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Get your Address Proof from Post
Office
The Indian Postal Department is now
issuing address cum identity proofs. To
get the postal identity cards you have
to make an application on prescribed
form for Rs. 10/- and submit it with a
fee of Rs. 240/- in the nearby Head Post
office, as not all the post offices are
providing this service. Once you have
submitted the application form for
Postal Address cum Identity Proof, a
postman will visit your place to verify
your address. Once the verification is
complete, you will get the Postal
Address cum Identity card. However the
whole process may take upto a maximum of
2 months. The ID once issued will be
valid for 3 years after which it has to
be renewed for a fee of Rs. 140/-. In
case you lose the Postal Address cum
Residence Proof, the postal department
will issue you a duplicate proof for a
fee of Rs. 190/-.
Though the initiative by the Indian
Postal Department is appreciable, i have
noticed a few downsides -
1.) In some places like Bangalore, the
postal department is demanding the Voter
ID to issue the residence cum identity
proof. At this moment i can not find a
single reason as to why a person with
Voter ID will need a Postal ID.
2.) The maximum time duration for the
entire process is 2 months, which is
kinda too much stretched in my opinion.
3.) Are these ids recognized by other
Govt. Departments? Are these valid for
opening a bank a/c, etc.
So did you apply for you Postal
Residence cum Identity Proof? Did you
face any problem? Share your thoughts
with me. |