Documents Required For Passport Application

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Documents required for Passport Application

List of documents that needs to be submitted in order to apply for a General Passport under different categories
Address proof– One of the following documents can be submitted as address proof for Passport.
• Election ID card with present address
• Aadhar card
• Phone bill with current address
• Gas connection
• Bank passbook
• Rental agreement if staying in a rented house
• Income Tax Assessment order
• Water bill with current address
• Electricity bill with current address
• Certificate from employer on letterhead with a seal and signature
• Passport of the spouse
• Parents’ passport
Age proof– One can submit any of the following documents as age proof for passport:
• Birth certificate issued by the municipal authority or any other office authorized to issue the birth certificate
• School leaving certificate/ Secondary school leaving certificate
• Certificate sworn before a magistrate
Documents required for passport -If you are applying ...
... for Tatkal Passport
Listed below are the documents required to apply for a Tatkal passport –
Address proof– One of the following documents can be submitted as address proof for Passport.
• Election ID card with present address
• Aadhar card
• Phone bill with current address
• Gas connection
• Bank passbook
• Rental agreement if staying in a rented house
• Income Tax Assessment order
• Water bill with current address
• Electricity bill with current address
• Certificate from employer on letterhead with a seal and signature
• Passport of the spouse
• Parents’ passport
Age proof– Any of the following documents can be submitted as proof of age for passport:
• Birth certificate issued by the municipal authority or any other office authorized to issue the birth certificate
• School leaving certificate/ Secondary school leaving certificate
• Certificate sworn before a magistrate
Documents required for passport-If you are applying for a Diplomatic Passport
In order to apply for an Official or Diplomatic Passport , the following is a list of documents that will have to be provided. One copy of the documents mentioned below will have to be submitted.
• Official identity card of the applicant or that of the Head of Office
• A certificate that has been issued by the Head of Office
• An Official Request Letter from the Forwarding Officer
• PMO or Political Clearance Certificate, if needed
• For existing passport –
o Official or Diplomatic Passport (in reissue applications) – Original Diplomatic or Official Passport for cancellation. In case this has been kept in the custody of the Ministry of External Affairs, the original Safe Custody or Surrender Certificate will have to be provided. In case this has been cancelled by the Ministry of External Affairs, the Original Cancellation Certificate will have to be provided.
o Ordinary Passport – Certificate of Safe Custody
o In case an official is retiring is less than 6 months from the application date, he/she will have to provide an undertaking from his/her office that the Diplomatic or Official Passport will be given to the office as soon as he/she returns.
Applicants must note that the documents must be placed in the order given below –
• Printed copy of online filled application form
• Political or PMO clearance
• Copy of identity card
• Certificate from the Head of Office
• Request from a Forwarding Officer
• Other necessary documents