Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in UAE has announced that consular, passport, visa and attestation services in UAE have been outsourced to AlHind Tours & Travels with effect from July 22, reported Khaleej Times.
The move came after the Supreme Court of India permitted the Indian missions in the UAE, Kuwait, Singapore and Canberra to temporarily engage the service providers whose contracts were previously set aside.
The services and will be delivered through 16 Indian Consular Application Centres (ICACs). The services will no longer be available at the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi or the Consulate General of India in Dubai. In a circular, the embassy said that appointments can be booked online on the website consularsevainuae.
com. The appointments will be released at 9am and 9pm daily. Service timings at all ICACs is from 8am to 6pm. Entry into the ICAC will be allowed only 15 minutes prior to the appointment time.
The services and will be delivered through 16 Indian Consular Application Centres (ICACs). The services will no longer be available at the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi or the Consulate General of India in Dubai.
Applications for Tatkal passport services, new-borns, Emergency Certificate (EC) and senior citizens (60 years and above) will also be available on a walk-in basis at all ICACs. These will be on first-come, first-served basis.
The service charge levied by AlHind is Dh19, inclusive of VAT. This fee includes all the ancillary services related to passport, visa and attestation services such as form filling, photograph, typing documents, domestic courier, printouts and photocopies. The Dh19 service charge will be taken in addition to the Government of India fees. The full breakdown is available at consularsevainuae.com
