New guidelines for passport address proof acceptance

New guidelines for passport address proof acceptance Further to the instructions from the Ministry of External Affairs, Passport Office – Coimbatore has announced that bank passbooks and account statements issued by 26 Public Sector Banks alone will be accepted as a proof of address from applicants. A release from Passport Officer S. Sasikumar said that bank statements and passbooks issued by other scheduled commercial banks which were accepted hitherto as proof will not be entertained hereafter.The 26 banks whose passbooks and statements which will be accepted as proof of address are Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharastra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab National Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, Syndicate Bank, Union Bank of India, United Bank of India ,UCO Bank, Vijaya Bank, IDBI Bank Ltd, State Bank of India, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore and State Bank of Travancore. Passbooks and account statements issued by 26 Public Sector Banks alone will be accepted