- Dubai Police utilizes blockchain technology to issue 3,991 lost passport certificates.
- The previous service needed applicants to visit each participating entity.
Dubai Police utilizes blockchain technology to issue 3,991 lost passport certificates since February.
This new service cuts the time it takes to register a lost passport, as per Brigadier Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi. Notably, Al Razooqi is the Director-General of Artificial Intelligence at Dubai Police. Normally, it takes four days to receive a certificate but the new service allows customers to get it faster in three steps rather than eight.
Brig. Al Razooqi adds,
Customers can apply for a lost passport certificate via the Dubai Police website, smart app, or via a Smart Police Station (SPS). Alternatively, they can avail the service through the blockchain-enabled service channels of the Dubai Public Prosecution, Dubai Courts, and the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs.
Brig. Al Razooqi explained that the previous service needed applicants to visit each p...