Hand-written passports of Indian citizens are no longer valid as per government’s directive. The government had asked those having hand-written passports to get machine-readable ones having bar codes by November 24. The government had decided to discontinue hand-written passports in accordance with recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to incorporate biometric data in the machine readable travel documents.
26/11/15 PTI/Indian Express
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26/11/15 PTI/Indian Express
