Passport Information
Passport rules 2025: New birth certificate rules and other key changes
Under the new rules, individuals born on or after October 1, 2023, must present a birth certificate as the sole accepted proof of their date of birth. No other documents will be considered valid
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Top 10 most and least expensive passports in 2024: What about India?
The most crucial travel document that helps you travel the world is a passport. The cost of a passport can vary greatly between countries and is typically determined by where you live
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Passport Seva Portal down for 5 days: Check hours, appointment updates
Passport Seva Portal down: Beginning 8:00 pm today, all functions of the Passport Seva Portal will be suspended until 6:00 am on September 2
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Singapore is world's most powerful passport, India stands at 82nd spot
Owning a Singapore passport now gives you visa-free access to a record 195 global destinations, putting the city state at the top on the Henley Passport Index.
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K'taka CM writes to PM Modi seeking cancellation of Revanna's passport
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take "prompt and necessary" actions to cancel the diplomatic passport of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing women. He said that it is "disheartening" that his previous letter on the issue had not been acted-upon, despite the gravity of the situation. The chief minister earlier on May 1 had written to Modi urging him to move the Ministries of External Affairs and Home Affairs to take swift action to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal. Recently, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the state government to probe the serial sex abuse charges against the MP, had also written to the Ministry of External Affairs to cancel his diplomatic passport, on the basis of an arrest warrant issued against him by the court. "I write to you once again to draw attention to the grave series of incidents that Prajwal Revanna has been accused of
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Lost your passport abroad? Here's how to get back to your country
Losing your passport abroad can be a scary and exasperating experience. The most common way of replacing a lost passport can be a cumbersome exercise, however, it works
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Want to change your passport photo online? Check instructions, details
To change the photo in the passport, you have to apply for a re-issue of the passport
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The citizenship of Saint Kitts and Nevis: the costs of passport decreased
The government decreased the costs applicable to the acquisition of passport
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