How to submit Indian passport application and requirements
The passport application form The applicant
should obtain a passport form paying Rs.10 from the passport officer.
Photocopies of application forms are not accepted. The filled
in forms can be submitted at any of the speed post centers, the
passport office, passport collection centers or at the district
passport cells either personally or through an authorized representative.
Required documents to be attached
To prove you are an Indian resident you should produce a proof
of residence by producing photocopies of your voter’s id, ration
card, bank account or three years income tax assessment statement,
any utility bills like electricity or water tax bill or a certificate
from a Tahsildar or the Sarpanch.
To confirm your age a birth certificate or a school transfer
certificate should be produced. A tahsildar’s or a magistrate’s
affidavit is necessary in the case of semi or illiterate persons.
Seven identical passport size photographs of size 35 x 35 mm
color or black and white with a light background. Four should
be pasted in front of the form and duly signed by the applicant
and the 2 on page 5 with one unsigned photograph.
All documents should be duly attested by a gazette official by
showing all the original certificates at the time of checking
the photocopies.
Tatkaal Application Process
The same documents are required in this case with a few added
requirements like certificate if you are an SC/ST/OBC candidate,
freedom fighter or an ex-service man or employed with the Railway
or any government institutions. However the fees for obtaining
tatkaal passport are higher than the regular application fees,
but the passport process is quick and easy.
With the right documents duly attested and attached with the
demand draft for the fees a regular passport should be produced
within a few weeks while the tatkaal passport would take just
a few days to obtain. |
