Indian e-passport - Rightsofemployees.com https://www.rightsofemployees.com Know Your Rights Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:20:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.rightsofemployees.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-emp1-32x32.png Indian e-passport - Rightsofemployees.com https://www.rightsofemployees.com 32 32 Indian e-passport rolled out- Key features and how to apply https://www.rightsofemployees.com/indian-e-passport-rolled-out-key-features-and-how-to-apply/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:58:40 +0000 https://www.rightsofemployees.com/?p=45664 The most important document for traveling anywhere outside the country is the passport. If you are planning to go abroad for studies, job or travelling, then passport is the first and most important document. To get a passport, all the rules and procedures of the Government of India have to be followed. In today’s digital […]

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]]> The most important document for traveling anywhere outside the country is the passport. If you are planning to go abroad for studies, job or travelling, then passport is the first and most important document.

To get a passport, all the rules and procedures of the Government of India have to be followed. In today’s digital world, India’s passport is also going to be modern. The Government of India has implemented Passport Seva 2.0 across the country, so that everyone can get the service of e-Passport.

Let us tell you that e-passport is a modern version, which has an electronic chip. This chip will contain all the information of the passport holder, including biometrics. With this initiative of the government, it will be better than before for people to travel to another country. Let us know everything about e-passport.

What is e-passport?

First of all, let us know what is e-passport? Let us tell you that this is a kind of electronic passport. A chip has been installed on its cover, in which all the information like name of the passport holder, date of birth, passport number, photograph and fingerprint are present.

How to apply for e-passport online

  • To apply for e-passport, you first have to visit the official website of passport service.
  • Here you will have to create your account by clicking on the register or login option.
  • After this, you will have to go to new passport or passport reissue and fill the application form.
  • After filling the application form you will have to go to Passport Seva Kendra or Post Office Passport Seva Kendra
  • You will have to take an appointment by selecting the date and time as per your convenience.
  • After getting the appointment date, you will have to pay the application fee for e-passport.
  • Finally, you will have to go to Passport Seva Kendra or Post Office Passport Seva Kendra and get your biometric data and document verification done.

These documents will be needed

  • For e-passport, you can show address proof like Aadhaar card, electricity bill, bank passbook.
  • For proof of date of birth, birth certificate, PAN card, high school mark sheet will have to be shown.
  • You will also need to show your ID.
  • If you are renewing your passport, you will have to take your old passport with you.
  • Make sure to carry with you the original copies of all the documents along with their photocopies.

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]]> Indian e-passport rolled out: Key features, benefits, where to get one & more https://www.rightsofemployees.com/indian-e-passport-rolled-out-key-features-benefits-where-to-get-one-more/ Tue, 13 May 2025 11:28:13 +0000 https://www.rightsofemployees.com/?p=43862 Passport Service : Now traveling abroad is going to be even easier and safer for Indians. India has also started chip-based biometric e-passports. With this new facility, India has now joined the list of more than 120 countries like America, Canada, Japan, France and UK, where this technology is already being used. E-passport will not […]

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]]> Passport Service : Now traveling abroad is going to be even easier and safer for Indians. India has also started chip-based biometric e-passports. With this new facility, India has now joined the list of more than 120 countries like America, Canada, Japan, France and UK, where this technology is already being used. E-passport will not only make the immigration process faster and contactless, but will also help in preventing identity fraud.

What is e-passport and what is special about it?

E-passport will be launched in India from April 2024 under Passport Seva Program 2.0. In the first phase, the pilot project was started in cities like Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Jammu, Goa, Shimla, Jaipur, Chennai, Hyderabad and now its full rollout will happen by June 2025.

This new e-passport has an RFID chip and antenna embedded in the back cover, which stores the individual’s biometric and personal information such as name, date of birth, passport number, face and fingerprints securely. This data is encrypted as per international security standards such as BAC, PA and EAC.

How will the passenger experience change?

Indian citizens travelling abroad with e-passports will now be able to go through a faster, automated and contactless process at immigration checkpoints. E-gates will eliminate the need for long queues and make the travel experience more seamless.

India is now included in the list of these countries

Countries like America, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, UK, Singapore, Australia, South Korea are already using e-passport. With this step of India, Indian citizens will also get more respect and convenience while entering those countries.

How to apply for e-passport

Citizens can apply on the passport service portal as before. They will have to visit the nearest passport service centre or post office passport centre and provide biometric information. This is just a start. In the future, features like digital visa, mobile passport wallet, Aadhaar and DigiLocker integration can be added, making the journey completely digital and paperless.

 

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