e-Passport

UAE passport enhanced its power to enter 159 countries without a prior visa, including 104 countries that can be entered without a visa and 55 countries where visas are obtained upon arrival or over the Internet.

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain launch health e-passport for travel between both the countries.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs will soon introduce chip-enabled e-Passport that will use secure biometric to eliminate forgery.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced it has been selected by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India for the second phase of the Passport Seva Program.

The e-passport will look like a bank card and will have an embedded electronic chip with all the necessary data.