According to Zanhar report, Sardar Ali Zulqader, head of Faraja Immigration and Passport Police, visited the passport issuing booth that was set up especially for the “Moharram Shahr” program last night while in Azadi Square.
On the sidelines of this visit, referring to the activities of this pavilion, Sardar Zul Qadr said: Considering the upcoming Arbaeen Hosseini and the need of the people to receive passport services, according to the memorandum we had with the General Cultural Department of Tehran Municipality, a branch of the Passport Department was established in Tehran’s Azadi Square should be established during the city’s Muharram celebration hours when citizens go there; Get a passport service. Until August 31, our colleagues will be present at the venue of the first ritual mourning in Tehran every night until 22:00.
In response to a question about permission to leave the country especially for women and a special arrangement that has been made in the Muharram Shahr branch, Sardar Zul Qadr said: Considering that the offices are closed during Muharram Shahr, he gave this authority to the head of the branch. If someone applies for a pilgrimage passport, and if both people are present, i.e. husband and wife, by seeing the marriage documents and identification documents, they confirm the husband’s signature and after registering in the system, the same document is issued as a permission to leave the country of the woman. Consider. With this method, there is no need to go to the registry office, and we also accept the same document as a permission to leave the husband’s country for the wife. This can also be done for children under 18 years old.
Regarding the prediction of the amount of passports issued this year, he said: Last year, about 6.1 million passports were issued for the Arbaeen trip, and we expect this number to increase by 20 to 30 percent this year. In my opinion, for those who intend to travel to Iraq and march in Iraq, a pilgrimage passport is a low-cost and quick option.