{"id":997266,"date":"2026-03-10T08:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=997266"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:46:37","slug":"how-to-apply-for-an-e-passport-in-india-in-2026-complete-process-who-can-apply-application-fee-and-more-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/10\/how-to-apply-for-an-e-passport-in-india-in-2026-complete-process-who-can-apply-application-fee-and-more-details\/","title":{"rendered":"How to apply for an e-Passport In India in 2026: Complete Process, who can apply, application fee and more details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian passport holders should be aware. The Indian government has rolled out a significant upgrade to its passport system with the introduction of e-passports, a new format designed to enhance security and streamline international travel for citizens. <\/p>\n<p>The new passport is launched under the revamped Passport Seva Programme (PSP 2.0); the e\u2011passport includes an embedded Radio\u2011Frequency Identification (RFID) chip that stores biometric data such as fingerprints and facial recognition information alongside personal details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian passport holders should be aware. The Indian government has rolled out a significant upgrade to its passport system with the introduction of e-passports, a new format designed to enhance security and streamline international travel for citizens. The new passport is launched under the revamped Passport Seva Programme (PSP 2.0); the e\u2011passport includes an embedded Radio\u2011Frequency Identification (RFID) chip that stores biometric data such as fingerprints and facial recognition information alongside personal details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}