No Indian passports are not biometric and they do not contain any biometric features in the Passport itself. But recently, the Government has come out with biometric e-passports and this will be rolled out to ordinary Indian citizens soon! Government has issued nearly 20,000 diplomatic passports which are biometric as of now.
The new e-passports will be part of the Government’s new Passport Seva Programme V2.0 and will have an chip for enhanced security. The new passports will come with a chip that will store the holder’s biometric data, including their fingerprints and photograph. This enhanced security will make the passports more difficult to forge!
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But if you are doing any of these below
- Applying for a Fresh passport
- Renewing the passport
Then you are expected to give your biometrics at the PSK (Passport Seva Kendra).
First Published on February 21st, 2018