BENGKULU - The Bengkulu TPI Class I Immigration Office said that applications for passports in Bengkulu Province since early January 2022 have increased because there are prospective Umrah pilgrims.
The increase in requests, said Bengkulu Immigration Head, Murdo Danang Laksono, was because prospective Indonesian Umrah pilgrims were allowed to perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia.
"After the government of Saudi Arabia reopened the Umrah pilgrimage for Indonesia, the issuance of passports in Bengkulu increased significantly," said Danang in Bengkulu City as reported by Antara, Saturday, January 15.
In January 2021, there were only 133 applicants for passports, while in January 2022 until the second week there were 216 applicants.
Danang said, the number of passport applications for Umrah is currently increasing so that his party is forced to limit it by serving 30 applicants per day at the office.
The limitation of services at the office is because Indonesia is still facing the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing strict health protocols (prokes).
Meanwhile, in 2021 applications for passport services at the Bengkulu Immigration Office do not reach 10 applicants in a day.
Therefore, his party implements a ball pick-up service or Eazy Passport to make it easier for the people of Bengkulu Province to process passport applications.
"With this service, people don't have to bother coming to the Immigration office to process passport applications," he said.
Because his party will come to the community to collect the data needed to apply for a passport with a minimum requirement of 20 people.
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