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i.	Some columns are left blank. All columns should be filled or if they are not applicable should be specifically marked as No/Yes or Not applicable.

ii.	If the applicant has stayed in more than one place during the last one year from the date of submission of his application, all the address should be indicated clearly and Personal Particulars Form should be filled up for each address. Any incomplete residential information when noticed during the Police verification not only attracts penalty but also leads to considerable delay in processing the case. Proof of having stayed in the same residence for one year is required. Please submit the First and Twelth month Bank statement/Electricity Bill/Telephone Bill and not the entire 12 months. These can be self attested and need not be attested by Notary. However, bring along the originals for verification and return. Only documents submitted through authorized Travel agents should be notarized. For Miscellaneous service like ECNR the original document will be retained and returned at delivery time.

iii	Whenever, there is an addition of Spouse name in the form and if the applicants previous passport did not have the spouse name, include the Marriage certificate/Joint photo affidavit duly notraised.

iv.	Similarly, whenever the Spouse name is not being mentioned in the new application whereas the earlier passport had the Spouse name, then include the Divorce deed/Death certificate etc. to be enclosed, to enable the Passport Office to accede to the request of the applicant.
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v.	In case of Minor applicants, both the parents should sign the Main form and Annexure H. If one Parent is staying abroad, then the Affidavit of No objection should be enclosed with the application. The affidavit should have been attested by the Indian Embassy abroad where the parent is normally residing. If the parents do not have Passport, then an Affidavit in Annexure I should be submitted and the photograph of both Mother and Father be pasted and attested in the Affidavit. A photo identity of the Minor’s parents is also required viz. PAN card, Election commission Card.

vi.	Applicants born after 26.1.1989 should enclose the Birth certificate issued by the Registrar of Birth or Municipal authorities. All other applicants born before 26.1.1989, should submit their SSLC/Extract of School Admission Register leaving certificate /CBSE certificate as proof of date and place of birth. Illiterate applicants can submit notarized affidavits indicating their place and date of birth and in addition submit Ration card/Election commission card/PAN card etc., which also indicates the age/date of birth.

vii.	Ensure that the Photograph is front facing with both ears visible, and has a contrasting plain background in comparison to the photo of the applicant. Since the photograph are scanned now a days, and if the photo and background is of the same color, it cannot be scanned properly. Photos should not bear any signature or stamp. No photograph with caps, dark spectacles/goggles, or uniform is acceptable. In case of infants, both the eyes should be open.
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viii.	Single parents of the minor applicants should submit appropriate affidavit of NOC (Consent) duly attested by the Magistrate only.

ix.	Guardians submitting on behalf of parents staying abroad, should submit Affidavits of guardianship duly notarized + 2 affidavits from the witnesses who is known to the guardian. A letter from parents, duly attested by embassy/mission abroad, authorising the legal guardian to apply for passport to their minor child on behalf of them, should also be furnished.

x.	Use ball pens only for signature and sign all the places where signatures are required.
xi.	All forms and Affidavits are freely downloadable from the website www.passport.gov.in

xii.	Photocopies of documents submitted are only to be self attested. There is no need to attest by Gazatted Officer or Notary while submitting at office counter.

xiii.	TATKAAL applications which are accompanied by Annexure “F” or verification certificate should always be in the Official Stationery of the Officer issuing the certificate, and invariably enclose the Official and Residence telephone of the Officer with Mobile phone, copy of the Identity card with photograph of the officer and the photo of the Applicant should be stamped with the office seal. Defence officials who need not submit their photo ID should submit any other photo ID for record. The applicants are also advised to bring an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper duly attested by a Notary Public, as per the Annexure "I". Applications without the above will be rejected. Applicants also has the option to obtain a passport under Tatkal Scheme on submission of three documents from the fourteen documents mentioned mentioned below provided one of the tree documents is a photo identity document and at least one of the three is amongst the documents indicated at (a) to (i) and standard affidavit duly attested by a Notary as at Annexure I. a) Electors Photo Identity Card (b) Service Identity Card issued by State/Central Government , Public Sector Undertakings, local bodies or public Limited Companies (c) SC/ST/OBC Certificates, indicating correct postal address (d) Freedom Fighter Identity Cards (e) Arms Licenses (f) Property Dcouments such as Pattas, Registered Deeds etc, (g) Ration cards (h) Pension Documents such as ex-servicemen's Pension Book, Pension 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 Recognised Educational Institutions (m) Driving Licenses and (n) Birth Certificates issued under the RBD act.