Sir: The Directorate General of Immigration and Passports (DGIP) has recently advertised vacant contract based posts. The National Testing Service has been assigned the duty to conduct written tests for the said posts and shortlist candidates for interviews. Normally, an eligibility criterion for a BS-17 post is minimum 16 years of education (BS/MSc) with one to three years post-qualification experience. But repugnantly, the DGIP has sought applications from only those candidates who possess some extraordinary skills and experience. For majority posts in BS-17, applications are invited from only those candidates who have minimum 18 years of education (MS/MPhil) and five years post-qualification experience. Moreover, candidates with professional certification will be preferred. First, a majority of the aspirants for such jobs belong to the lower middle and upper middle class families who hardly finance their four years BS degree while the DGIP has demanded the six years university education of MS/M Phil. Second, as these are IT-related posts, an IT graduate is preferred for employment in the private software industry right after completing his BS/BE (four years) degree because computer programming techniques are only taught in BS degree not in MS/MPhil. So a student having MS/MPhil degree with no experience is not considered fresh and hence, not preferred in a software house/company from where he will actually earn development experience (mandatory for the said posts), rather MS/MPhil degree holders excel in teaching and research areas. Third, preferred certifications are also very expensive for even an employed individual who barely makes both ends meet.I request the higher authorities to reassess the eligibility criteria for all DGIP advertised posts and particularly modify the required qualification for a BS-17 post from minimum 18 years education to 16 years with one to three years’ experience. I humbly request Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to look into the matter and address the grievances of thousands of unemployed youths in the country.DAWOOD KHALIDIslamabad