Finally my passport arrived....
By Sam Charles
@S4mmyboy (3266)
Mumbai, India
August 4, 2021 2:21am CST
If you guys remember I posted a discussion on the trouble I faced from the local police station with regards to the verification process for the reissue of my passport.
Am happy that I finally managed to get my passport.
This is my third passport, but never did I bribe for my earlier 2 passports like I have bribed them this time. Though am always against bribe and corruption, I was left with no choice because the local cop stationed at my place was, a totally corrupted fellow.
This passport turned out to be my most expensive passport....$60 in all
$20 is the actual price for my renewal and $40 as bribe
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33 responses
@asianlady (2697)
• Ireland
4 Aug 21
I'm glad you have your passport now. Don't worry, you will earn lots of money soon.
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@RebeccasFarm (86757)
• United States
4 Aug 21
@S4mmyboy Welcome, There was a time when I would never be without my passport but now I dont need it anymore
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
4 Aug 21
@RebeccasFarm why so?..why you don't need it anymore?
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
8 Aug 21
@S4mmyboy I'm feeling better and my eyes are opening up again. I hope they stay open so we can go grocery shopping in the morning. We're running out of things in the kitchen. 
Do you want to come by and go shopping with us?
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
8 Aug 21
@DaddyEvil am glad that you are feeling better...
Yes as am ready with my passport am waiting for you to send me visa and a ticket, so that we can go shopping 
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
8 Aug 21
@DaddyEvil...Thank you....how's your health now?
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@snowy22315 (169929)
• United States
4 Aug 21
I am really glad you got your passport. I want to get one too, but there is a backup here. I don't know how long it will take.
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@snowy22315 (169929)
• United States
4 Aug 21
@S4mmyboy It should be back log probably. they are processing them slowly.
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
4 Aug 21
Thank you very much @snowy22315.....backup means?
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
4 Aug 21
@snowy22315 ohhhkkkkk.....I got it......there were times when back log was a big issue. It used to take 4-6 months earlier, but not anymore...we get new passport within 30-40 days
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
4 Aug 21
@S4mmyboy that's not only we all have to face it. Recently I went to the authority to get learning license made of my wife. And there we had to spend 5-6 hours and I guess it would have been a work of 30 mins if we had bribed the officials or their mediators.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
4 Aug 21
I remember your previous post about this. It's very unfortunate you had to go through that for a passport, but glad to know you finally got it done. Hope the system would one day be free of corrupted officers like that.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
4 Aug 21
@S4mmyboy I think every country has its share of corrupted officers. I used to think it's because some people are underpaid and desperate for money but then it also happens among people in high positions.
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
4 Aug 21
@cahaya1983 people are used to free money
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
4 Aug 21
@cahaya1983 Thank you very much ....I always hope one day my country will be corrupt free ...keeping my hopes alive
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@aninditasen (15732)
• Raurkela, India
4 Aug 21
Are you a non-resident Indian?In my city in Rourkela India I didn't have to pay for police verification for a passport.
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
4 Aug 21
Am very much an Indian resident. ....while all my legal documents carry my parental home address, I don't stay at my parental home any more, after the passing away of my parents and my elder brother family stay, . Though I stay very close to them, my nephew who is in his teens, informed the cop when he visited that I don't stay anymore.... The one information was enough for him to make money from me... You know they need excuses
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
4 Aug 21
@FaruMesh no there is no point in filing any complaints...... You know what.......here in my city the policemen bribe their higher officials for postings of their choice and it runs into Lakhs of rupees.... So that is how they recover the money from common people like us
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 Aug 21
Oh yikes, I have never had to bribe for my passport but it is a lot more expensive here to begin with. I do mine at the Post Office
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 Aug 21
@S4mmyboy lol Yes $100 worth of opportunity,
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
6 Aug 21
@BelleStarr of course it will be expensive there. After all you are citizen of The United States......the land of opportunity
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@mildredtabitha (16052)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Aug 21
Wow! You really spent a lot just for a bribe
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
9 Aug 21
@mildredtabitha thank you. I didn't had any option left.
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@aureategloom (8344)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
4 Aug 21
oh that's sad... but what would happen if you didn't give him that $40? you'd have to wait more?
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
4 Aug 21
Ah well at least you got the passport.
Even with the bribe it was.a lot cheaper than it would be here
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
5 Aug 21
@JimBo452020 exactly Kia is better, may be economical than Mercedes /BMW..... But still Merceded/BMW considered rich and expensive.
So same goes for rich country like yours and we
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
5 Aug 21
@JimBo452020 yes I agree....as per the living standards you can't compare a BMW/Mercedes with KIA
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