PASSPORT UPDATE - PHASING OUT OF HANDWRITTEN PASSPORTS BY 24-NOVEMBER-2015
As per the public advisory released by MEA, Indian citizens living in India and abroad are *advised to apply for urgent re-issuance *of their passports in the following cases:- · *Handwritten passports* · *Passports expiring in next 6 months* · *Passports with no blank pages* *The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has set a deadline of the 24th November, 2015 for globally phasing out of all non-Machine Readable Passports (MRPs). From the 25th November, 2015 onwards, foreign Governments may deny Visa or entry to any person travelling on a non-Machine Readable Passport.* For more information in this regards, please refer to the *attached circulars* as issued by MEA. Click here for Circular-1 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cxWrWFmf6g5YvVTE9J-RoD0ot9da5eHDAkSQ5kVjj1kpSU9MIFFtiQU3iuXKiJbAQLcjVrzkfoYR02y8vPK6AtdJVg_AwA0nVABiPCg2wUqBZcP0KbeNP2W-AhG9xj7qWHJ_TO2bV7sY0RsYxNyYVxouyiMgJ63m2NBUWYWJBmvStrU-uXuPAULr0wJYl-pvHI3FDUy5mW_HRZrgVtS-DX3n-NVKOCgVNJ_CokjHXU8MuC5bAHMi5A==&c=Prikx3tGeq5mMxOQulXMlcmWUVsb3gqiLH6A40M8ilSgXCRO5aNCNg==&ch=7wQ8YvAj9t_65oLf-TpzIxtmd7sZky7H4UFSFyaCYBlgDTmhl1cLdQ==> Click here for Circular-2 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cxWrWFmf6g5YvVTE9J-RoD0ot9da5eHDAkSQ5kVjj1kpSU9MIFFtiQU3iuXKiJbA4qMW1d22GtoFXD4qTDYA_MuYpvro6mHSEi9Rxtzwg8SpWRX2z_Suus-g_Bcgp3vzYlqZykWQ51WKkt5VWoDlUGa-4low2u5R6aJbjCT9ue-dq1OSfEufQG3M3rxWOEFdIxq_don1nY5RkDcGbOckEEGQNuYnMR1quWa_xwyYRds591slqa2YAA==&c=Prikx3tGeq5mMxOQulXMlcmWUVsb3gqiLH6A40M8ilSgXCRO5aNCNg==&ch=7wQ8YvAj9t_65oLf-TpzIxtmd7sZky7H4UFSFyaCYBlgDTmhl1cLdQ==> Please advise your clients to reissue their passports if their passports come under any of the above category. -- With best wishes S Chander -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
