The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday announced its decision to issue replacement passports with same particulars and remaining validity and waiver of fees to those whose passports have been lost or damaged in the recent Jammu and Kashmir floods.
An official release by the MEA stated that this waiver of fee would be one time exception for the passport holders whose earlier passport has been issued either from Passport Office, Jammu or from Passport Office, Srinagar.
The release further said that this scheme would be valid for next six months ,valid from the date of issue of Gazette notification in this regard.
