A passport is an essential document for anyone who wishes to leave India and enter the geographical boundaries of another nation. Every country has different coloured passports, and the number of colours each country can use on their passport is limited to four. Passports are generally black, green, red or blue, and the Indian government has made available passports of three different colours to its citizens, which are as follow.
Ordinary (Regular) Passport An ordinary or regular Indian passport is issued to regular or ordinary citizens. This passport can be used for regular travel and reasons related to business or study trips and vacations. The document usually contains between 36 and 60 pages and is a Type P passport. The P refers to ‘personal’ passport and the cover of the document is black. Official Passport An official passport can be availed by Indian citizens who represent the country’s government on official business. The cover of this document is white and it is called a Type S passport where S denotes ‘service’. Only government employees who leave the country on national duty and are representing India are issued this passport. Diplomatic Passport A diplomatic passport can be availed by Indian diplomats, diplomatic couriers, and top ranking government officials. This is a Type D passport where D stands for ‘diplomatic’.
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