Tag: Passport

Seeking asylum abroad can’t be reason for denying passport: Delhi HC

Authorities cannot deny passport to an Indian citizen merely because he or she has applied for asylum in a foreign country, the Delhi High Court has said. The observation by a bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva came on an appeal by the Centre against a single judge order quashing the government’s...

January 14, 2018

Passport will not serve as address proof soon, to lose last page

Passport will no longer be a valid proof of house address as Ministry of External Affairs will do away with the last page that contains the address of the document holder. The decision to discontinue the last page, containing information such the name of the father, mother, spouse, address, Emigration Check Required (ECR) and the...

January 12, 2018

3 arrested in Meerut over fake passport

Anti Terrorism Squad( ATS) arrested a Bangladeshi and two others from Muradnagar of district Ghaziabad and Deoband on Tuesday . The Bangladeshi was found possessing fake documents which were allegedly provided by the other two. The operation was carried out by ATS seeking help of special task force and area police. The team arrested from...

January 3, 2018

I the Indian

In the context of the work ethic in and performance of passport offices generally, the grandstanding on the 60th anniversary of the Passport Act turned out to be an occasion for the government to go on overdrive. By announcing a ten per cent cut in fees for those below eight and above 60, Sushma Swaraj...

June 28, 2017

Government announces 149 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras

No Indian will have to travel more than 50 km to get their passport, as the government is planning to set up a comprehensive network of Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) across the nation, with major post offices to also provide the service, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday. The Minister, announcing the openning...

June 17, 2017

UAE passport ranked most powerful in Arab world

The United Arab Emirates's passport ranking advanced in 2017 to the first spot in the Arab world and 22nd globally, according to Global Passport Power Rank 2017. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) recently launched the UAE Passport Force initiative, with the view to place the State's passport on the list of...

June 16, 2017

Govt to open 800 passport service centres in head POs

The Centre has decided to open passport service centres in all the 800 district head post offices across the country in two years' time to increase people's access to the facility, especially in remote areas. Making the announcement here today, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said, "150 post office passport seva kendras...

June 13, 2017

Chhota Rajan held guilty in fake passport case

Gangster Chhota Rajan and three retired public servants were on Monday held guilty by a special court in a fake passport case. Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal convicted Rajan for offences including forgery of valuable security under the IPC which entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Besides him, the other persons who have been...

April 24, 2017

Now apply for passports in Hindi

The Ministry of External Affairs has made a provision enabling people to apply online for passports in Hindi. The move comes after President Pranab Mukherjee recently accepted recommendations made in this regard by the Committee of Parliament on Official Language via its ninth report. The report was submitted in 2011. The panel had suggested that...

April 23, 2017

Sushma accepts Punjab CM’S request for another passport office in Nawashahr

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday acceded to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s request for opening of another passport office in Nawanshahr to facilitate NRIs and their families in the Doaba region of the state, while assuring to look into the issue of the blacklisted Sikh youth settled abroad. The issues came up...

April 21, 2017

Now passport services at Head Post Offices

The services of Passport Service Kendra will now be available at all Head Post Offices across the country, it was announced on Tuesday. "Every district Head Post Office (HPO) will extend the services of Passport Seva Kendra," Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh told the media. "People will not have to go out of...

January 24, 2017

Now passport services at Head Post Offices

The services of Passport Service Kendra will now be available at all Head Post Offices across the country, it was announced on Tuesday. "Every district Head Post Office (HPO) will extend the services of Passport Seva Kendra," Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh told the media. "People will not have to go out of...

January 24, 2017