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September 2, 2011

Passport Authority of India re-introduces ‘Jumbo Passport’


Passport Authority of India is re-introducing ‘Jumbo Passport’ for the benefit of frequent travelers.
We have seen many frequent travelers having 2 passports (36 paged one) stapled together. Now those people can take advantages of Jumbo passports.
The Jumbo Passport will have 64 pages and the cost will be of Rs.1,500/-
The ‘Jumbo’ booklets were issued from 1995 till 2003 and involved manual entry, new format will be a machine-readable type.
 Normal PassportJumbo Passport
Pages36 pages64 pages
FeeRs 1,000/-Rs 1,500/-
Validity10 years10 years
Passport application details are available at http://passport.gov.in/
and forms are available online at http://passport.gov.in/cpv/Forms.htm

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