New Delhi: Documents like a passport are required to travel abroad. Without a passport, you cannot travel abroad. Except for a few countries, a passport is mandatory everywhere. If you’re planning to obtain a new passport, this news will prove useful. The Central Government recently amended the passport-obtaining rules.
This has made the documentation process more stringent. You can easily understand the passport-related rules, and the procedures have also become simpler. We’ll share some key points about the rules that will eliminate confusion.
These Documents Are Mandatory
A document is required to obtain a passport. This requires a birth certificate. This certificate must be issued by a municipal corporation, a registrar of births and deaths, or an institution recognised under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1969.
In addition, those born before October 1, 2023, can now use one of the documents listed below. These include a copy of a government service record, PAN card, driver’s license, school leaving certificate, and matriculation certificate.
How will the information be recorded?
You may be surprised to know that the residential address will no longer be printed on the last page of the passport. Furthermore, for security and privacy reasons, this information is now embedded in the passport as a barcode. Immigration officials can scan it to retrieve the information if needed. This will simplify the entire process.
New Passport Identification Based on Aadhaar
Most importantly, a colour-coding system has been implemented for passports to simplify identification. White passports will be issued to government officials. Red passports will remain for diplomats. Blue passports are issued to ordinary citizens. This means that the requirement for parents’ names has been eliminated.
For your information, the requirement for parents’ names on the last page of the passport has been eliminated. Additionally, this change will improve the privacy of all passport holders. This will generally benefit those who come from single-parent or separated-parent families.