Passport

How to Apply for a Passport: Get the Passport Application Form: One can apply for Passport through Online Registration, (after doing online registration, get printouts of the application form) .Apart from this applicant can submit directly in the respective passport office/ DPCs/Speed post centers, get the relevant application form. How to fill the Form: The Passport Application Form is Machine Readable. Please follow the instructions as follows:

• Use capital letters only. Particulars given in the form will be printed in the passport. Therefore, please be careful in filling up the form and avoid any mistakes
• Use black/blue ball pen only
• Do not fill the form with pencils or ink-pen.
• While filling up the boxes, kindly leave one box blank after each completed word.
• Write clearly within the box without touching the boundaries.
• Adjust the information to fit within the number of given boxes.
• Do not write anything outside the box. Avoid over-writing
• Incomplete application will not be accepted.

Note : All original documents are to be shown at the time of submission of the passport application form. With the Original Passport Application Form, self-attested copies of all required documents need to be attached. Illiterate applicants should put only thumb impression in the box meant for thumb impression/signature. In case an applicant has stayed at more than one address during the last one year, he/she should furnish two additional photocopies of the PP form for each additional place of stay. Where to Apply :For Online Registration, the applicant has to submit the print outs of the application form along with required documents to the respective passport office in the appointment date and time printed. Apart from this Passport Applications can be submitted at

• The counter of the Passport office
• The Speed Post centers
• District Passport Cells
• Passport Collection Centers

An application for a passport may be submitted personally OR through a representative (any close member of the family or recognized travel agent(s) only) carrying an authority letter. Urgent Passport : Refer Tatkaal Scheme in case if applicant needs the passport urgently. Fee Structure: Refer Fee Structure for the fees to be submitted. Check List : Refer Check List for the required documents to be submitted along with the application form.

Tatkaal Scheme

OUT OF TURN ISSUE OF PASSPORT UNDER TATKAAL SCHEME (A) If an applicant desires to obtain his passport under the Tatkal Scheme, a verification certificate as per the specimen at ANNEXURE ‘F’ and standard affidavit as Annexure “I” should be submitted along with the TATKAAL fee. The Passport Issuing Authority shall retain the right to verify in writing the authenticity of the Verification Certificate from the official who has issued it. All applicants seeking a passport out of turn under the TATKAAL Scheme are advised to submit their application, documentation, colour photographs with white or light background and fee as specified below. No proof of urgency is required for Out-of-Turn issue of passport. Post Police Verification shall be done in respect of all passports issued under the Tatkaal Scheme. (B) The applicant also has the option to obtain a passport under Tatkal Scheme on submission of three documents from the Fourteen documents as mentioned below, provided one of the three documents is a photo identity document and at least one of the three is amongst the documents indicated at (a) to (i) and a standard affidavit (Annexure “I”) on non-judicial stamp paper duly attested by a Notary: (a) Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC); (b) Service Identity Card issued by State/Central Government, Public Sector Undertakings, local bodies or Public Limited Companies; c) SC/ST/ OBC Certificates; (d) Freedom Fighter Identity Cards; (e) Arms Licenses; (f) Property Documents such as Pattas, Registered Deeds etc.; (g) Rations Cards; (h) Pension Documents such as ex-servicemen’s Pension Book/Pension Payment order, ex-servicemen’s Widow/Dependent Certificates, Old Age Pension Order, Widow Pension Order; (i) Railway Identity Cards; (j) Income Tax Identity (PAN) Cards; (k) Bank/ Kisan/Post Office Passbooks; (l) Student Identity Cards issued by Recognized Educational Institutions; (m) Driving Licenses; and (n) Birth Certificates issued under the RBD Act. (All above documents to be produced in original along with self-attested copies) The TATKAL fee is in addition to the applicable passport fee and payable either in cash or DD in favor of Passport Officer concerned. The additional fee for out of turn TATKAAL passport, would be as follows: Fresh Passport

Within 1-7 days of the date of Application	Rupees 1,500/- plus the passport fee of Rs.1000/-
Within 8-14 days of the date of Application	Rupees 1,000/- plus the passport fee of Rs.1000/-

Replacement of Passport (in lieu of Lost/Damaged Passport)

Within 1-7 days of the date of Application	Rupees 2,500/- plus the duplicate passport fee of Rs.2500/-
Within 8-14 days of the date of Application	Rupees 1,500/- plus the duplicate passport fee of Rs.2500/-

Re-issue cases after expiry of 10 years validity

Within 3 workdays of the date of application

Rupees 1,500/- plus the passport fee of Rs.1000/-