New Delhi: No Objection Certificate
(NOC) is not now a mandatory requirement for government employees to get a
passport.
To streamline and check the undue delay
in getting passports to the government employees, 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 MemorandumNo.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.
The above provision is applied for
getting passport only not for VISA, the government employees are required to
obtain ‘No Objection Certificate (NOC)’ from their departments concerned for
getting VISA from foreign embassies for travelling abroad as per CCS (Conduct)
Rules and the instructions have been issued by the Department of Personnel and
Training (DoPT) from time to time.
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