Step to step guide -How To Apply For Passport And Manage Appointment

To get new Passport, facility of online application is available now. Some Psk in selected cities have started to accept printout copies of online application to issue passport. In this regard, Indian government has launched PSK which is running by TATA Consultancy Services (TCS).
To apply for new passport in online way is preformed in many steps. For this, firstly you will have to register in Passport Seva Web portal,  then you will have to download and then upload filled form on the website and  manage passport appointment online and visit the your prefered PSK of which you have taken the appointment online and at last it will be finally verified by police by visiting on your address. So it is a time consuming process. But Here I  am trying to make easier. That is why, tips and process of how to get passport appointment online is being described step wise. Get further:
1.    How to apply and How to get passport appointment online –

• To do it, launch official website of seva – http://passportindia.gov.in
• Choose Register link  from left corner of main page. Now fill up each boxes in online form with personal details. Make ensure that you have valid email address to complete registration in proper ways (email is optional).

• After registering online application form successfully, you will get message as Thank You.
• A registration link is dispatched to your email address. You need to remember that validity of the sent email link is only 7 days.

• So, sign in your email account and click on link immediately in order to activate and complete registration procedure
• 

Login Passport Seva Portal –

• Again go to official websites and click on login link nearby existing user option and type user Id and it’s password.
• Next you will have to across from verification process. Then view captcha text carefully and Type it in capital letters. Click on Login button.

• Then after click this link – Apply for Fresh / Reissue of Passport

 Submit the Application –
You can submit the application with two modes.

• Download pdf format, fill it and again upload the filled format to the online portal.
• Otherwise you can apply and fill the form online. To continue click online apply link.

• Then type correct details in each box and hit Next button after ending each page.
• Finally press this link – Save my details to submit your application online.

2.   Passport Appointment schedule –
In this process, you can undergo through several difficulties. So you have to follow every instructions fluently.
Important Instructions -

• The Passport appointment page of seva portal starts from 6:00 pm (say for passport appointment bangalore) only for 5 minutes. So you are permitted to access in between schedule of appointment.
• The appointment page will confirm period of 15 days with different present time period. If you miss an opportunity in any day then you will have to wait 24 hours or next day to start passport appointment schedule.
• To complete passport appointment booking schedule successfully, you need to follow time policy of time management.

To know How to get passport appointment  

• At first, sign in your online portal and click this link - Manage Appointment

• Choose your preferred PSK and type the captcha text quickly in capital letters.

• At this stage, online portal becomes slow down around 6 pm for passport appointment bangalore due to huge traffic, so keep your patience and wait to page loading completely.
• As soon as next page loads, immediate choose any passport appointment time/date.
•  If you become successful in this process, you will be given passport appointment format with serial no, batch no, date/time and extra details. Now take print out of this page at once or later if you save it.
• This print out will be submitted at PSK of chosen cities and get a receipt with file number.

4.  Know Application Status Online –

If you wish to know the current status of your application -

• Click on this link – Track Application Status  in left panel under Passport Services section in online portal .
•  Next insert the file number with your date of Birth and choose Track option.

5. Police Verification –
In this process you will receive a call on mentioned mobile number from police station in order to commence police verification. Follow next instructions while they visit at your address or home on schedule date/time.
6. Dispatch of a Passport -
As soon as your passport will ready, you will receive an SMS on your mobile phones or email regarding Dispatch related details.

Holidays For Passport Seva Kendra 2013.

Holidays for Psk in 2013(Exclude Saturday and Sunday) 

Date	Holiday
14/01/2013	Pongal
25/01/2013	Prophet Mohammed Birthday (ID-E-MILAD
29/03/2013	Good Friday
11/04/2013	Ugadi
24/04/2013	Mahavir Jayanti
25/05/2013	Buddha Purnima
09/08/2013	Eid-Ul-Fitr
09/09/2013	Ganesh Chaturthi
13/10/2013	Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)
16/10/2013	Eid-Ul-Zuha
03/11/2013	Diwali (Deepavali)
14/11/2013	Muharram
17/11/2013	Gurunanak's Birthday
25/12/2013	Christmas Day

Note: Saturday& Sunday are already a holidays for PSK.

How to get Passport Seva Appointment Online.

If you are looking for information on how to get passport appointment online, you have come to just the right place.You can schedule an appointment for getting your passport application at a regional passport agency by visiting their office under some catagories. Some offices also offer the facility of scheduling appointments online using their web portal. In fact, if you are computer friendly, you may find the option of getting a passport appointment online more convenient. You can get appointment for passport online by following a few easy steps listed below. Following are the guidelines, from a local agency that offers this service.Simply log in the online portal from your personal computer or laptop. It is highly recommended that you login 30 minutes before the time that is given in the website. This will ensure that you do not encounter any server delays during peak traffic time. You can increase your chances of getting an appointment online by opening multiple tabs in the browser, so that you can take advantage of multiple sessions. You can use the same id and password to log in to online portal on all three tabs. This way you can quickly move on to the next tab for booking a online slot if the previous session fails. You will not find this tip elsewhere while looking for information on how to get passport appointment booking online.Once you are in the home page, you need to go to the slot booking page and carefully enter the captcha code that flashes on your screen. Be especially careful while distinguishing between lower “L” and capital “I” in the captcha code. Filling the correct captcha code will ensure that your session remains active till the time slotted for you to. While providing information in various forms for getting appointment for passport online, you should not use any special characters. You need to keep this in mind especially while entering personal details about yourself in the slot registration form.Since the appointment for passport online is snapped within minutes of opening of the slot for an area, you need to be both careful and fast while filling the booking page. You can enquire your PSK about the slot reserved for your area and act quickly as soon as the slot timing is released. Thus, if the slot timing for your area is 3pm, you should be online at least 30 minutes before the given time. To get a passport appointment online you need to enter the captcha code in a text box at the end of the page and then swiftly move on to choose a convenient option from among the list of online appointment time slots provided in the page. Make sure that you are using high speed internet connection while booking an online slot to avoid unnecessary delays in page loading.Since most people who are simultaneously trying to get passport appointment online are likely to opt for the first few online appointment time slots from the list provided, these get filled in a matter of seconds. Thus, it is best to select the last time slot available for appointment for passport online. Simply enter the correct captcha code and click on the last time slot listed. Next, you will be directed to a confirmation page where you will have to enter the captcha code once again. It is as important to be correct as fast to get an online appointment for passport. Finally, take the print out of your passport application that will have the date and time of your passport appointment at your local agency. This essentially sums up how to get passport appointment online.

Documents required for application of passport.

The required documents for passport appointment are as follows :

1. Present Address
Proof :

(The following are the list of documents that are accepted as present address proof)

A.   Electrical Bill

B.   Telephone Bill (Land line or postpaid mobile bill)

C.   Water Bill

D.   One year statement (with transactions)/Passbook of running bank account (Scheduled Commercial bank excluding Regional Rural banks and local area banks)

E.    Income Tax Assessment Order

F.   Election Commission Photo ID card

G.  Proof of Gas Connection

H.  Certificate from Employer of reputed companies on letter head

I.    Spouse's passport copy (First and last page including family details), (provided the applicant's present address matches the address mentioned in the spouses passport)

J.   Applicant's current and valid ration card

K. Parent's passport copy, in case of minors(First and last page)

Note (For Document No. A, B, and C) : Atleast 2 bills are required - One bill should of be of last year and the other bill of current year.


Note (For Document No. H) : Only public limited companies can give address proof on company letter head along with seal.
Computerized print-outs shall not be entertained.



Note (For Document No. J) : If any applicant submits only ration card as proof of address, it should be accompanied by

one more proof of address out of the given categories.

2.Date of Birth (DOB)

Note :- The following are the documents accepted as the date of birth proof by the passport authority of India for those who had there date of birth before 26/01/1989

A. Birth certificate issued by a Municipal Authority or any office authorized to issue Birth and Death Certificate by the Registrar of Births & Deaths

B. School leaving certificate / Secondary School leaving certificate/ Certificate of Recognized Boards from the school last attended by the applicant or any other recognized educational institution

C. Affidavit sworn before a Magistrate/Notary stating date/place of birth as per the specimen in Annexure 'A' by illiterate or semi-illiterate applicants (Less than 5th class).

Note :- Those who born After 26/01/1989

A. Birth certificate issued by a Municipal Authority or any office authorized to issue Birth and Death Certificate by the Registrar of Births & Deaths.

Documents Required For Minor Applicants (Age below 18)


Those whose age is below 18 year will counted minor category for application of passport.

A 1 month baby is also
required to have a passport which is considered as minor  child

the following are the required documents to get the passport for minor

1.Either of the parents should have a valid passport (with spouse name endorsed).No need of both the parents to have the passport any one with valid passport is enough to apply a passport for minor

2.Passport application of minor in consent of both the parents "Annexure H " should be completely filled and submitted with the both the parents attestation.

The "Annexure H" is used by the legal Guardian and also single parent(on parenet deceased) for applying fresh passport for minor


If  both the parents are not giving consent then "Annexure G" has to be submitted by the parent who is applying passport for minor

The parents who are separated but not divorced can us "Annexure C " for applying passport for minor

Passport Appointment Booking

All about Passport appointment & online Registration

Online Registration & Appointment

The online passport appointment booking system has been introduced to ensure avoiding congestion at the PSK and cutting down waiting time for applicants. Passport Appointments are allotted according to handling capacity of a PSK and are based on an electronic queue management system.

Following steps may be followed to obtain and manage slot:

Step 1: Visit the website www.passportindia.gov.in  ;

Step 2: Register ‘user name’ and assign a ‘password’;

Step 3: Log in using your ‘user name’ and ‘password’;

Step 4: Fill online application form as the case may be and submit online (alternatively, download e-form, fill up and upload the same at the portal). Uploading of documents is optional;

Step 5: Take printout of Application Reference Number (ARN);

Step 6: Now take an passport appointment to visit the nearest PSK ( Online slots are released region-wise). It is advised that the citizen should be ready with step ‘1’ to ‘5’ above before the ‘ passport appointment release time’. As soon as passport appointments are released (please see region-wise timings), they should click on ‘manage appointment’ button to book the slot as per available slots. In case you are not able to get passport appointment for a particular date, you may revisit the portal to take slots again;

Step 7: Visit the PSK with requisite original documents and their photocopies. Photograph is not required. The list of requisite documents is available at the website;

Step 8: Some categories are allowed as Walk-in applicants and obtaining online appointment is not mandatory.

[Please see below:- Walk-in Appointments with online Registration]

Step 9: In case you are not able to get passport appointment or don’t fall under Walk-in category, you may visit concerned PSK for submission of manual passport application form. [Please see below:- Manual Submission of Applications]

Walk-in passport appointments without online Registration:

In order to facilitate submission of applications at PSK, some types of services such as ‘Tatkaal’ and issuance of Police Clearance Certificates and some categories of applicants such as senior citizens, minors and physically-challenged persons are allowed to submit their duly registered online applications with ARN number as Walk-in applicants. Applicants falling under these categories are also required to register their applications online and obtain ARN number and visit the nearest PSK at their convenience (no prior appointment required). In addition, applicants should also refer to any advisory issued by the concerned PSK from time to time.

Manual submission of applications:

i) As an interim measure, in order to address rising demand for passport services, RPO may also allow manual submission of applications at PSK. Applicants should refer to advisories and notifications issued by concerned PSK from time to time.

ii) The procedures and modalities for acceptance of applications for passport services is as under:

iii) For manual submission of application form, an applicant is required to visit PSK in person with duly filled in application form, a complete set of self-attested copy of requisite documents and original thereof along with a recent colour photograph of the size 4.5 cm X 3.5 cm with white background. Applicant will have to submit application with requisite fees. Further details as well as the prescribed application form could be obtained from the website: www.passportindia.gov.in .

iv) Manual submission of applications will be accepted by PSK until further orders.

Passport applicants- General Obligations:

i) Applicants having confirmed appointments and who are unable to visit PSK due to some reason, are advised to reschedule/cancel their appointments at least 15 hours prior to the scheduled date/time. In case of ‘no show’ of the applicant on the scheduled day & time, the data captured for that applicant will be deleted from the system including ARN number and such applicants will be required to fill up the ‘data’ again for obtaining fresh appointments.

ii) Statutorily, all passport applicants are required to submit their applications with correct information and valid and genuine documents. As per provisions of the Passports Act, 1967, an applicant should not furnish any false information or suppress any material information with a view to obtaining passport or travel document. Any such action shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years with fine which may extend to Rs. 5000/- or both.

General:

i) There are 37 RPO in the country delivering passport services to citizens. Besides, the Ministry of External Affairs (CPV Division) in respect of diplomatic and official passports issuance and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration also act as Issuing Authority.

ii) With the implementation of the Passport Seva Project, 77 PSK are working as extended arms of RPO. An applicant may ascertain the jurisdiction of RPO and PSK before submitting an application.

iii) Under Passport Seva, the new measures and procedures have been introduced in order to improve governance in PSKs. The new measures and procedures are aimed at ensuring citizens’ comfort, improvement in delivery of passport services, transparency and enhanced security. Applicants are now required to present themselves at the respective PSK to enable the Passport Issuing Authority to obtain applicants’ photographs, bio-metrics and granting decision in their presence