People in HCMC wait in long queues at passport office on July 1
On July 1 afternoon, thousands of people lined up waiting for passports at the Immigration Department (PA08) and the Ho Chi Minh City Police in Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in District 3 and the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security in Nguyen Trai Street in District 1 on the first day of issuing ordinary passports in the new form.
At the entrance to Room PA08, early on, hundreds of people came to issue and change passports. Many people stood in long lines waiting for their turn.
Because so many people came to the venues, the waiting room area had no seats, many people had to wait in long lines inside the check-in room. Even many people had to wait in the lobby, sitting on the sidewalk.
Resident The in District 12 said that he brought his 19-year-old son here early in the morning to apply for a passport to work abroad. Due to overcrowding and not knowing how to do the procedures, they spent a lot of time registering on the National Public Service Portal.