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India initiated the first phase of biometric Biometric-passport for Diplomatic passport holders in India and abroad. The new passports have been designed locally by the Central Passport Organisation, the India Security Press and IIT Kanpur. In the first phase new passports will have a 64KB chip carrying a photograph of the passport holder and ...
Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (lit. ' Post Office Passport Service Center ') abbreviated as POPSK is an Indian government initiative by the Ministry of External Affairs (India) (MEA) and the Department of Posts (DoP), [1] where the Head Post Offices (HPO) and post offices is being utilized as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) for delivery of passport related services to the citizens ...
An Indian passport is a passport issued by the Government of India to citizens of the Republic of India for travelling abroad. It enables the bearer to travel internationally and serves as proof of Indian citizenship as per the Passports Act (1967). [1] Front cover of the Indian Passport.
The Embassy of India in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of India to the United States. It is headed by the Indian Ambassador to the United States , Vinay Mohan Kwatra . India also has consulates-general in Atlanta , Chicago , Houston , New York City , San Francisco and Seattle which are all associated with the Indian ...
Visa requirements for Indian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of India. As of 2025, Indian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 57 countries and territories, ranking the Indian passport 85th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index, [1] down from 80th ...
The Constitution of India does not permit dual citizenship (under Article 9). Indian authorities have interpreted the law to mean that a person cannot have a second country's passport simultaneously with an Indian one — even in the case of a child who is claimed by another country as a citizen of that country, and who may be required by the laws of the other country to use one of its ...
4 passport size colour photographs (4 cm x 4 cm) with white background, without spectacles or cap/hat; The foreigner registration form; Photocopy of: The photo page of the passport; The page displaying validity of the passport; The page displaying the Indian visa and arrival stamp; A letter of undertaking and identity document of an Indian sponsor
As of January 2015, all new passports issued by China are biometric e-passports, and non-biometric passports are no longer issued. [ 47 ] In 2012, over 38 million Chinese citizens held ordinary passports, comprising only 2.86 percent of the total population at the time. [ 49 ]