80 lakh e-passports issued till date; all Indian passports to be chipped by 2035: OfficialsOver 80 lakh e-passports have been issued in India since May 2025, when the country fully switched to the next-generation chipped passports...
19 Nov, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
MEA rolls out upgraded Passport Seva 2.0 and e-Passports for citizens in India and abroadThe Ministry of External Affairs has successfully launched Passport Seva Programme V2.0 and Global Passport Seva Programme V2.0. These upgr...
13 Nov, 2025, 08.16 AM IST
India to launch Passport Seva 2.0 for NRIs in Dubai from October 28India's Consulate General in Dubai is launching an upgraded passport service from October 28, 2025. The new system introduces e-passports w...
28 Oct, 2025, 11.08 AM IST
Jaishankar launches Passport Seva 2.0, rolls out e-Passports nationwide on Passport Seva DivasExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced the nationwide rollout of e-Passports and advancements to the Passport Seva Programme on P...
25 Jun, 2025, 05.26 PM IST
How a BTech dropout floated fake passport and UIDAI portals to tamper with data of over 1,500 Aadhaar cardholders across 12 statesUttar Pradesh police busted a hi-tech identity fraud racket. The gang tampered with Aadhaar data of over 1,500 people across 12 states. Pol...
08 Apr, 2025, 03.32 PM IST
Why is Passport Seva trending? What’s the issue with the portal?The Passport Seva portal experienced a significant spike in searches due to its unavailability from August 29 to September 2 for technical ...
04 Sep, 2024, 03.10 PM IST
E-passports with chips soon? Jaishankar announces Passport Seva Programme 2.0India is set to launch the Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Version 2.0, which will include new and upgraded e-passports to enable enhanced pa...
24 Jun, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
MEA discusses with foreign counterparts expediting, bringing clarity in visa process for Indian students"Senior MEA officials dealing with Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, New Zealand, Poland, UK & USA had constructive discussions w...
25 Jun, 2022, 09.18 AM IST
TCS could roll out chip based e-passports by the end of 2022TCS will refresh existing facilities and systems (including hardware), build new solutions for the issuance of e-passports and improve the ...
21 Jun, 2022, 04.57 AM IST
'DigiLocker' for MEA's 'Passport Seva' launchedSpeaking at the event, the minister of state for external affairs said the "Passport Seva Programme" has brought in huge transformation tow...
19 Feb, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
70 years of independence, but a passport remains out of reach for 95 per centThe average number of days to complete the mandatory police verification has dropped to 29 days pan India in 2016 from 34 days in 2015 and ...
24 Jul, 2017, 10.16 AM IST
Passport seva kendras in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland this monthSaha sought Tatkal facility for passports in the Tripura kendra as a large number of people travel through Bangladesh to go to other parts ...
01 Jan, 2016, 03.30 PM IST
RPO Hyderabad on top for issuing nearly 7 lakh passports in 2014During 2013, 6.56 passport applications were received and 6.32 passports were issued. This amounts to 13 per cent growth as compared to 201...
29 Jan, 2015, 02.43 PM IST
No Tatkal passports for those with Nagaland linkAgarwal was born in Nagaland and studied there up to Class X. This army man's son moved to Delhi in 1992 and has been living here ever sinc...
06 Jan, 2015, 11.43 AM IST
E-passports to be rolled by 2016"We are going ahead and are in the process of tendering. By 2015-16 we should be able to achieve e-passport," Muktesh K Pardeshi said.
05 Jan, 2015, 06.44 PM IST
'November 24, 2015 deadline for phasing out handwritten passports'People holding handwritten passports may not be issued visas for international travel after November 24 next year, government today informe...
04 Dec, 2014, 05.51 PM IST
Got a handwritten passport? Renew it by November 25, 2015Come November 2015, and your handwritten passport won't take you on a foreign holiday. Neither can you fly out if your little blue book has...
29 Jan, 2014, 12.20 PM IST