Police Department of Fars News Agency – Maryam Arab Ansari:There are only 23 days left until the gathering of millions of lovers of Aba Abdullah al-Hussein in Karbala, and in the meantime, the visitors of Karbala are making preparations to reach the great Arbaeen Hussain procession.
And the passport is the most important document they need to travel and leave the country; The issue which is the most important concern of the visitors and on the other hand has led to the efforts of the relevant authorities in order to facilitate the issuance and renewal of it, to the extent that for the renewal of expired passports with a validity of less than 6 months, he held several stages of meetings with the Iraqi authorities in order to Finally, they were able to get the approval of the Iraqi side.
Renewal of expired passports from Saturday
Sardar Mehdi Hajian, the spokesperson of the police, announced the efforts of the officials to facilitate the movement of Arbaeen Hosseini pilgrims and stated: The police suggested to their Iraqi counterparts that their passports whose dates have expired have the possibility to get a 6-month extension once they leave the border. The destination of Iraq can participate in this spiritual ceremony; Accordingly, those whose passports have expired or whose validity date is less than one month, from Saturday They can go to the passport offices of the provincial centers or cities where this office is active, and our colleagues will stamp a 6-month extension on their passports so that they can leave Iraq once.
The vice president of social and cultural affairs of the country’s general police command announced: This extension will not cost anything.
Issuance of temporary passports from Monday
Referring to the process of issuing a “temporary pass” for Arbaeen, the police spokesperson said: “In order to reduce the time it takes to issue passports and impose less cost on dear pilgrims, it was decided to issue a special pass for Arbaeen through an agreement with the Iraqi side.” This temporary pass is only for one time, but the issuing process is different, that is, dear citizens must go to the +10 police and either apply for the issuance of a passport and pay for it, or they request the issuance of a “temporary pass” for which the only fee is the issuance That is postage.
Sardar Hajian clarified: The issuing process takes 24 hours for us, but it takes between 48 and 72 hours until it reaches the applicant by mail.
The police spokesman said: “We are ready to accept people’s requests for issuing temporary passports from the first day of Safar (Monday, September 7th), but we are trying to make this time sooner and start the work from Saturday.”
Renewing an expired passport is free
Sardar Ali Zulqadri, head of the country’s immigration and passport police, in an interview with the police reporter of Fars news agency, informed about the efforts of the authorities to facilitate and facilitate the movement of Arbaeen Hosseini pilgrims to Karbala and said: According to the agreements reached with the Iraqi side, it was decided that the passports of Expired or valid for less than six months, they can get permission to enter Iraq with the police extension stamp.
It is not possible to renew the passport at the border/go to passport centers for renewal
He stated that the validity entered in this category of passports is only for the Arbaeen journey and clarified that: people must visit the passport issuing centers in the city or provinces to renew their expired passports with a validity of less than 6 months and know that at the border There is no tool and possibility to renew the passport.
He said: After the applicants go to the passport centers, the information is updated in the system and then the police renewal stamp is inserted in it.
What are the necessary documents for passport renewal?
In response to another question from Fars, Sardar Zul Qadr said what documents people should bring to renew their passports: People should bring birth certificates, national cards and passports that have expired or are valid for less than 6 months. .
In response to another question from Fars regarding whether the passports that are renewed will be sent to people again by mail, he said: After the people went to the passport issuing centers and presented their identity documents, the officials in the office updated the information. After inserting the police renewal stamp on the passport, they present the passport to the applicants.
Conditions of attendance of banned students and students in Arbaeen Hosseini
Sardar Hossein Ashtari, the country’s chief police officer, said: People who are prohibited from leaving the country can go to the organization and department that imposed the ban on them to remove their ban, and if the obstacles are removed, they can take action to leave the border and travel to Iraq. .
This senior law enforcement official added: Students who intend to travel to Karbala can leave the border by presenting a letter from their place of study using a passport and a temporary pass.
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