Ration card in the form of address and ID proof will also be valid for making passport in Uttarakhand. On the order of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Uttarakhand Regional Passport Office has issued guidelines in this regard. Till now, driving license, Aadhaar card, rent card, gas connection, electricity bill etc. would be valid as address proof for making passport. Were. Along with this, an ID card containing the recognized photo of the Central and State Government was also recognized as ID proof. At the same time, under the new rules, the Ministry of External Affairs has also recognized the ration card as address proof.

Apart from this, the verified photo bearing ration card can also be attached as an ID proof along with the passport application. For your information, let us tell you that the Regional Passport Officer Rishi Angra said that this rule has also been implemented in Uttarakhand. On the other hand, police verification certificate (PCC) will now have to get police verification done again. At the same time, PCC was issued by Passport Office on the basis of passport made earlier. Now this rule has also changed. Along with this, the passport department of the Ministry of External Affairs has relaxed the rules for proof of date of birth in the application of reissue passports. Now the basis of old passport will be accepted as birth certificate.

For your information, let us tell you that the Ministry of External Affairs has given instructions to open a public inquiry system in the Regional Passport Office from 24 June. Along with this, Regional Passport Officer Rishi Angra said that it was closed on March 22. Apart from this, it will now be started on June 24. For this, 50 appointments can be taken from Passport India website instead of 100 for daily. At the same time, on Tuesday, the application for immediate passport and biometric verification was started on the instructions of the Ministry. For this, the appointment option was opened on the official website of Passport India as soon as the order of the Ministry was received on Monday afternoon. On Passport Day, on 24 June, the External Affairs Minister has been calling regional passport officials every time. This time in the wake of the Corona crisis, the Foreign Minister will communicate with all regional passport officers through video conferencing.

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