Please note the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, has announced that all Indian citizens living in India and abroad must apply for urgent re-issuance their passports in the following cases.
a) If holding handwritten passports.
b) Passports valid for less than 6 months.
c) If pages in the passport have exhausted.
b) Passports valid for less than 6 months.
c) If pages in the passport have exhausted.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has set a deadline of 24th November, 2015 for globally phasing out all Non-Machine Readable Passports (MRPs). From the above mentioned date, foreign governments may deny visa or entry to any person with a Non-MRP passport.
Hence, travelers are requested to reissue their passports if their passports come under Non-MRP category.
Kindly update concerned clients and passengers accordingly
Sandis
