Odessa citizens continue to mass appeal to the administrative authorities in order to obtain a foreign passport.

This was announced during today's meeting in the City Hall by the Director of the Department of Provision of Administrative Services Evgenia Abramova.

According to her, at the present time there is a steady growth of appeals from Odessa. "We have now opened the queue for July, that is, if you are applying today, the documents will be accepted in one and a half months. In order to improve the situation, we have given an application for the purchase of additional equipment, "she said..

In turn, First Vice-Mayor Anatoly Orlovsky stressed that the excitement is connected with the receipt by Ukraine of the right of visa-free entry of citizens to the countries of the European Union.

It should be noted that in the first quarter of 2017, the Department of Provision of Admin Services received more than 41 thousand applications from citizens for obtaining certain documents, which is 10 thousand more than for the same period in 2016.