COVID-19 Is Increasingly Sloping, Cirebon Immigration Is Immediately FLooded With Requests For Passports

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JAKARTA - TPI Cirebon Class I Immigration Office, West Java, noted that passport applications have increased. In 2022, 51,902 issues were issued, while in 2021 there were only 13,300, and more than 200 applicants could be served per day.

"After the pandemic subsided, the service for making passports continued to increase", said TPI Cirebon Class I Immigration Office Head, Nur Raisha Pujiastuti, in Cirebon on Thursday, January 26.

Raisha said, the making of passports at the TPI Cirebon Class I Immigration Office had indeed experienced a significant increase, namely that in 2021 his party would only issue 13,300 passports.

Meanwhile, continued Raisha, in 2022 the number of passport applications will reach 51,902, and this is dominated by the issuance of passports for the public, namely 43,113, the remaining 8,789 are workers.

"The increase in making passports when compared to 2021 has reached four times, especially after Umrah was allowed", she said.

She added, at the beginning of 2023, applications for passports had also increased, namely every day more than 200 citizens were served.

In fact, Raisha continued, the queues using online were already full, so people who were going to apply for passports in January could no longer be served.

"We serve approximately 200 passport applicants every day", she said.

For this reason, said Raisha, at the momentum of the 73rd Immigration Service Day this year, her party emphasized all levels be even better in terms of serving the community, be it immigration, passport services, and so on.