Hand-Written Passport Become Invalid From Today

News24 Bureau New Delhi:As per the directives of the Indian government, hand-written passport of Indian citizen will no longer be valid from today. Government’s decision to discontinue hand-written passports comes as a part of the recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to incorporate biometric data in the machine-readable travel documents. Earlier, the government had asked people with hand-written passports to get machine-readable ones, deadline for which had been set to November 24. The new machine-readable passports have been implemented as they offer greater protection against fraudulent practices and tampering.