Indian passport News
The initiative aims to simplify arrival formalities for Emirates customers, allowing them to bypass queues upon arrival in Dubai.
MEA has devised mechanisms for a quick passport.
Tatkal passports are delivered in 1-3 days.
Visit the official website of Passport Seva and apply for Tatkal Passport.
MEA has devised mechanisms for a quick passport.
Tatkal passports are delivered in 1-3 days.
Visit the official website of Passport Seva and apply for Tatkal Passport.
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).
Mehul Choksi, one of the key architect of the Rs 14,000 crore PNB fraud has surrendered his Indian citizenship. Absconding Choksi is currently in Antigua where he took citizenship last year. He has deposited his Indian passport to the Antiguan authorities. Passport number Z. 3396732 has been deposited with cancelled pages. He has also deposited the mandatory $177 dollar for leaving Indian citizenship. Watch full video to know more.
Indians have access to 61 countries without the need for a prior visa. South Asian neighbours Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka don't fare too well on the index.
Delhi Police have arrested a 39-year-old Chinese man, who had been living in the country with an Indian passport for at least six years, an official said on Friday.
Reports suggest at least 29 people have lost their lives across Kerala in the floods and around 54,000 have been left homeless.
Under the new format, the last page of the passport will be left blank.
India's passport has risen from 78 to 75 in ranking for world's most powerful passports based on number of countries allowing visa-free travel. Indians are allowed visa-free access by 51 countries.
India on Thursday said it is engaged with the Donald Trump administration as well as members of the US Congress on concerns regarding the H1B visa issue, amidst apprehension that there may be a clamp down on it which can hurt Indian IT industry.
A German passport is the world`s strongest while the Indian is ranked 78th in the popular ranking of the world`s passports by a global advisory firm.
The Indian passport has been ranked a lowly 78 position in a global ranking of the world's most powerful passports with a visa-free score of just 46.
It took 71 days to issue an Indian passport in 2014, nearly three times as long as the 24 days fixed by the government.
Indians returning home after a year-long foreign stay will have to pay 15 percent duty on bringing colour television, home theatre system and bullion other than ornaments into the country
The introduction of a new software has simplified the passport application process in the country, according to Regional Passport Officer, Mumbai Swati Kulkarni
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