Information for On-Line Passport Applicants

Presently the online Registration for General Public is available at

1.Ahmedabad	7. Chandigarh	13. Goa	19. Kolkata	25. Nagpur	31. Srinagar
2. Amritsar	8. Chennai	14. Guwahati	20. Kozhikode	26. Patna	32. Surat
3. Bangalore ***	9. Cochin	15. Hyderabad	21. Lucknow	27. Pune	33. Thane
4. Bareilly	10. Dehradun	16. Jaipur	22. Madurai	28. Raipur	34. Trichy
5. Bhopal	11. Delhi	17. Jallandhar	23. Malapuram	29. Ranchi	35. Trivandrum
6. Bhubaneshwar	12. Ghaziabad	18. Jammu	24. Mumbai	30. Shimla	36. Vizag
37. Coimbatore

***For Bangalore pl refer Home Page

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1- You can apply on line for a fresh passport (if you have never possessed a passport earlier), re-issue of  passport (if your present passport of 10 years validity has expired or will expire in next 12 months), duplicate passport (if your present passport is lost or damaged).

2- Only the residents falling under the jurisdiction of the respective Passport offices are eligible to apply on-line through this website.

3- Through this site you can register your application with the respective Passport offices. After registration, the system will ask you to Open / Save your application form. After Open / Save, please print the application form. (If you are  not able to print the application form for any reason, you must note down the application number. With the help of this application number and date of birth you can re-print the application form later. You can also  print the application if you have Saved the application.) There are still some columns in the application form which you will have to fill by hand. You will have to visit Passport office to submit the completed application form along with fee, supporting documents such as date of birth certificate etc. on the appointed day and time. The date and time of appointment at Passport office will be informed by the on-line system and will also be printed on the application form.

4- Please visit Passport office on the appointed date and time. You should arrive at RPO about 15 minutes before the appointed time and proceed to the respective counter. On line applicants do not need to obtain a  token number for submitting their applications. You will not have to wait long in the queue.

5- Before you register your application on-line, please read the information on the website of respective Passport office(passport.gov.in) carefully, particularly regarding fee structure, instructions to fill Form No. 1 and How to Apply. Through this information, you will know the documents required, number of copies of application form required etc. Apply on-line only if you are sure that you will be able to produce all the necessary documents on the date of appointment.

6- If for any reason you are late in reaching Passport office on the day of appointment, we will try our best to accommodate you on the same day as soon as a slot in the queue becomes available.