The cost of the services of intermediary companies varies from 1 thousand to 8 thousand UAH.
Bezviz has increased the demand for passports containing biometric data, as the holders of such documents can freely travel to Europe, while the owners of ordinary passports and then have to open the visa.
Fuels rush in passport offices and the approaching summer vacation.
Difficulties with registration of biometric passports can force our citizens to use the services of intermediaries that promise to bypass the queue to make all the documents within the required timeframe.
But the state migratory service (SMS) strongly recommends Ukrainians to refer to this kind of dubious intermediaries. At best, this will end the paperwork in the same migration service, only at exorbitant prices, and at worst can stay without a passport and without money.
The cost of the services of intermediary companies varies from 1 thousand to 8 thousand UAH, depending on the urgency of resolving the issue. For comparison, at the national centre of service of citizens “Passport service” passport will cost UAH 990-1245. In Znaph with the district administrations and migration service — another 400 UAH cheaper.
The scams can get people who need to get passport urgently and they are ready to pay any money. But the mediators may ask for an amount comparable to the state price tag, playing on the reluctance of the client to stand in queues.
In the end, scammers can either slip the man a fake passport, or just get lost with his money.
About the scams and know in the SE “Document”. Thus in Department noted that the consequences of cooperation with them for the Ukrainians may be more serious than just the risk to remain without money.
“They use the services of dishonest officials and at least and lead you to the desired office in the office of the migration service, but the wait is still have. There have been cases, for example, when fraudsters used personal details of clients and took on their names in the credits. Therefore, use of such services is strongly discouraged,” warns a press-the Secretary of the state enterprise “Document” Vladimir Polishchuk.
Warn against using the services of brokers and lawyers, while noting that many companies exist for quite some time. But with the hype surrounding biometric passports, their activity may increase.
“It has always been companies or individuals that promised money quickly arrange a document and would disappear with the money. Now an obvious boom in biometric passports and the queue stimulate speculators,” — said the managing partner of legal consulting company “De jure” Gregory Tripulsky.
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