India, June 24 -- The passport is a travel document and not a document of citizenship, officials of the external affairs ministry said on Wednesday while highlighting measures incorporated in new chip-based e-passports such as biometric data to boost global acceptance and reduce the risk of fraud.

The external affairs ministry will organise a two-day Human Resource Mobility Forum next week to highlight legal pathways for migration and facilitate networking between foreign employers and Indian nationals seeking jobs abroad, the officials said on the occasion of Passport Seva Divas, observed on June 24 to commemorate the enactment of the Passports Act in 1967.

The passport remains a travel document, and not a document of citizenship, as i...