First Time Applicant
 An
application for a passport may be submitted personally OR through
a representative carrying an authority letter OR by registered
post in which case a Gazetted Officer should attest all documents.
While applying for fresh passport attach two copies of the following
documents:
1. Applicant's ration card OR any one of the following document:
Appointment letter of reputed company on letter head / water
tax bill / telephone bill / electricity bill / running bank
account / income tax assessment order of last three years /
election commission ID card or ration card. Please note that
the address reflecting on the above documents should show the
present address and also that the person is staying there for
the last 1 (one) year at least.
2. Proof of date of birth
Birth certificate issued by a municipal authority or school
certificate on which date of birth is mentioned ( ex.: Class
10th certificate from CBSE)
3. If the person is eligible for ECNR - attach attested copy
of supporting documents.
4. If the person is working with Govt. of India - NOC (No
Objection Certificate) is required.
5. Seven (7) coloured photographs.
Urgent Passport
An out of turn passport is issued only in cases of specified
emergencies, on produce of documentary evidence.
Verification certificate required (as per specimen at Annexure
G of the application form) from any officer of the rank of Deputy
Secretary and above in the Central Government or equivalent
in the State Government, Colonel and above or its equivalent
in Air Force and Navy, General Manager of a Public Sector Undertaking,
Sub-Divisional Magistrate, SSP of district or one of those listed
in Annexure 16 of the application form). The certificate should
be on official stationary with photo pasted on the certificate
and attested with signature partly on the certificate and partly
on photograph.
Urgent passports are usually issued for one year period.
In case of business, a letter from employer and invitation from
business abroad is required. In case of medical emergency -
documentary proof from recognized hospital in India or abroad.
Letter of urgency from applicants site with travel date and
purpose of trip.
Passport For Minors
It is compulsory to have a separate passport for minor. A number
of foreign diplomatic missions are refusing to grant visas if
minors' name is included in the parents' passport. Apply for
fresh passport with the following additional documents:-
Attested photocopies of parents' passports. If neither of the
parents has passport, then an affidavit from both parents (specimen
at Annexure 'D' of the passport form) is required.
In case either of the parents holds a passport, copy of the
same, along with affidavit from the other (specimen at Annexure
'D' of the passport form) is required. At column 22, affix the
minor's signature or thumb impression.
In case the parents are abroad, an affidavit giving No Objection
to the issue of passport to the minor should be counter-assigned
by Indian Mission / Consulate abroad. If both parents have passports
then it is mandatory to have spouses' name on each other's passport.
Fresh Passport form with 7 photographs
Date of Birth proof : (Attested copy of CBSE X th Std. Certificate)
Attested copy of first five & last five pages of parents'
passports. In the mother's passport, father's name should be
mentioned and in father's passport mother's name should be mentioned.
Proof of residence (Attested copy)
Thumb impression of minor.
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