People of Indian origin and Indian diaspora having overseas citizens of India (OCI) card are now not required to carry their old, expired passports for travel to India, as required earlier, according to a statement.
The Telangana Police has busted a passport racket, leading to the arrest of eight people. The arrested include four Bangladeshi nationals and two policemen. The investigation found that as many as 72 Indian passports were fraudulently obtained.
Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan continue to be the countries with the worst passport to hold with a passport score of 29, 28 and 26 respectively.
The elder daughter of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has sought to change her mother's name in her passport to Mehbooba Syed.
Government employees under suspension or granted sanction of prosecution over corruption charges will not be able to get a passport, according to an official order.
Holding Aadhaar card, Passport? then you must pay attention! Sharing of Aadhaar card, passport, driving license and PAN card details would become mandatory to update the National Population Register (NPR) for those who possess these documents, the Home Ministry sources clarified on January 15. Whereas, those who do not possess these documents in the first place, won't be asked to provide such details.
India has dropped 10 places to 84 in the latest update of the Henley Passport Index, sharing the spot with tiny countries like Mauritania and Tajikistan.
Indian expats in Dubai and northern Emirates will now be able to get passports issued on the same day under the 'tatkal' category.
The Indian government is advising Indians under 20 years of age who hold Overseas Citizen of India or OCI cards to get them re-issued each time they get their passport re-issued. For OCI cardholders above 50 years, the card needs to be re-issued only once after passport renewal, according to details in a press release issued by the Indian Consulate in New York.
The Mumbai Regional Passport Office has sought the external affairs ministry's nod to prosecute Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar for not disclosing criminal cases against her in her passport application.
Commenting on the incident, Ambala Deputy Commissioner Ashok Sharma said, "One person named Bhagat Bahadur went with his daughters Santosh and Henna to the passport office Chandigarh for the passport. There they have denied passport and wrote 'applicant seems to be Nepali' on their documents."
Goans who possess Portuguese passports and OCI card holders will not be discriminated against if and when the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise is implemented in the coastal state, state BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar said on Friday.
The MEA on Thursday clarified that the purpose of printing lotus on the new passports is to improve security features, after the opposition parties created uproar in the Parliament over the issue
A 20-year old Indian man was charged with violating US immigration law after he tried to enter the country by presenting a counterfeit Slovenian passport as his own to federal border authorities at the airport.
The embassy said in a tweet on Wednesday that Pakistanis can avail the facility of having their US visa delivered to them on their doorstep. The service is optional and comes with a delivery charge, reports Geo News.
Making the demand in Lok Sabha, Lalwani also urged the government to take up the issue of waiving fees for pilgrims visiting the shrine while noting that Pakistanis visiting religious places like the Sufi shrine in Ajmer are not required to pay extra fees.
The petitioner, who has been actively involved in furthering the interests of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer) community, referred to a Supreme Court judgment relating to the rights of transgenders in the plea.
However, a visa will not be required. But the visitors need to get them themselves registered online at least a month ahead of their visit.
India could soon have a multi-purpose unique identity card for citizens with all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, driving licence and bank accounts. Union Minister Home Minister Amit Shah mooted the idea on Monday, a signal of possible revival of a plan conceived by former deputy prime minister LK Advani.
Indian passport holders with the United Kingdom and European Union visas can get a visit visa permit at all the UAE ports, the authorities in Dubai have said.
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