Submit passport by Jan 20 to visit Pakistan, says SGPC

Tribune News Service
Amritsar, January 8

The SGPC has extended the date for submission of passports for the pilgrims aspiring to visit Pakistan on ‘Khalsa Sajna Diwas’ (Baisakhi).

Pilgrims will now be able to submit their passports by January 20. Earlier, the deadline was December 31, 2020. Every year in April, a jatha (batch) of devotees is sent by the SGPC to celebrate Khalsa Sajna Diwas at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Pakistan.

SGPC chief secretary Harjinder Singh said, “The pilgrims can get their passports certified by their area member and submit it at the headquarters of the SGPC at Amritsar. Along with the passport, pilgrims should send photocopies of Adhaar card, voter identity card or ration card and three recent passport-size photographs, as proof of their identity.”

He appealed to the ‘sangat’ to send copies of their passports and the required documents within the stipulated time, so that the visas could be obtained.