The Federal Police (PF) informed today (26) that the issuance of passports is being normalized. According to the corporation, the distribution of documents whose demand was dammed since the beginning of the month has already started. Last week, the PF even reported that 108,701 people were waiting to receive their passports??
Delivery will be gradual. Applicants need to check the status of the application in the PF electronic portal and they should go to the post when it appears that the passport is available.
According to a note released by the PF, the services of new orders remain unchanged throughout the country. “Delivery times will be normalized as soon as previous requests have been processed”, informs the text.
The production of passports was suspended for the first time on November 19 due to lack of resources. The following week, the federal government allocated R$ 37.36 million from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development to reactivate the service. But that amount was only enough to meet the production of the requested documents until the 30th of November, culminating in a new suspension on the 1st of December.
The passport is a document that proves the identity of the traveler. In it, the entries and exits of the country are registered, in addition to visas and authorizations. To obtain the document, you must pay a fee of R$ 257.25. The amount collected, however, is not managed by the PF, as the resources are sent to the National Treasury account.
