Re: [Gulf Goans] Why passports are photocopied at Goa
Airport ?
A small observation here Almeida.
Due to the increasing number of cases of forged
passports and travel to Kuwait and other countries by
passenger without a valid ECNR, the Chief of Goa
Police has directed the staff to keep a record of all
passengers moving out of Dabolim airport.
A couple of police officers here at the Dabolim
airport made business allowing passengers to travel to
other countries without a vaild ECNR.
This had been exposed by the Herald time and again and
I am happy that the police have inorder to curb this
menace are now keeping a track of passengers moving
out of Goa.
Frankey G.Fernandes
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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 www.goa-world.com wrote :
>
>
>Something fishy and funny has been noticed at the Goa
>(Dabolim) Airport, specially when one is travelling
by
>Indian Airlines and Air-India on the direct
Goa-Kuwait
>or Goa-Dubai-Kuwait flights respectively. The
>immigration counter staff after playing with the
>keyboard for a good ten minutes and screening your
>features for a couple of minutes more, and taking
>their own sweet time (chatting is part of the duty),
>walks away and photocopy some of the pages of the
>passport? Why? Strange, indeed.
>
>Is this procedure required? If so, what is the
>purpose? Who authorized such a thing and entrusted
the
>immigration counter staff to do? Why this is only
>done at Goa airport and not other Indian airports?
>And why only passports of Goans. In the last couple
of
>years I have been to atleast 10 major airports in
>Europe and the Middle East and have not experienced
>anything similar.
>
>The said cases have been brought to light to the
South
>Goa's Member of Parliament, Churchill Alemao, who was
>on a short visit to Kuwait a few days back and who
>promised to look into the matter and stop harrassment
>of the Goans and others who use the international
>flights.
>
>Will the Chief Minister and the Home Department also
>check it out and clarify the need for such a 'task'
of
>xeroxing passports, inspite of entering the passport
>details, visas, etc.
>
>Who do the immigration staff make the passengers go
>counter to counter as if doing the 'Station of the
>Cross' before proceeding to the final 'station' i.e.
>security check.
>
>I once read Jawaharlal Nehru-ji having remarked:
>Ajeeb hai hea Goa ke log?
>Very true, indeed.
>
>AlmeidaG(ji)
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