{"id":26249,"date":"2022-01-05T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=26249"},"modified":"2022-01-06T15:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:52:39","slug":"indian-epassports-security-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/indian-epassports-security-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Soon India to Issue e-Passports with Microchip Embedded and New Advanced Security Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

India is in the process of issuing e-passports starting this year. Reportedly, all Indian nationals will be issued an e-passport\u00a0 with advanced security features from 2022 onwards.<\/strong> If you apply for renewal of an existing passport or issuance of a new one, you will get an e-passport, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. The infrastructure of issuing Indian e-passports is already in place as the government of India has issued e-passports to 20,000 diplomats on a trial basis. No glitch has been detected during the pilot program, which ascertains that the issuance and use of e-passports is a success.<\/p>\n

\"Indian<\/p>\n

What is an Indian e-passport?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

An Indian e-passport is the usual passport booklet with decrypted data and a SIM card-like electronic microchip embedded in it. The microchip will hold sensitive information such as the passport holder\u2019s biometric data.<\/strong> Indian e-passports will have inbuilt security features too advanced to secure the microchip against unauthorized access and data transfer through radio-frequency identification (RFID).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe information in the chip has been stored and protected in such a way that without physical touch it cannot be accessed,\u201d<\/strong> a senior MEA official said. Immigration officers will be alerted in case of tampered e-passports. Introduced in 2017, the e-passport prototype has been tested in a laboratory certified by the US government.<\/p>\n

Besides being too secure to be forged for identity theft, Indian e-passports are in compliance with a higher level of automation for faster immigration clearance. E-passports will facilitate quicker immigration process for international travelers through computerized authorization at major Indian airports. Moreover, e-passports are harder to be damaged.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) guidelines, Indian e-passports will feature an internationally recognized logo on the microchip that can be seen on the front. The government of India is in the process of setting up a dedicated IT infrastructure in New Delhi<\/a> and Chennai<\/a> to issue 20,000 e-passports an hour and 100,000 units a day.<\/strong> The quest for an agency that will help set up IT systems in Delhi and Chennai is on for the e-passport project.<\/p>\n

The procedure to apply for e-passports with embedded RFID technology will remain unchanged. It means the process to issue or obtain an e-passport will be neither elongated nor delayed. All MEA passport offices across the country will issue e-passports with microchip.<\/p>\n

Indian Passport<\/a> has become stronger by 24 ranks in the past five years; all thanks to the liberalized visa policy.<\/strong> According to the Arton Capital Passport Index (ACPI), the ranking of Indian Passport has jumped to 53 from 67 in 2019 based on the visa-free score. Indian passport holders are eligible for visa-free access to 18 countries and visa on arrival to 30 countries.<\/p>\n

Also Check: All about Air Bubble Flights to India and Quarantine Rules<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India is in the process of issuing e-passports starting this year. Reportedly, all Indian nationals will be issued an e-passport\u00a0 with advanced security features from 2022 onwards. If you apply for renewal of an existing passport or issuance of a new one, you will get an e-passport, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. 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