Bank passbooks accepted as address proof for passport

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has begun accepting statements or passbooks of certain public sector banks as one of documents required for providing address proof by an applicant to obtain a passport.       Accordingly, bank statements or passbooks of the banks are being accepted, Regional Passport Officer C Senthil Pandian said in a PIB release here.      Earlier for provision of address proof, as per MEA rules, applic...