Showing posts with label how to apply for passport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to apply for passport. Show all posts

Monday, 6 April 2015

Apply for a passport online in India

Get the Passport Application Form: One can apply for Passport through Online Registration (after doing online registration, get print outs of the application form). Passport Seva is easy to apply for.




Steps to apply for passport
1.       Register through the Passport Seva Portal. (Click on “Register” link under the Online Application Filling section on the Home Page).
2.       Login to the Passport Seva Portal with the registered User ID.
3.       Click “Apply for Fresh Passport / Passport reissue” link.
4.       Fill in the required details in the form and submit.
5.       Click the “Schedule Appointment” link on the “View Saved/Submitted Applications” screen to schedule an appointment.
6.       Online Payment has been made mandatory for booking appointments at Passport Seva Kendras under some of the Passport Offices.
7.       Click the “Print Application Receipt” link to print the application receipt containing Application Reference Number (ARN)/Appointment Number.
8.       Visit the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) or the regional passport office where appointment has been booked, along with original documents.

Note:
Only emergency/medical cases and pre-approved categories may visit Passport Seva Kendra without appointment. Service will be provided at the discretion of Passport Seva Kendra in-charge/Passport Officer.
Minor applicants below 4 years of age need to carry a recent colored passport size (4.5 x 3.5 cm) photograph with a white background while visiting Passport Seva Kendra. Other applicants need not carry any photograph as photograph will be captured at the Passport Seva Kendra.
Re-submission of application form is required, in case the applicant does not visit the Passport Seva Kendra within 90 days from the online form submission.

Where to Apply: For Online Registration, the applicant has to submit the print outs of the application form along with required documents to the respective passport office in the appointment date and time printed.

Saturday, 21 March 2015

Indian passport application via smart phones

In India the procedure of acquiring a passport is not a hassle free job. Be it finding out about the documents required for passport, passport fee or how to apply for passport. More than 90 % of our population does not know about the basic process of getting a passport. That is the reason why Illegal passport agents continue to flourish; neither MEA/MHA nor TCS take note.
But now applicants will certainly have the ability to obtain passport via their smartphones
Now governments has actually launched an passport seva app via which Passport candidates can very quickly fill up forms on their mobiles with techniques being exercised out to offer the facility to the tech savy, disclosed Chief Passport Officer Muktesh K. Pardeshi on Friday. Mr. Pardeshi stated that the App 'mpassport seva' can be downloaded now however the facility of submitting applications through mobiles will take some time.
The 'mPassport Seva'-- an android App, developed by the Ministry of External Affairs was earlier launched in March.



The App which can be downloaded, is currently be provided smart phone and tablet users with a variety of services including passport status, tracking, locating the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) and general information on various steps involved in obtaining a passport.
Speaking after inaugurating the passport office CCTV control room at Regional Passport Office at Secunderabad, Pardeshi said the Ministry of External Affairs is likely to issue over 85 lakh passports by the end of this year as compared to 74 lakh issued during last year.
"Between January to June 2013, 37 lakh passports were issued and by this year end. We hope to issue over 75 lakh passports through Passport Offices in India while another 11-12 lakh passports through missions/embassies abroad," he stated.
You can get all the information related to passport on www.passportsuchna.com