How to Book Appointment to apply a Passport in India after successful application

Now It is very easy to apply for a fresh passport or reissue in India. Now one can fill Online application for fresh or reissue passport. There are several PSK opened by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.

A step by step procedure is given below for applying online passport and manage appointment booking:

Step 1: Logon to the passport seva website : http://www.passportindia.gov.in

Step 2: Create your account by registering yourself if you are a new user: Register Here for Passport Apply

or Login to the website with you user ID and Password.: Login Here for Passport Apply

Step 3: Fill the Application Form. You can fill the application in two modes offline and online

Fill Application Offline

Download the e-form by clicking on Download e-form Link available on the left side of the home page

Save the copy of the e-form to your computer/laptop

Fill up the application e-form

After filling the e-form upload it on the link provided after login in your account.

Take a print out of the application reference number (ARN)

Fill Application Online

You can also fill the form online after login into your account at the provided link.

There are following sections there to be filled and saved step by step.

1. Passport Type

2. Applicant Details

3. Family Details

4. Present Address

5. Previous Address

6. Emergency Contact

7. References (Two References from your locality)

8. Previous Passport Details (In the case of reissue of passport)

9. Other Detials

10. Self Declaration

After filing all the details you have to save at each step and finally you can submit the application.After submiting the application take a print out of the Application Reference Number (ARN)

There is also an option to preview of application you are submitting. Read carefully before submitting it finally.

Step 4: Passport Appointment Booking


After successful application of passport online, your next step will be manage an passport appointment online
to visit local PSK for further proceeding. But this is not as simple as it look like and how to get passport appointment is still a huge problem. Although this facility can be availed only via online, but the time for slot booking is very less and at the same time many people try to book slot, so it's not guaranteed that whether you can get an passport appointment in one attempt only. There are few passport appointment tips to manage an slot but those are also not 100% proof. Let's discuss about this and find out how to schedule an appointment online.

First of all, visit passportindia website and login with your login id. Then from the first screen click on "View Saved/Submitted Applications".

Now in the next screen you can see your submitted forms details.

For security reason, I have scratched the personal details. Here you can see your application details. Next click on the "Manage Appointment" option.

Now from here click on "Create Appointment" button in the right side.

Now here you have to select the PSK location and then fill the captcha in the box. Then click on "Show Available Slots". Now from here the interesting facts starts.

For every PSK there will be some schedule at what time the database will be open for passport appointment booking. E.g. for managing the appointment for Bangalore it is 6 PM every day. You cannot try before that. Otherwise you will get a message in the screen. Now if try from 6 PM time and able to view the next screen, then you can see the available slots. Simply you can click on a slot and further proceed for booking.

But the thing is not so easy. As many people try at the same time, so the database responds to them only who has a high speed or Broadband. For a general internet speed you might reach to that screen, but by the time you click and book a slot, some will finish the booking itself. So practically there is no such trick to get an passport appointment. But we have couple of choices or alternatives to scheduled for managing the appointment.  Let's check them and try to find out whether they are useful or not.

• First thing you can do is to take high speed internet connection. If you don't have that or you cannot replace your existing one then find out among your friends. It will be a just 5 min task.
• Always keep trying to log in before 5 min of actual time. Keep trying, although you will get the massage. Because everyone will do the same.
• If you are able to manage a slot, then in the next screen you have to fill up the captcha or verification letters. Don't be in hurry, fill it up very carefully. Remember if you miss a single word, then you will not get a chance to come back again. You have to try next day.
•  This is the last option when you have failed after trying many times. Although this might be illegal, but it is one of the popular ways. Hire a broker. They will charge you Huge money say 1500 Rs  and you have to provide your login details. They used to have a very high internet to run this business. And without any tension they will arrange an passport appointment for you. Its better rather than finding How to Apply for Passport Online & Manage Appointment.

So after implementation of technology and improving the services actually the new passport application procedure has its own drawback. And brokers are always there to take advantages of such options. Anyway you can share your experience here and let us know if there is any other better way to manage an passport appointment. Might be this is the case of every PSK locations, and I think people are facing issues. Kindly share your experiences which type of problem you are facing in your PSK.

After filling application or uploading it take a printout of ARN. Now you have to book/ schedule an appointment at PSK (Passport Sewa Kendra).

Click on Manage Appointment link to schedule an appointment by selecting date and time for visiting Passport Sewa Kendra (PSK) available for yor area.

If the time slot is available in PSK then it will display the time slot. Choose the time slot as per your convenience and finalize it and if all the time slots are full then you have to wait for the next availability. Check the message in RED and try again later.

Step 5: Print Online Appointment Receipt

After getting the appointment scheduled take a print out of Appointment Slip and visit the PSK.

Step 6: Visiting Passport Sewa Kendra (PSK)

Arrive at PSK (Passport Sewa Kendra) 15 minutes prior to the schedule appointment time with the following documents. List of the documents to be required at PSK.

1. Application Reference Number (ARN)

2. Appointment Slip

3. Self Attested Copy of ID Proof

It can be any of following

Voter Card, Ration Card

4. Self Attested Copy of Residence Proof

5. Self Attested Copy of Date of Birth Proof (Matric Certificate, DOB Certificate)

6. Self Attested Copy of Marriage Certificate (If you are going to register your spouse name first time)

7. Old Passport

(IMP: Please take all the documents with you in original at the time of Appointment)