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Indian passport strengthens further, jumps 10 ranks on global index in five years
Passport Seva app: How to apply for a new passport on phone
Passports may no longer be valid proof of address. Here’s why
Tenant, Servant And Passport Verification Just a Click Away, Rajnath Singh Launches Digital Police Portal
Police verification for passport to go online within a year
Passport can carry stepfather’s name sans judicial orders: HC
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Indian passport strengthens further, jumps 10 ranks on global index in five years
Timesnownews.com
Feb 20, 2019
25 countries now allow visa-free entry to Indian passport holders while 39 more nations offer visa on arrival
New Delhi: Indian passport continues to strengthen on the global index as more and more countries are offering visa-free entry and visa on arrival to Indians. According to a report in the Times of India, the 2019 Passport Index, which ranks passports of 199 countries based on their Visa-Free Scores and their ranking on the UNDP human development index, shows the Indian passport has steadily strengthened over the past five years from 77 in 2015 to 67 in 2019. Last year, it was at 68. …
Passport Seva app: How to apply for a new passport on phone
gadgetsnow.com
Jun 27, 2018
The government has added new features in the “mPassportSeva” app and will now allow citizens to apply for a fresh passports from the app itself. The mPassportSeva app is available for free download on both Android and iOS . Note that the app is released by ‘Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) Division’ and not by any other government agency. The process is similar to the existing system that is being followed by ‘Passport Seva’ website. The mobile app has a new interface and here is how to apply for a fresh passport from the app. …
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Passports may no longer be valid proof of address. Here’s why
Hindustantimes.com
Jan 12, 2018
Passports may no longer be valid proof of address for a simple reason: they may not have the current last page with the address of the passport holder if the ministry of external affairs goes ahead with a proposal it is considering.
An MEA spokesperson did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment but Surendera Kumar, under-secretary of policy and legal matters at the consular, passport and visa division of the ministry, confirmed that the change could happen when the “next series” of passports is being issued. “The decision to keep the last page of the passport blank has been taken” to protect the details contained, he explained. …
Digital Police Portal For Tenant, Servant and Passport Verification
Tenant, Servant And Passport Verification Just a Click Away, Rajnath Singh Launches Digital Police Portal
Union minister Rajnath Singh said the digital police portal will provide the citizen, facility for online complaint registration and request for antecedent verification.
News18.com
August 21, 2017
New Delhi: Union home minister Rajnath Singh launched a digital policing portal on Monday, making it possible to electronically apply and seek verification for tenants, domestic helps and even passports.
The initiative is a follow up of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems Project (CCTNS) or the crime and criminal tracking network system. …
Police verification for passport to go online within a year
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Aug 22, 2017
NEW DELHI: Delays in issue of passports due to lack of timely police verification are set to go with the government planning to replace physical verification of the applicant’s antecedents with online verification using a link to the newly-created national database on crimes of criminals. The national database was rolled out on Monday as part of the home ministry’s Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS) initiative. …
Passport can carry stepfather’s name sans judicial orders: HC
Tribuneindia.com
Chandigarh, November 22, 2016
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that a judicial order was not required for including the stepfather’s name in a child’s passport. Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain also overruled objections by the passport authorities on mentioning a stepfather’s name after ruling that he was the child’s legal guardian for all intents and purposes.
The development is significant as the passport authorities were insisting that the stepfather’s name can be mentioned only after he is appointed a legal guardian by the court. …
Father’s name not needed for passport, Delhi HC says
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
May 20, 2016
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has held that in certain cases, mother’s name is sufficient for a child to apply for a passport, especially because a single woman can be a natural guardian as well as a parent. …
Govt won’t accept handwritten passports from Wednesday (25.11.2015)
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Nov 24, 2015
NEW DELHI: From Wednesday, the government will stop considering handwritten passports from Indian citizens. …
PUNE: Passport process made simple for govt employees TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jun 1, 2015
PUNE: A new ‘prior intimation’ feature introduced by the ministry of external affairs for government servants and public sector undertakings/ autonomous body employees seeking passports is expected to simplify the procedure for them. …
Soon, passport authorities to verify applicant identity with Aadhaar database TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
May 1, 2015
PUNE: The inter-linking of Aadhaar numbers with the passport issuance process is set to become a reality. …
Passport rules on including father’s name being revised: Centre TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Feb 23, 2015
MUMBAI: The union government on Monday told the Bombay high court the passport authorities are compiling various judgements to re-formulate the mandatory rule regarding the inclusion of biological father’s name by an applicant in the passport application form. …
Madras HC: Passports should have provision to name stepparent TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jan 25, 2015
CHENNAI: Holding that relationships constantly get redefined and legal issues become more complex as society evolves, the Madras high court has said passport applications must have suitable columns to indicate names of biological parents or adoptive parents or stepparents, or all of them, as the situation demands. …
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