Hi Seniors,
I came across a remark somewhere that our passports should be machine readable. I am an Indian currently residing in the Middle East. My Indian passport was issued in London almost 9 years back, valid till the end of this year and is not machine readable. I am awaiting my PPR from LVO anytime soon, as it has been almost 5 months since I completed my medicals. The issue is, if I go for renewal of my passport, it will take at least 45 days for new passport (normal cases take less than a week here) as it was neither issued from India nor my current country of residence. Kindly advice if we really need to go for a machine readable passport or is it meant only for certain nationalities? Appreciate your comments and suggestions on this matter.
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