In a significant policy shift aimed at easing passport application hurdles, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has introduced a new provision allowing applicants to include their spouse’s ...

Earlier, couples without a registered marriage certificate faced delays or rejection when trying to update their marital status on passports. With the introduction of Annexure J, a Joint Photo ...

The new rule introduces a Joint Photo Declaration (Annexure J) as a valid substitute for the traditional marriage certificate. According to Arjun Deore, the regional passport officer in Pune, the ...

She ended up making three trips there, along with one to the clerk's office, to obtain a valid Real ID — and all because her marriage certificate from 1986 was from a justice of the peace ...

In a move set to ease a longstanding hassle for Indian passport applicants, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced that citizens can now add their spouse's name to their passport ...

was not solemnized as per Hindu rituals in an Arya Samaj mandir and the marriage certificate issued by the concerned temple was forged. "Further, the criminal proceeding should be quashed as the ...

Applicants should bring their marriage certificate and primary identification, such as a birth certificate or passport, as proof of name change. The Rhode Island DMV website provides a ...

India's MEA simplifies passport process with new spouse name rule Indian passports can now include spouse's name without marriage certificate Shutterstock Dubai: In a bid to ease passport ...

Subsequently, I submitted marriage pictures, 'Nikkah' papers and marriage certificate to my 72 Battalion where I was posted. "When she came for the first time on February 28 on a 15-day visa ...

More recently, it has mostly been relegated to field hands and Cuban country outposts. Now it may be making a comeback. Cuba's dire economic crisis has vastly reduced the import and production of ...

Ahmed claimed he was informed that he did not need a No Objection Certificate (NOC) as he had completed the formalities by informing the government about his marriage to a foreign national.