(APPLICANT MAY KEEP THIS BOOKLET FOR FUTURE HANDY REFERENCE)
CAUTION
A passport is issued under the Passports Act. 1967. It is an offence knowingly to furnish false information OR suppress information, which attracts penal and other action under relevant sections of the said Act. Passport is a valuable document. All holders are required to take due care that it does not get damaged, mutilated or lost. Passports should not be sent out to any country by post.
Loss of passport should be immediately reported to the nearest Police Station and to the nearest Passport Office/Indian Mission. Passport holder shall be responsible for misuse of passport, due to non-intimation of loss to the concerned Passport Office/Indian Mission. Passport is a Government property and should be surrendered when demanded in writing by any Passport Issuing Authority.
I. ISSUE OF FRESH PASSPORT BOOKLET
SECTION I - GENERAL INFORMATION
1.
HOW TO APPLY
An application for a passport may be submitted personally OR through a representative carrying an authority letter (specimen given
below) in which case all documents should be attested by a GAZETTED Officer, at the designated places
To
The Passport Officer
Passport Office...
Sir,
I hereby authorize Sh./Smt/Kum........son/wife/daughter of... resident of... whose signature is attested below to submit application
on my behalf and to collect my old passport and other original documents on my behalf.
Yours faithfully.
(Signature with name of the applicant)
Signature of authorized representative
Attested
Signature of the applicant NB: It is essential for the representative to have some identity document bearing his/her photograph.
2. FEE AND MODE OF PAYMENT: The following all-inclusive fee is to be paid along with the application form, either by Bank Draft in favour of the Passport Officer concerned or in cash. In case of DD, full name of applicant and application number to be written on the reverse of the draft. Details of payment of fee may be mentioned in the relevant boxes. If the fee is paid by Demand Draft, then the Bank Code which issued the Draft, the Demand Draft Number and date of issue of the Demand Draft should be mentioned.
1.
Fresh Passport (36 pages) of 10 years validity
I (including minors between 15 to 18 years of age, who wish to get a 10 years full validity passport)
Rs 1 .OOO/-
2.
Fresh Passport (60 pages) of 10 years validity
Rs. 1,500/-
3.
Fresh Passport for Minors (below 18 years of Age) of 5 years validity or till the minor attains the age of 18 which ever is earlier.
Rs 600/-
4.
Duplicate Passport (36 pages) in lieu of lost, damaged or stolen passport
Rs. 2500/-
5.
Duplicate Passport (60 pages) in lieu of lost, damaged or stolen passport
Rs. 3000/-
In case of re-Issue, the fee leviable will be the same, depending on the age of the applicant.
3.
DELIVERY OF PASSPORTS:
Passport shall be delivered only to the applicant or dispatched by registered post acknowledgement due or speed post to the address given in the application form.
SECTION II - INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR FILLING UP THE APPLICATION FORM
The Passport Application Form is Machine Readable. It will be scanned on computer. Therefore, the following instructions may be followed strictly:
• 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.
• Write clearly within the box without touching the boundaries.
• Use black/blue ball pen only.
• Adjust the information to fit within the number of given boxes.
• Do not fill the form with pencils or ink-pen.
• Do not write anything outside the box. Avoid overwriting.
• While filling up the boxes, kindly leave one box blank after each completed word.
• Incomplete application will not be accepted.
Important Note: After filling up the Application Form, two clear photocopies may be made and photograph should be affixed and signatures and"! thumb Impression appended in the given boxes in original. Thus, the set of Application Form in triplicate (one original and two photocopies) has ; to be submitted. With these original and photocopied Application Forms, attested copies of all required documents need to be attached. Illiterate applicants should put only thumb impression in both the boxes meant for thumb impression and signature as well.
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 form for each additional place of stay. If the applicant has stayed at one place throughout the year, the number of copies of filled application required Is one + two as explained above. But If the applicant has, for example, stayed at three places during the last one year, he should submit seven i.e. one original plus six copies of filled in forms altogether. Sign and put thumb impression on each copy of the form. Please remember that all copies require signatures and thumb Impression in original. Paste (do not staple) two photographs on each form, In the space provided.
