Indian Govt Change Passport: The Government of India has made changes in the Indian passport. If you also travel by air, then definitely know about it, otherwise you may get into trouble.
PIB Fact Check about Viral News of Passport: If you also travel by air, then this news is very important for you. Actually, a passport is needed to go abroad, and to get it made, it has to go through a long process. The news is coming that the Government of India has made changes in the passport.
Government made changes in passport
Actually, getting a passport still takes a lot of effort. You have to apply online, verify your information and then only after police verification you get a passport. Passport is issued by the Ministry of External Affairs. Meanwhile, a message is going viral on social media that the government has made changes in the passport. It is also being said in this that now people will have to get changes in their passports.
What is the truth of this claim?
Fact Check has been done in PIB of the claim of change in passport viral on social media. Giving this information on its official Twitter handle, PIB said that it is being claimed in the Whatsapp message that the Indian government has removed the column of nationality from the Indian passport. This claim is completely bogus. The Government of India has not issued any such order related to passport. So don’t fall for this delusion.
एक #WhatsApp मैसेज में यह दावा किया जा रहा है कि भारत सरकार ने भारतीय पासपोर्ट से राष्ट्रीयता का कॉलम हटा दिया है। #PIBFactCheck
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— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) June 28, 2022
Fake claim
This claim is completely bogus. The Government of India has not issued any order on change in passport. The claim being made in the viral message that a new passport will be available only after keeping the old passport is completely fake. Along with this, PIB has also advised that to know the truth of any viral message, first of all go to its official website and cross verify it.