Very Important Info About Passports

[chicchara]

1. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has set a deadline of the 24th November 2015 for globally phasing out all non-Machine Readable Passports (MRPs). From 25th November 2015 onwards, foreign Governments may deny visa or entry to any person travelling with a non-MRP passport.

 

2. All handwritten passports with pasted photos earlier issued by Government of India are considered non-MRP passports. All 20-year validity passports will also fall in this category. The Government started issuing MRP passports since 2001. All new Indian passports are ICAO-compliant MRP passports.

 

3. Indian citizens residing in India and abroad and holding handwritten passports as well as 20-year passports with validity beyond the 24th November 2015, should, therefore, apply for re-issue of passports and obtain MRP passports well before the deadline in order to avoid any inconvenience in obtaining foreign visa or immigration problem.

 

news from indian embassy

https://www.indianembassy.org/press_detail.php?nid=2005

[dotnetrockz]

good post...

[CheGuevara]

Gp

[Spartan]

yup...monna Jan lo released this statement..

 

 

I guess most of those have already expired and got the computerised ones already..

 

recently upgraded my parents passports....avi handwritten unde...

 

 

good post..

[150bryant]

yup...monna Jan lo released this statement..

 

 

I guess most of those have already expired and got the computerised ones already..

 

recently upgraded my parents passports....avi handwritten unde...

 

 

good post..

ya for ppl who went to say srilanka for tourism in 1995..so they hav old ones..and still valid...for 20yr period..

they needa change em..

[Spartan]

ya for ppl who went to say srilanka for tourism in 1995..so they hav old ones..and still valid...for 20yr period..

they needa change em..

 

yup 20yrs istunde appatlo passports..pedda book lantidi..

now IRIS scan also included...in the chip..

[Suhaas]

GP

[Newlifes]

Good information LTT

[budgetpadbhanabam]

no problems for passports issued after 2001 ivvani machine readable so no worries...........

[pisinari]

Gp

[andhrafriends2013]

no problems for passports issued after 2001 ivvani machine readable so no worries...........

Gp

[sitaraZahir]

Good post