The ordinary passport category would avail E-passport by September 2009. This is told by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee at Coimbatore. He was here to inaugurate a new Regional Passport Office.

E-passport is very easy to use and read. It is safe to use against forgeries. The official and diplomatic category of country is already getting the bio metric passport. The very first e-diplomatic passports were given to the President, Vice President and Prime Minister in June. It would be available for all ministers, state ministers and officials within three weeks.

The government is also working on 'Passport Seva Project'. It is aimed to timely delivery of passport to common people. The project is expected to complete in the last quarter of 2009. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that passport issuance process would be made easier in the near future. It would be available in three days where police verification is not required. The passport under Tatkaal scheme would be given on the same day of submission of application. The Ministry is also planning to set up 68 passport facilitation centers across the country to ease the process of passport verification.