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Hand-written passport becomes invalid

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Nov 25 2015 | 6:57 PM IST
Hand-written passports of Indian citizens are no longer valid from today as per government's directive.
The government had asked those having hand-written passports to get machine-readable ones having bar codes by November 24.
The government had decided to discontinue hand-written passports in accordance with recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to incorporate biometric data in the machine readable travel documents.
Hand-written passports became invalid for travelling abroad from today, said a government official.
The machine readable passports have greater protection against fraudulent practices and tampering.
The hand-written passports were issued prior to 2001.

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First Published: Nov 25 2015 | 6:57 PM IST

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