Ministry of external affairs launches SMS service for expiry of Passport holders
Jasbir Kapoor/ royalpatiala.in/ Sri Muktsar Sahib
This is for the Information of general public that Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has commenced sending SMS to passport holders before expiry of their passport. Two SMS are being sent to the concerned passport holders- one before Nine(9) month and another before Seven (7) month of date of expiry of their passport. This has been initiated by the Ministry as a citizen friendly proactive service delivery measures to the valid passport holders.
As part of the SMS, citizen are also informed about the authenticate website of Ministry www.passportindia.gov.in for online submission of application related to passport services. This also helps in avoiding the applicant falling prey to fake websites in the cyberspace.
The sample SMS message being sent to citizens- “Dear Passport Holder, Your Passport KXXXX949 will expire on XX-Feb-20. Apply reissue at www.passportindia.gov.in or mPassport Seva App. Please ignore, if applied.”
A majority of the countries insisted on a minimum of six months validity of the passports for the purpose of travel. Hence, at the last moment, when passport holders realised that the month or year in the booklet had expired, the journey became impossible.
