Sex Place of birth Place of issue Date of issue Date of expiry Photo of passport holder Ghost picture of the passport holder (only passports issued since 2013) Signature of the passport holder The information page ends with the Machine Readable Passport Zone (MRZ). The Demographics page at the end of the passport book contains the following information: Name of father or legal guardian Name of mother Name of spouse Address Old passport no. with date and place of issue File number Passport note All passports contain a note in Hindi and English, nominally from the President of India, addressing the authorities of all countries and territories: The note bearing page is typically stamped and signed by the issuing authority in the name of the President of the Republic of India. Languages The text of Indian Passport is printed in Hindi and English, two of the twenty two scheduled official languages (as per Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India) at the Union level. Emigration check Holders of Emigration Check Required (ECR) type passports need a clearance called an Emigration Check from the Government of India's Protector of Emigrants when going to selected countries on a work visa. This is to prevent the exploitation of Indian workers (especially the unskilled and less-educated) when going abroad, particularly to Middle Eastern countries. ECR type passport holders travelling on a tourist visa do not need a clearance; this is known as an Emigration Check Suspension. Emigration Check Not Required (ECNR) status passports are granted to: Indian nationals born abroad; Indian nationals holding at least a matriculation certificate; All holders of diplomatic or official passports. All gazetted government servants; All income-tax payers (including agricultural income-tax payers) in their individual capacity; All graduate and professional degree holders (such as architects, doctors, engineers, chartered accountants, scientists, lawyers, etc.); Spouses and dependent children of category of certain holders of ECNR passports; Seamen in possession of a continuous discharge certificate; Sea Cadets and Deck Cadets who have: Passed their final examination on a three-year BSc Nautical Sciences Course at TS Chanakya, Mumbai; and Undergone three months' pre-sea training at any of the government-approved training institutes such as TS Chanakya, TS Jawahar, TS Rehman, Maritime Training Institute (SCI), or National Institute of Personnel Management, Chennai, after production of identity cards issued by the Shipping Master at Mumbai, Kolkata, or Chennai; Persons holding a Permanent Immigration Visa, such as visas