Govt Employees To Get Passport Without NOC

NEW DELHI . The Ministry of External Affairs has relaxed provisions for issue of passport and asked the government employees to attach the copy of prior intimation letter submitted by the government employees to their controlling

authority before applied for passport.

 

The Ministry of External Affairs has recently issued an Office Memorandum No.VI/401/01/05/2014 making the ‘Prior Intimation Letter’ valid proof like ‘No Objection Certificate (NOC)’ to obtain passport for government employees, public sector undertakings (PSU) employees and autonomous body employees. Government employees, who applies for passport with ‘Prior Intimation Letter’, they do not need to police verification.