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General information on Passport Services
ONLINE APPLICATION FOR PASSPORT SERVICES
Application for all passport services should be filled up online.
The second page after printing should be manually filled up before sending
the application form along with other documents to the Embassy.
Applicants are requested to manually write their contact telephone nos
(Home/Work/Cell phone nos) as well as the email addresses on the opening page
(first page) of the printed online application form. This is required to contact
an applicant either for a personal interview or for any other requirement if it
arises.
In spite of the guidelines given to the applicant for filling up online
application many applicants are not following it. Rather they are sending old
application forms which were in vogue prior to February 2008.
Applications which are not filled online will not be processed and will be
returned and the delay will be the responsibility of the applicant and mailing
fees will be utilized in returning the application.
Please send two separate checks (certified check or Money Order only) One for
the passport service and another one for mail service.
"On-line filled up application can be mailed or submitted in person at the counter of the consular wing."
" Applicants are advised to submit their passport application on or around the appointment date which appears while filling up application on-line. It will take 4 to 7 working days to process the case after the appointment date."
Please apply only to the consulate of the appropriate Jurisdiction
Following services are available:
1. APPLICATION FOR NEW PASSPORT (OR RENEWAL OF PASSPORT AFTER 10 YEARS)
2. ADDITIONAL BOOKLET
3. ISSUE OF A DUPLICATE PASSPORT IN LIEU OF LOST OR DAMAGED ORIGINAL PASSPORT
4. PASSPORT FOR A MINOR CHILD
5. EXTENSION OF A SHORT VALIDITY PASSPORT
6. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE PASSPORT
7. CHANGE OF APPEARANCE
8. CHANGE OF DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
9. EMERGENCY TRAVEL DOCUMENT
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Guidelines for Indian Passport Holders
(i) Your passport is a valuable document. It should always be retained either in your private custody or in the custody of a person duly authorized by you. Passport should not be sent out of the country of residence by
post. If the passport is lost or destroyed, the fact and circumstances should be immediately reported to the nearest Indian Mission and the local police.
PLEASE KEEP A PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR PASSPORT IN A SAFE PLACE. WITHOUT DETAILS OF THE LOST/DAMAGED PASSPORT, THE ISSUE OF A DUPLICATE PASSPORT MAY BE DELAYED.
(ii) It is an offense under the Passports Act 1967 to give false information in the Application. Passport facilities can be denied on grounds of suppression of factual information, submission of false particulars, willful damage of passport and for making unauthorized changes in the Passport.
(iii) Your passport can be impounded or revoked by the Government of India under the provisions of the Passports Act 1967 in which event you will have to surrender the passport to the nearest Indian Passport Issuing Authority.
(iv) If you have acquired US Citizenship, the Indian Passport must be surrendered immediately to the nearest Indian mission. The Indian passport is returned to the applicant after cancellation. The cancelled Indian passport should be kept in safe custody as it may be required at the time of applying for the PIO card/ Visa for the first time.
Note: Application forms should be completed in all respect and submitted with the passport. Misrepresentation/ suppression of facts may result in denial of Passport/Consular services. Incomplete/incorrect applications with inadequate fee or fee not paid in the prescribed manner are liable to be returned without service.
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