page_title: Indian passport
section_title: Identity Information Page
hierarchical_section_title: Indian passport / Physical appearance / Identity Information Page
caption_attribution_description: English: Indian Passport Identity Information Page
context_page_description: An Indian passport is issued by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to Indian citizens for the purpose of international travel. It enables the bearer to travel internationally and serves as proof of Indian citizenship as per the Passports Act. The Passport Seva unit of the Consular, Passport & Visa Division of the Ministry of External Affairs functions as the central passport organisation, and is responsible for issuing Indian passports on demand to all eligible Indian citizens. Indian passports are issued at 93 passport offices located across India and at 197 Indian diplomatic missions abroad.
  In 2015, India issued about 12 million passports, a number exceeded only by China and the United States. Approximately 65 million Indians held valid passports as of the end of 2015.
context_section_description: The Bio data page contains the following information:
  Type: "P"- Stands for "Personal", "D"- Stands for "Diplomatic", "S"- Stands for "Service"
  Country code: IND
  Passport number
  Surname
  Given name(s)
  Sex
  Date of birth
  Place of birth
  Place of issue
  Date of issue
  Date of expiry
  Photo of passport holder
  Ghost picture of the passport holder (only passports issued since 2013)
  Signature of the passport holder
  The information page ends with the Machine Readable Passport Zone (MRZ).
  The Demographics page at the end of the passport book contains the following information:
  Name of father or legal guardian
  Name of mother
  Name of spouse
  Address
  Old passport number
  File number
caption: Bio-data page of an Indian passport issued since 2013
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