1. Right to possess a passport if you are an Indian citizen.
2. Right to obtain a fresh passport in 35 days if

1. your police report ;is clear; and
2. sufficient documentary proof of age, address and citizenship.

1. Right to receive a service in two working days which does not involve preparation of a passport booklet e.g.

1. change in address
2. stamping of "Emigration Clearance Not Required"

1. Right to receive a new booklet/duplicate passport within 10 working days if original passport issued from the same office.
2. Right to receive a reply within four weeks of any written query sent to the passport office.

YOUR OBLIGATIONS:

1. Apply for passport as soon as you conceive of a possible foreign journey.
2. Fully and correctly fill all the columns of the application form
3. Always give true information.

Are you applying for the first time?

• Please obtain an application form from the Passport Office or the designated Speed Post Centers or any of the designated outlets in your city. You can also download the form from the Central Passport Organization’s Website http//www.passport.nic.in. Fill all columns carefully and legibly; the application may be submitted to the Passport Office concerned (where you are resident when applying) either in person or through an authorized representative carrying an authority letter (as per the specimen at Annexure L of the Form) or by registered post. Applications can also be deposited at District Passport Cells/District Collect orates / DSP’s Office at no extra charge and at designated Speed Post Centers with a service fee or through authorized travel agents.
• Give proof of residence i.e. two self-attested photo copies of the ration card or voters’ identity card or water tax bill or telephone bill or electricity bill or running bank account or income tax assessment order or appointment letter of reputed companies on letterhead (any of them will do) clearly indicating/certifying the residential address.
• Give proof of date of birth i.e. two self-attested photocopies of birth certificate issued by a municipal authority or district office of the Registrar of Births & Deaths, if born after January 26, 1989 or date of birth certificate from the school last attended or affidavit sworn before a magistrate/notary as per specimen in the case of illiterate applicants.
• If you have not continuously stayed at the present address for the last one year, give an additional set of ‘Personal Particulars Form’ for each place of residence with a photograph and two self-attested copies of supporting documents.
• If you are a Government or Public Sector or Statutory body employee, "No Objection Certificate" in original as per specimen with a self-attested photocopy or two copies of the letter by you to your Head of Office informing that you are applying for a passport and duly acknowledged by your Head of Office.
• If you have changed your name due to marriage, two self-attested photocopies of husband’s passport, if any, or an affidavit (original and one self-attested photocopy) from the husband and wife along with a joint photograph, as per specimen.
• If you have changed your name due to other circumstances, deed/sworn affidavit (original and one self-attested photocopy), as per specimen, and a paper cutting (original and one self-attested photocopy) each of two leading daily newspapers where change of name has been published.
  If you are a citizen of India by registration or naturalization, two self-attested photocopies of citizenship document.
• Give two self-attested photocopies of the supporting documents if you are eligible for ECNR (Emigration Check Not Required) endorsement on your passport. {Government has introduced ECNR to safeguard workers from being exploited by unscrupulous employers abroad}. The following persons are entitled to get the ECNR stamp on their passport:
• Persons going abroad in a managerial capacity in hotels/restaurants, Tea-houses or other places of public resort etc. possessing specialized degree in these fields.
• All gazetted government servants.
• All income-tax payers (including agricultural income-tax payees) in their individual capacity. Proof of assessment to income-tax and actual payment of income-tax for last three years to be insisted upon, and not merely payment of advance tax. However, in most cases, as an assessment order is not issued separately by the Income-tax department, income-tax return, which is stamped by an Income-tax authority, can be accepted.
• All professional degree holders such as Doctors holding M.B.B.S., degree in ayurved or homeopathy, accredited journalists, engineers, chartered accountants, cost accountants, company secretaries, advocates, lecturers, teachers, scientists, etc.
• Spouses of category of persons listed above.
• All persons who have been staying abroad for more than three years (the period of three years could be either at a stretch or broken), and spouses of such persons. An affidavit to this effect is required to be submitted as per specimen.
• All Indian seafarers who hold Indian or Foreign CDCs and are in possession of an offer of employment from shipping companies in India or abroad and sea cadets.
• All holders of diplomatic/official passports.
• Dependent children of parents whose passports are classified as ECNR. In the case of such children ECNR classification to be restricted until they attain 24 years of age.
• Persons holding permanent immigration visa such as the visas of the UK, the USA and Australia.
• Persons holding 10+2 qualification or higher qualifications. (If final certificate is not available, provisional certificate plus mark sheet to be attached).
• Persons holding three years’ diploma equivalent to a degree from recognized institutions like polytechnics.
• Nurses possessing qualifications recognized under the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947.
• All persons above the age of 60 years.
• Persons possessing certificates of vocational training from Government/Government recognized institutions.

Note:

Copies of certificates/documents sent by post should be attested by a  Gazetted

Officer.

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