ACCORDING to the Myanmar Passport Issuing Office, the online appointment system for applying for Myanmar passports, which was temporarily suspend­ed, will resume on 1 May.

The system had been paused for nearly a month due to damage to telecommunications towers caused by the recent earthquake in Mandalay. With the communications infrastruc­ture now restored, applicants will once again be able to obtain QR codes through the online sys­tem starting from 1 May.

Those who had already se­cured QR codes before the sus­pension and have appointment dates scheduled through June may proceed with their appoint­ments as planned. Passport is­suance for these applicants is continuing as normal. Addition­ally, urgent passport applications related to health, education, and emergency matters are being processed through the Green Channel.

Furthermore, the passport offices in Yangon, Myitkyina, and Lashio have revised and rescheduled appointment dates to enable quicker processing for those with existing online ap­pointments. The Myanmar Pass­port Issuing Office has advised applicants to check their updated appointment dates and visit the respective offices on the newly assigned dates for passport pro­cessing. — ASH/KNN