Showing posts with label passport seva kendra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label passport seva kendra. 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.

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Social audit cell opened up in Passport Offices to clear long pending cases

The regional passport office has opened a social audit cell, which will help candidates carry out audits of their passport applications. The candidates will certainly be offered with specifics on why applications are pending, reasons for the hold-up as well as what calls for to be done to quicken the process. The cell will certainly give candidates all details guaranteed under the Right to Info (RTI) Act. Everyone grievance redressal system has been additional reinforced to help with quick clearance of pending cases.



Candidates, whose passport have been pending for a long period of time, can meet the replacement passport policeman or regional passport officer without any session on all functioning days from 9am to 12.30 pm except on Tuesday at the local passport office in Rayala Towers, Anna Salai. This is being done to empower applicants, especially from backwoods and also boost openness of the passport office, a main launch stated. To assist applicants, an official has been set up at the social audit cell. Duplicates of files such as police confirmation guides with cops statements, documents notes of verification policeman or providing policeman pertaining to applications on hold, details of previous or lost passports and also details regarding details sought from Indian objectives abroad will certainly be given. Typically, from the Chennai RPO & psk, passports are issued in between two and also 25 days from the date of application, relying on the need of cops verification records. Applicants whose passports have been postponed can now come close to the cell for aid.
For any further queries or info on Passport visit (http://www.passportsuchna.com/).


PASSPORT SUCHNA website has been developed & designed in order to help the citizens with the information they required for getting their Passport. The portal facilities the applicant/citizen with the information of procedures & processes to be followed for applying the Passport. The citizen will also get the information of the documents required depending upon their cases like fresh, renewal, tatkal, name change, divorce etc. The citizen can also get the information about the of addresses 

Friday, 13 March 2015

Passport Renewal through Seva Kendra

My passport validity was about to expire in a couple of months & I was thinking of renewing it sometime soon. Very recently got to know about ‘Passport Seva Kendra’ & decided to use this newly launched facility to renew my passport. All the information was available on their website about the documents, process, fee structure etc., It was indeed a very smooth option to fill out all the form detail online as well as submitting the same through their website. Also, there was an option to schedule the appointment with passport issuing authority online!
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I just had to drop in personally at PSK at a pre-scheduled time with current passport which is about to expire. Well, the other documents included the appointment acknowledgement print out and 2 self attested photo copies from the current passport. Indian Passport I was told explicitly that there is no need to carry photographs as they have set up a digital imaging system to capture photo there itself while processing the form. Also, I was told that the fee for reissue of passport can be paid at the processing counter. All is well until this point.
Well, I had reached the premises and got inside the building upon showing the acknowledgment print out of the appointment. Had to stand in the queue here too to get a token for visiting processing, verification and issual counters. The queue wasn’t moving at all. After an hour one of the official came out and said the servers are down and it may take a while. Later on got to know that the servers were down since 11:30am! Then, one elderly official came to announce that they will switch over to manual mode of passport processing since the servers haven’t been restored and they are not in a position to retrieve the forms that applicants had submitted online. They decided to process those who had filled in forms in hand which weren’t submitted online. Online applicants were told to BUY form (which costs Rs. 10/-) and fill it up, ensure to have passport size photos, then head over to processing counters to get the work done. A fool in me, relying too much on computers had gone there without photos. I had 2 options : Either get the photos and fill up the form all over again manually or visit again some other day hoping to be lucky by then. Since there was a huge crowd and had to attend to work decided for the latter option. Thus a whole day got wasted & I learnt never to rely on the government officials.
To know more about Passport Seva Kendra visit http://www.passportsuchna.com/