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External Affairs Ministry Plans To Issue Chip-Based E-Passports

The ministry of external affairs is planning to issue chip-enabled e-passports that will have advanced security capabilities. In such passports, the physical passport will include personal details of the individual that will be digitally signed and recorded in the chip.And in ...

UAE To Give Visa-On-Arrival To Select Indian Passport Holders

With less than a month away for the Eid Al Adha holiday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai issued a reminder on its Twitter handle on the procedure for Indian ...

4 Travelling Expenses To Consider On Your First International Trip

The world is a smaller place today. With budget airlines and hotel rooms that can be booked online, travelling anywhere in India or abroad is relatively simpler than it used to be. However, a holiday requires prior planning inorder to spend ...

Passport Seva Kendras To Be Launched In Each Head Post Office

To make passport services convenient to the citizens, the Indian government is planning to open a 'Passport Seva Kendra' in each of the 543 parliamentary constituencies, said the Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh at the launch of ...

Do You Know How Powerful Indian Passport Is? Check Out This

Indian passport has climbed to 81st spot on the 2018 Henley Passport Index, showing an improvement in comparison to previous year's rank of 86, providing visa on arrival or visa-free access to some sixty countries that include Bhutan, Fiji, Mauritius and ...

Soon Govt To Stop Wilful Defaulters From Travelling Abroad

As per a leading business daily report the government will now put a check on wilful defaulters with loans over Rs. 50 crore from travelling abroad without prior permission. The committee appointed by the government has recommended amendment to the Passport ...

Migration Pattern of Indians Choosing OECD Countries Have Changed

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published its OECD Migration Outlook 2018, and it shows that the number of Indians that have migrated to rich OECD countries have doubled since the beginning of this century and are heading to ...

Passport Seva App Launched For Seamless Application

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday launched a Passport Seva app to help seamless application and issue of passports. On the occasion of Passport Seva Diwas, Ms. Swaraj addressed the officials of several Passport Seva Kendras and members of the ...

UIDAI Allows Downloading Of Aadhaar Update History

The aadhaar issuing body UIDAI has come up with a new facility that will help aadhaar card holders to download their aadhaar update history. This will come in handy when applying for some of the services like passport and visa or ...

New Passports May Not Be Valid As Address Proof

Till now passport served as both Id and address proof but as the external affairs ministry has decided not to print the last page of the passport that features the residential address of the holder, it shall henceforth not be accepted ...

Aadhaar, PAN, Passport To Be Must While Booking Air Ticket

For a paperless and seamless travel experience, air travellers will have to provide a digital identification number at the time of booking a ticket, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. But no specific timeline has been fixed for implementing the ...

Is Birth Certificate Mandatorily Required For Getting Passport?

As a step towards easing the process of securing passport, the government of India informed Parliament that PAN or Aadhaar amongst other documents can be taken for establishing birth proof. As per the Passport Rules, 1980, all individuals making passport application ...

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