• I Paid A Bribe
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Hassle at Passport office

Reported on November 25, 2010 from Chennai , Tamil Nadu  ι Report #29738

I had to go to the Regional Passport office Chennai to apply for additional booklet as I had exhausted all the pages in my passport.As an young man of 25 yrs, I thought that since all details are now available online I will follow that and will be quick & efficient.Checked the website filled up the form, got the photo, photocopied all the documents and carried all the necessary orginals only to find out at the passport office that whatever is mentioned online is not correct and I need a different form, more photocopies and also since it was a online appointment the counter is open only for 2 to 4 in the afternoon and there is long queue for it. By time I got all my paper work done it was over and I had to do this 3 times as everytime I went they found a new problem. I decided that I will not pay bribe even if I have to do this n times. However, most of my colleagues were cynical as they suggested that I would saved the money spent on Petrol by paying bribe and going through a travel agent...Shame!! this is response you get from your own country men....Please privatise every **********thing in India- Passport, license, registration office, tax collection and this country will be prosperous...

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