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10 Jan 2022

India to bring e-Passport with microchip soon: Here's what makes it different

Passports for Indian people are currently printed on booklets. There are 555 Passport Kendras in India, with 36 Passport Offices, 93 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK), and 426 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK).

Henley Passport Index

16 Apr 2021

World’s Most Powerful Passport: Find out how powerful or weak is your passport

The Henley Passport Index releases list which measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports. The index ranks the countries based on how strong their passport is. Each country’s passport gives its citizens different freedom and different access.

13 Dec 2019

Oppositions asks Govt; Why Modi government has printed lotus on passports?

A day after the issue of lotus being printed on new passports was raised in Lok Sabha by the opposition, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday clarified that it was part of the enhanced security features to identify fake passports, adding that other national symbols will also be used on a rotational basis.

Passport Seva Project

25 Nov 2018

Indian missions worldwide to soon issue passports in less than 48 hours: Singh

Singh said the passport offices at Indian missions have been digitally linked with the data centre back home, which would speed up the process of issuing a passport.

19 Feb 2017

Russia accepts passports issued by Ukraine rebels

President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree that Russia is temporarily accepting passports and other identity documents issued by the self-proclaimed rebel republics in eastern Ukraine, the media reported on Sunday.

27 Aug 2016

Rio court to return passports to Irish Olympic officials

A Rio de Janeiro court will return the passports of three members of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) and they will be allowed to leave Brazil, a source in the Rio state security services said on Friday.

11 Jul 2016

North Korea allows Chinese tourists to visit without passports

The passport-free visits, which began on Saturday, allows Chinese tourists to travel from the border city of Dandong to the North Korean city of Sinuju.

07 Jun 2016

Xinjiang residents must submit DNA for passports: Media

Residents of a border district in China's mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang must now provide DNA samples when applying for passports, according to official local media.

07 Jun 2016

Xinjiang residents now have to submit DNA for passports: Media

Residents of a border district in China`s mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang must now provide DNA samples when applying for passports, according to official local media.

07 Dec 2015

Passports to be re-issued free-of-cost in flood-battered Chennai

The special scheme, to be effective from Tuesday would be valid for two months.

04 Oct 2015

UK strips 50 terror suspects of passports

At least 50 suspected Islamist terrorists have been stripped of their passports by the UK government.

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