E-passports with advanced securiry features will soon be introduced by the government. The government has informed Parliament that plans are afoot to issue e-passports with advanced security features such as a chip storing personal details of an applicant embedded in the physical passport booklet.
Indian passport holders with the United Kingdom and European Union visas can get a visit visa permit at all the UAE ports, the authorities in Dubai have said.
Responding to supplementaries during Question Hour, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the time taken to issue passport has been reduced to 11 days under normal circumstances.
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The State has "unfettered discretion" while granting visas to foreign nationals, certain humane considerations must influence its decisions, the Delhi High Court has said.
In some cases, the police also has the authority to issue Look-Out-Circulars (LoC).
Nearly, 10 out of the 14 districts in state have been affected by the floods.
Govt sources told India TV that since proper rules were followed in the issuance of passport to Tanvi Seth by RPO Lucknow, there was no question of revoking her passport.
The newly developed 'mPassport App' would speed up the process of verification of passport applications.
The development has come a few days after a controversy involving the issuance of passport to an inter-faith couple hit the headlines.
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Seth tweeted her ordeal to Sushma Swaraj seeking help. "It was a humiliating experience, the officer was very loud & made attacking hand gestures," Seth said in her tweet to External Affairs Minister.
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The move comes after the Supreme Court rapped the Centre over using its earlier on ‘mandatory authentication of users’ as a ‘tool’ by asking telecom operators to link their mobile numbers with Aadhaar.
The MEA had recently revoked passports of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, diamond merchants wanted for alleged banking fraud.
Among other documents recovered by police were copies of Aadhaar cards, PAN cards and driving licenses.
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