NRI: Replace Faulty PassportsApril 30, 2008 Colrama Indians Told to Get Faulty Passports Replaced K.S. Ramkumar, Arab News JEDDAH, 30 April 2008 The Consulate General of India has been replacing passports bearing numbers of a particular series free of charge. Passports bearing serial numbers starting from Z-000001 to Z-043100 are being replaced with new ones without the usual fee as the numbers have been duplicated while printing them in India, Indian Consul General Ausaf Sayeed told Arab News yesterday. The serial numbers referred to were printed in India in 1995-96 and they are all of 60-page jumbo booklets, which were distributed globally to all diplomatic missions, he added. There is no need to panic about this. There is nothing alarming about it, he said. We have been contacting the passport holders of concerned serial numbers individually and a few of them have already got them replaced. Jumbo passports are opted for by only a few individuals and so the affected number of passports is not big, he added. He did not give a number for the affected expatriates. All that such passport holders should do is visit the consulate here and the replacement will be done forthwith free of charge, Sayeed said. He also clarified that the passports concerned were not canceled, but it was better for the bearers of such passports to get them replaced to avoid any inconvenience in future. Abundant precautions have been taken to see that travel plans of such passport holders are not affected. Visa endorsements on existing passports will remain valid, he said. A consulate official said those already in India with the affected passports should visit the nearest passport office and get new ones issued. - Forwarded by www.goa-world.com
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