- I Paid A Bribe
- 13 years ago
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Received Passport(renewal) after 1.5 years
- Passport
- Police Verification for Passport
- Paid INR 100
I am from Nasik and now settled in Pune. My old passport B-2931414 was issued from Thane passport office. It expired in 2010 and i went to apply for a renewal in Pune passport office SB road. Initially I went to an agent and even handed him 2K to get my passport. The agent consolidated all the necessary documents and was ready with the bunch and asked me to come next day to stand in the queue and submit the application. But the next day I was shocked when the agent returned my 2K amount and said he cannot take this as the passport authorities are not entertaining any agent cases. However he handed over me the complete bunch of documents and asked me to go on myself. However, after reaching to the application counter, I was asked to do corrections almost 8 times (on the same bunch of documents that agent had consolidated) while accepting the application. I then got fedup but was focued on getting it done. Somehow I submitted the application and was told that police would be coming to your house and do the verification. I was not knowing that I myself have to go to police station, pay some bribe there and then get my work done. Police returned my application without informing me or even calling me and added an comments that "person doesn't stay at mentioned address". I then went to passport office and stood in long queue(same queue for new application submission ) for the same amount of time to get answers to my queries. The passport officer lady Mrs ******* was to rude in answering my query and boldly said this is what police is saying we can't do anything. Later Passport office use to send me letter stating that the address proof needs to be submitted and hence passport cannot be issued. I don't understand after accepting the application how can they say that address proof has not been submittted. I had duely submitted Index II copy of my permanent address apartment in Pune. I asked if I can re-submit address proof but then they asked me to re-applu for 2 more times with the same drama of not submitting address proof reasoning. Finally, On 3rd application submission, I got to know that I have to go and bribe the police and then I decided to take my relative retired police wireless officer to the police station and influence the police to give me the verification clearance to receive my passport after 1.5 years. For foreign nationals from Australia and Dubai police staff was just confirming their existence over the phone and their Agents came in nice impressive attire and got the work done. But I am relieved that alas my passport is in my hands "with out paying a bribe".