In the regions officials are selling the queue for the biometric passport

The agencies believe that the problem in the country and corruption

Employees of passport offices and regional units of the State migration service of Ukraine offers travel companies the opportunity to “buy the turn” on the design of biometric passports.

“At the moment such services are offered by almost all the passport offices,” the source said.

According to him, “the travel agent a minimum price already offer at the level of 2000 UAH per passport.” The cost of registration through a travel Agency 3400 UAH for three days, 2100 UAH for 21 days.

The source noted that the travel Agency “passes the phone of the interested customer to the intermediary which connects and assigns the time and date of delivery at a specific address”.

“We, the travel Agency, nothing to do with the lack of coupons (on the record for obtaining the biometric passport for the departure of a citizen abroad) do not have. With us directly contacted by the people from OVIR and offer places for money, we offer it to our customers. The problem in this country, of corruption. There is a demand there will be supply,” said he.

The official cost of registration of biometric passports for travel abroad is in the regional departments is 557,32 UAH 20 days, 810,32 UAH – for seven days.

When applying through the division of the document service “Ready” additional paid 400 UAH, thus, the cost of registration is 957,32 UAH 20 days, 1210,32 for 7 days.

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