Speeding up identity verification process
Reducing illegal overstay of expatriates.
This system will enable security officers to verify the identity of a person in less than five seconds, an Interior Ministry official said. The system has been linked with hand-held fingerprint reading devices, and those devices in vehicles, to confirm the identity of a person.
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