e-passport activities normalized after 8 days
After eight days, the e-passport web portal has become normal. The web portal has been seen as normal since noon on Tuesday (March 22) . Since then, online application submission, acceptance, distribution is now running without any hindrance. As a result, applicants who recently had an appointment date will now be able to complete the application process at any time; informed the Immigration and Passport Department.
After testing the new data center and experimental activities in Jessore, when it was brought back to Dhaka, there was a problem in the web portal due to technical limitations. Eventually, the persons who opted for a passport had to face troubles. After eight days, the activities came to normalcy.
Major General Mohammad Ayub Chowdhury, Director General (DG) of the Immigration and Passports Department, said the application could not be accepted for several days due to maintenance. Which was supposed to be fixed at 9 am today. It was fixed after a few hours. Now the activities are going on normally.
According to sources, the Bangladesh Immigration and Passport Department announced the closure of e-passport activities on March 15 and 16 due to 'system upgradation'. And last March 17, there was a problem in adjusting the server to switch it on and off. This upgradation did not happen from one place. Many engineers from different parts of the country and abroad have worked together. There was a problem in web portal while doing all this. Also, the web portal where everyone applied for passport was closed.
