travelling to India and back to the US on a handwritten passport post nov 24th

[doc rat]

As per the directive from the Indian Passport office, all hand written Indian passports should have been converted to machine typed passports by Nov 24th 2015.

 

I am a permanent resident with a hand written passport expiring 2019, travelling to India on Dec 14th. I have 2 options I guess, to get my passport renewed in India when I am there or wait till I get back to the US in jan 2016. Houston does not have a tatkal option and the processing time is 3-6 weeks.

 

I am curious what experiences travelers with hand written passports had travelling to India and back to the US had post Nov 24th?

[JoeF]

The US doesn't accept hand-written passports anymore.

[jairichi]

The current passport is invalid & you will not be allowed to board the aircraft. You need to renew it before you travel.

[tusharvk]

I understand your point.

in similar boat. passport issued in US part handwritten and part  typed.

 

I think that it is green card they will care about at POE; but when you arrive in India or board airplane from US headed to India, will they let you?