Indian Embassy introduces machine-readable passports

Muscat: The Embassy of India in Oman will shortly start issuing machine-printed and machine-readable passports and visa stickers.
This is part of the ongoing efforts by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, which is in the process of streamlining the issuance of passports and visas by making use of latest technological tools.
Indian Embassy in Muscat is one of the first Indian diplomatic missions, which has been provided with the facility of producing machine-printed and machine-readable passports and visa stickers.
The security features were introduced recently in many countries on the recommendations of the Interpol and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to check the use of tampered and counterfeit travel documents by air passengers with “dubious background”, especially after the 9/11 attacks in the US
Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi recently announced the start of similar facility for the Indian citizens living there.
02/05/06 Aftab H. Kola/Times of Oman

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