Passport | Attempts to dismantle Pasila’s passport queue – real-time queue monitoring and extended opening hours as new features

Helsinki the police have started updating communications on the length of Pasila’s passport queue.

Police say the length of the passport queue can vary greatly from day to day as well as throughout the day.

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However, predicting the length of the passport queue is tricky, so as a solution, police have decided to update via Twitter the current queue.

Police write on Twitter:

“We have found that the length of the passport queue varies from day to day and also throughout the day. We want to improve real-time communication, which is why we plan to post a daily update on the passport queue on Twitter this summer. ”

“If a passport is planned, get this chain under surveillance,” police tweets.

The first up-to-date update of passport queues has been made on Monday morning. The police say with a picture that at 10.00 the Helsinki police station has some queue outside.

Passion will arrive in Helsinki exceptionally next Wednesday, police inform.

To alleviate congestion, police licensing services will be open until 9pm on June 15th. The passport can then be queued without an appointment with a shift number.

The evening opening hours were tried earlier in April this year. During the trial, nearly 500 new passports were issued in Pasila, which, according to police, is almost as much as on a typical Saturday.

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