Ukrainians fight and spend the night in queues for passport

People line up in long lines at the offices of passport registration officer.

Ahead of the much anticipated Ukrainians a visa-free regime with the EU in Odessa there is a growing demand for biometric passports. People line up in long lines at the offices of passport registration officer, form of handwritten lists with queues and even arrange fights. Reporters learned that Odessa is now costing the coveted passport.

In the Main Department of the migration service in the Odessa region confirmed that in the past week among locals really increased the demand for biometric passports. “Everyone is waiting for bezveza and passport services do not work because of the checks, the SBU, so that all come to the OVIR (Department of visas and registration. — Ed.). The problem with the queue actually is,” — explained to us in a press-service of the Ministry and added that, according to rumors, people come and 3:00 to take a turn.

In order to streamline the pandemonium, they’re on their own initiative create handwritten lists of names. However, these lists have become the cause of the brawl.

In the branch of the migration service in the Suvorovsky district of the city there are two contradictory list of names. As a result, older people started to push each other to be closer to the entrance. Has calmed the citizens and the cops. “Some made the list the night before, and the other in the morning, because of this the people will fight”, — told us in the migration service.

By the way, queues can be avoided. In the migration services is the system of electronic registration, which allows you to make an appointment at a convenient time. Experienced Odessa suggest you go to the website at midnight immediately after the opening of registration.

Soon must resume issuing passports and in the citizens service Centre at prospect Shevchenko, has assured us of its Director, Artur Amirov.

Note that many agencies offer their services in “resolving the issue”. For example, can take a person who will hold the passport guy without a queue, or offer to make an appointment to “own” Manager. In such cases, the price of the passport with 557 UAH will increase to 1500, and even 2000 UAH, depending on the urgency.

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