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Govt tweaks rules for proof of birth docs in passport applications

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March 01, 2025

Those born before Oct 1, 2023, can submit other documents as proof of birth

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The government has amended the Passports Rules of 1980 to make birth certificates issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, a municipal corporation or any other authority the only proof of date of birth for passport applications by those born since October 2023.

An official notification issued by the external affairs ministry on February 24 said the Passport Rules were amended under the provisions of section 24 of the Passports Act of 1967.

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