Residence proof no bar, now apply for passport anywhere
Applications Can Now Be Submitted Via Smartphones
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:27.06.2018
The government announced liberalised rules for passports on Tuesday, enabling citizens to apply for the document from anywhere in the country irrespective of their residential address and facilitating submission of applications over mobile phone.
The easier norms will benefit the smartphone generation while removing the requirement for applicants to approach regional passport offices in their areas of residence. This will particularly benefit people who live and work away from home, but prefer to use their permanent addresses for which they possess documentary proofs.
Addressing passport officers here, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said Indians will now be able to apply for passports from anywhere in the country, and not just their place of domicile. This new feature comes into effect immediately and allows citizens to choose a regional passport office irrespective of whether their residential address falls within the purview of that office.
Inter-faith couple gave false info: Cops
Lucknow police have submitted a report against the inter-faith couple, who had accused a passport officer of hurling a religious slur, of making wrong declarations about their residence. There is speculation that passports of Tanvi Seth and her husband Anas Siddiqui could be cancelled.
Swaraj launches passport seva mobile app
This will benefit people who may belong to one part of the country but reside temporarily in another. A person whose home is Chennai but is posted in Kolkata can apply for a passport in the eastern city.
Swaraj, however, clarified that police verification and delivery of passport would be made to the registered address, in the hypothetical case Chennai.
Earlier, a passport application had to be made at the RPO which covered the area lived in. For instance, a person living in Noida or Gurgaon could not apply for a passport in Delhi. This rule makes it possible even if a person works in Delhi or simply finds an RPO in the city more accessible to apply in the capital.
Swaraj also launched a mobile app (on Android and iOS) that can be used to apply for passports. This frees a person from having to use a computer to apply for passports and can be done on the go. This feature, she said, would benefit many who use smartphones but not computers.
Congratulating passport officials, Swaraj said the government simplified passport rules, which she described as a “revolution”, to make it easier for people who did not have a known date of birth, like orphans or people from remote areas without access to birth registration facilities. Marriage certificates are no longer necessary to get a passport, which makes it easier for divorced people. Single parents benefit from a rule making it unnecessary to give names of both parents on the passport.
She added that there were 360 passport seva kendras — including those in post offices — in the country. The government wants to expand those to cover all 545 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Applications Can Now Be Submitted Via Smartphones
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:27.06.2018
The government announced liberalised rules for passports on Tuesday, enabling citizens to apply for the document from anywhere in the country irrespective of their residential address and facilitating submission of applications over mobile phone.
The easier norms will benefit the smartphone generation while removing the requirement for applicants to approach regional passport offices in their areas of residence. This will particularly benefit people who live and work away from home, but prefer to use their permanent addresses for which they possess documentary proofs.
Addressing passport officers here, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said Indians will now be able to apply for passports from anywhere in the country, and not just their place of domicile. This new feature comes into effect immediately and allows citizens to choose a regional passport office irrespective of whether their residential address falls within the purview of that office.
Inter-faith couple gave false info: Cops
Lucknow police have submitted a report against the inter-faith couple, who had accused a passport officer of hurling a religious slur, of making wrong declarations about their residence. There is speculation that passports of Tanvi Seth and her husband Anas Siddiqui could be cancelled.
Swaraj launches passport seva mobile app
This will benefit people who may belong to one part of the country but reside temporarily in another. A person whose home is Chennai but is posted in Kolkata can apply for a passport in the eastern city.
Swaraj, however, clarified that police verification and delivery of passport would be made to the registered address, in the hypothetical case Chennai.
Earlier, a passport application had to be made at the RPO which covered the area lived in. For instance, a person living in Noida or Gurgaon could not apply for a passport in Delhi. This rule makes it possible even if a person works in Delhi or simply finds an RPO in the city more accessible to apply in the capital.
Swaraj also launched a mobile app (on Android and iOS) that can be used to apply for passports. This frees a person from having to use a computer to apply for passports and can be done on the go. This feature, she said, would benefit many who use smartphones but not computers.
Congratulating passport officials, Swaraj said the government simplified passport rules, which she described as a “revolution”, to make it easier for people who did not have a known date of birth, like orphans or people from remote areas without access to birth registration facilities. Marriage certificates are no longer necessary to get a passport, which makes it easier for divorced people. Single parents benefit from a rule making it unnecessary to give names of both parents on the passport.
She added that there were 360 passport seva kendras — including those in post offices — in the country. The government wants to expand those to cover all 545 Lok Sabha constituencies.
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