How to Renew (reissue) your Indian Passport in India

How to Renew (reissue) your Indian Passport in India: 2012-2013

Reissue means an application for another passport in lieu of an existing one which has either expired or is about to expire. An applicant may apply for a new passport in lieu of an expired/ about to expire passport upto 3 years after and 1 year before the expiry. Re-issue of passport should not be mistaken for renewal of passport. 

Renewal of passport means that a passport which was originally issued for a short validity of one to five years - under certain emergency conditions on the part of the applicant - is now required to be extended to its full validity of ten years from the date of issue. (Renewal is a zero fee service and the application should be made in Form No. 2).

Duplicate Passport (36 pages) in lieu of lost, damaged or stolen passport Rs. 2500/-

Just fill up the application form for reissue of passport. Paste 2 photographs with white background on the form and submit it along with the passport. No photo ID or address proof needed as you are renewing your passport and not applying for a new one.

A new passport can be issued on the expiry, or up to one year before expiry, of any passport, which had an initial validity of 10 years. To apply for a new passport, you need to fill out the Application Form No. 1 along with two latest identical passport-size photographs. You also need to enclose your current or recently expired passport (in case your latest passport is an additional booklet issued to the original passport, you are also required to submit all the additional booklets plus the original passport)

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If the pages of your passport have been exhausted, you will be issued a new passport of 10 years validity from the current date of issues. The fee will be as for a new passport.

For getting a fresh passport which was issued in India it will take 30 days.

Personal Particulars Form (PP Form)
PP Form is used for Police Verification Report. This is a part of Application Form No. 1. This can be filled up separately if required by the Passport Office for reverification. In case an applicant has resided at more than one place in last one year, an additional set of PP form for each address/ place has to be filled up.

Online Passport Appointment Booking New Process

The process for booking Passport appointments through Passport Seva Online Portal has undergone a few changes. As per the new process, slot date/time will be automatically allotted by the system as per the availability of slots at the desired PSK. 

Prior payment of passport service fee will be mandatory for booking passport appointments at PSKs. For this purpose, the Online Payment feature has been introduced through the Passport Seva Online Portal www.passportindia.gov.in. The Online Payment functionality will be deployed in phased manner starting with the Dehradun Passport Office.

An applicant will be able to Manage/reschedule the slots only twice within one year of first appointment date. System will not allow booking of online appointment for that ARN once two reschedule options are exercised or first appointment was scheduled more than one year ago.

These changes will be effective from 01-Jun-2013.

2. Appointment Booking Process for PSKs where Online Payment is NOT Mandatory for Appointments

1. Generate an ARN online for the desired passport service.

2. Select the ARN and click the Schedule Appointment link.

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3. Select the slot Quota (required only in case of Tatkaal ARNs), and click the Next button.

4. Select PSK location whose appointment is sought, enter Captcha characters displayed, and click the Next button. 

5. System will display the next available slot date for the selected PSK. Click the Book Appointment button to manage an appointment.

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Note: In case slots are not currently available for the desired PSK/Appointment Quota, system will display the message ‘Currently no appointment is available for the selected Passport Seva Kendra (PSK). Please try scheduling an appointment from <next availability date/time> onwards. ‘.

6. An appointment slot will be automatically booked by the system for the ARN, and the same will be displayed on screen.

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7. Click Print Application Receipt to take a printout of Appointment Receipt and carry it along with the required documents while visiting the PSK on the appointed date and time.

3. Process for PSKs where Online Payment is Mandatory for Appointment Booking

Prior payment of applicable passport service fee has been made mandatory for booking passport appointment in Passport Seva Kendras of a few Passport Offices. For this purpose, the Online Payment feature has been introduced. The Online Payment functionality will be deployed in an RPO-wise phased manner.

Online payment for Passport or related service fee can be done using one of the following payment modes:

 e-Payment Modes:

 Internet Banking (through SBI and associate bank accounts only)

 Debit Card (Visa and MasterCard only)

 Credit Card (Visa and MasterCard only)

 Challan Payment Mode: Bank Challan (payable at SBI branches in India only)

3.1. Internet Banking

Applicant needs to perform the following steps for payment through the Internet Banking payment mode:

1. Register through the Passport Seva Online Portal and create the User Id.

2. Login with the registered User Id.

3. Click the Apply for Fresh Passport/Reissue of Passport link under the Services section.

4. Generate an ARN under the Normal or Tatkaal scheme either by filling the form Online or by uploading an e-Form.

5. Attempt to manage an appointment by clicking the Schedule Appointment link on the View Saved/Submitted Applications screen.

6. Select the ‘Appointment Quota’ (Normal/Tatkaal). This option is available only to the applicants with Tatkaal ARNs.

7. Select the preferred PSK for appointment booking.

8. System will display the next available slot date for the selected PSK. After verifying the details, click the Pay and Book Appointment button to redirect to the SBI’s Multi Option Payment System (MOPS) website. The MOPS screen will be displayed only when slot is released for the selected PSK under the desired appointment quota.

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9. Select NET BANKING as the preferred mode of payment by selecting SBI or any other SBI associate bank listed in the menu. Login using the Internet Banking User Id and password to make Online Payment of indicated passport service fee.

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10. Login through the Internet Banking screen to make Online Payment of indicated passport service fee.

11. After successful payment, applicant is redirected to the Passport Seva Online Portal.

12. The Appointment Confirmation screen is displayed along with details. 

13. Click the Print Application Receipt button to print the Appointment Receipt, which contains details of the payment made along with the Payment Reference Number as proof of payment. 

3.2. Credit/Debit Card

Applicant needs to perform the following steps for payment through the Credit/Debit Card payment mode:

1. Follow Steps 1-8 of Section 3.1 Internet Banking to redirect to the SBI’s MOPS website. The MOPS screen will be displayed only when appointment is released for the selected PSK under the desired appointment quota.

2. Select CARD PAYMENTS as the preferred mode of payment by selecting the desired Debit or Credit Card payment option listed in the menu. Login using the Internet Banking User Id and password to make Online Payment of indicated passport service fee.

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3. Applicant will need to provide necessary card details as per the following self-explanatory screens.

4. After successful payment, applicant is redirected to the Passport Seva Online Portal.

5. Appointment Confirmation screen is displayed along with appointment details.  

3.3. Challan Payment

Citizens applying for various passport services (Fresh Issuance/Reissue of Passports/IC/PCC) Online through the Passport Seva Online Portal have an option of making respective application fee payments at SBI branches through a system generated Challan. Applicants need to take a printout of the system generated Challan and submit it at a nearby SBI branch along with the indicated application fee in cash. Payment will be reflected after at least two working days of depositing the fee in the SBI branch. Applicants can try booking PSK appointments once the Payment Status is displayed as ‘Success’ in the system.

Applicant needs to perform the following steps for payment through the Challan payment mode:

1. Follow Steps 1-4 of Section 3.1 Internet Banking to redirect to navigate to the View Saved/Submitted Applications screen.

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2. Click the Pay using Challan link to navigate display the Make Payment screen.

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3. Click the Generate Challan button to generate an SBI Bank Challan.

 

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4. Take a printout of this Challan and deposit the same along with the indicated amount (in cash) at any of the SBI branch during banking hours. On deposition, SBI official will enter the fee payment details in the system. The Transaction ID (Bank Journal Number) will be generated and noted in both copies of the Challan. One copy will be kept by the bank and the other copy, duly stamped and signed by bank official, will be returned to the applicant. The ARN details printed on the Challan will be validated by SBI and Payment Status will accordingly be updated in the Passport Seva system after at least two working days.

5. The reconciliation process updates Passport Seva Online Portal regarding Payment Status of the Challan. Applicant will be notified by an e-mail regarding the actualisation of the Challan.

6. Applicant can also track the status of the Challan using the Track Payment Status screen.

 

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7. Once the Payment Status is confirmed as ‘Success’, an e-mail will be sent to the applicant (if e-mail ID has been provided while filling application form) to book a PSK appointment. Applicant needs to navigate to the View Saved/Submitted Applications screen and click the Schedule Appointment link to schedule an slot. 

8. Select the ‘Appointment Quota’ (Normal/Tatkaal). This option is available only to the applicants with Tatkaal ARNs.

9. Select the preferred PSK for appointment booking.

10. Click the Book Appointment button. An Slot (if available) is booked automatically for the selected PSK. Confirmation screen with appointment details is displayed.

4. Cancel/Reschedule Appointment

Applicant needs to perform the following steps for cancelling or rescheduling a booked slot:

1. Click the Schedule Appointment link on the View Saved/Submitted Applications screen.

2. Click the Reschedule Appointment/Cancel Appointment button. A confirmation message displaying the count of reschedule/cancel attempts left is shown. 

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3. In case of rescheduling the appointment, select the preferred PSK and click the Next button.

4. After checking the available appointment date displayed for the PSK, click the Book Appointment button. An appointment (if available) is booked automatically for the selected PSK and previously booked appointment for the ARN is automatically cancelled.  

5. The Appointment Confirmation screen is displayed with the Print Application Receipt button to print the application receipt.  

Passport Appointment Booking in India

Urgent requirement of client site travel led to sudden requirement of passport renewal at earliest. I was least expecting a travel else could have planned better. Anyways passport  validity was over last year and need to be renewed for this unforeseen travel.
So I landed up on passport site and started with registering process. That went on smooth. Even the custom built pdf form for filling up the application was very easy to fill no hassles. Good job by the authorities and designers.

But after the filling of application process the condition of only online booking for appointments was horrible. Since I was trying for Tatkal I selected that option for booking. After repeated failures I checked on google if some policy change has happened. To my surprise the Tatkal online booking was cancelled from mid 2012 but on the site no mention of it and in the drop down of options one is still able to select TATKAL. I would have been wiser to remove the option from dropdown altogether or mention on the main site that TATKAL booking is stopped but nevertheless who cares????
Then on searching -2012 Hindu article I found out that TATKAL booking should be done under NORMAL booking only. Later I traced it in website too.

I tried through NORMAL booking but in 3 minutes each day the seats get filled. for 3 days I have been trying... today I was bit close where it showed appointment timings...but when i selected.... the internet explorer showed error due to heavy rush on site I guess. By the time i filled details again all booking slots were gone. Some 2000+ slots gone in 3 minutes :|...

Next was checking on the documents needed for renewal . Site mentions only 2 documents needed . Old passport copy and proof of current residential address. I wanted to double check with customer care executive. To get through the executive is minimum 5-10 minutes. Even after that sometimes the call just hangs up for no reason.... its like you have just reached the entrance of place and the place disappears :P when you are about to ring the bell.

After repeated tries I was able to connect through the executive. But to my surprise he said i need Annexure D as I have got married now. I also asked him I am not able to book an appointment so if I can directly go to the Passport Office to book  a walk in appointment. He said ok when I said It is urgent for travel to client site. When I checked on site...annexure D is for woman applicants... no way he could have confused my voice for that of a woman for sure :P.  Wonder why he suggested>>>>>>

To reconfirm I called up again to call center and after few hung ups i was successful in speaking to the executive. This executive said only 2 documents needs as what site mentioned. So BINGO ! but to my disappointment he simply rejected the idea of getting appointment by walking in to Passport office. HE just said only through web you need to do.... not listening to me that I have been unsuccessful for past 3 days and need appointment urgently....

Now, I plan to Passport Office tomorrow and request for a walk in appointment. Let me see if I get any success there.............

---wanted to but this down to ease my frustration :|

Indian Passport Appointment Booking in Bangalore

Its time, I reissued my passport. Thought it would be a cake walk, given that I am living in a hi-tech city. But no!!  I am sharing my experiences here so that it might help many applicants like me.

I had a few changes to include in my passport.

1. Address change, stayed at two addresses in last one year. 
2. Spouse name addition
3. ECR (Emigration Check Required) deletion


I created an account on the passport India website, passportindia.gov.in, logged in with my email id and password. After you login, there are two approaches of filling the passport application form. One way is download the form, fill it offline, generate an xml and upload the xml. The other one is fill in the form online. I followed the latter approach. You can save your form and continue later on. Carefully fill up your form, and after you are done with everything, submit your form. Only after you submit the form, you can take passport appointment booking with any PSK.

After this stage, the difficulties came up.  One should visit PSK with a valid passport appointment and original documents to get your application processed. Now, these appointment booking are taken online. Every day, at 6 PM appointment booking are released in Karnataka for all PSK across the state. Bangalore has two of them, one in Prestige Libra, Lalbagh, another at Sai Arcade, Marathahalli. Everyday, I log in at around 5:50PM and keep waiting till the appointment booking stated. At 6 PM exactly, I try and book appointment, and it always says the slot was taken by someone else. At 6:01 PM, the site says all 630 appointments are taken for the day, please try next day at 6 PM. This continued for 10 days, and I couldn't secure any passport appointment booking. Some days, just after 30 seconds, the site says the appointments are over.

I have 4 Mbps internet connection and am a software engineer by profession. So, no doubt about software literacy. I am also pretty quick at typing in captchas, given the 13 years of keyboard typing experience. Still, helpless. Was always wondering about people who are not aware of computers? What about villages where there is no 4 Mbps internet connection? It didn't take long to realize that there is some racket behind capturing all the slots. I am not sure how and what they are doing, but it is happening. One thing I came to know is that, if you go to a broker, he can secure an online passport appointment booking for you. How come? Are there software programs written that hit other urls exposed to these guys? God knows!!

Luckily, I had applied in tatkal mode. (To mention, you DO NOT NEED any prior police verification certificate for re-issue in tatkal mode. It is only needed for fresh passport). Regional Passport Office (RPO), Bangalore is aware of the fact that people are not able to book appointments online. So, if you have applied in tatkal mode, you can go to RPO and book an appointment to go to PSK. This was the saving grace for me.

Bangalore RPO issues appointment booking from 9:30 AM till 11 AM only. I went to RPO at Koramangala by 9:40 AM. There was a huge line for appointments. About 100 people before me in line. By 10:45 I got a token. This token will be issued after you wait in the queue outside RPO. The person at the token counter asked me to show my original old passport. After that, he issued me a token. It is better to carry all your original documents to RPO as well. After getting this token, the security guard at the RPO asked me to go to Room no: 27 in the second floor. I went there and the officer promptly issued an appointment to me. He asked me which PSK I would like to go, I said Lalbagh, and thats all. No more questions asked. To my surprise, the appointment was on the same day. He asked me to go to PSK before 3PM. I came out of RPO at 11:15 AM and had to rush to PSK, Lalbagh.

I took some time to shave and look good, as photograph would be taken. Somehow, managed to reach Lalbagh PSK at 1:45PM. At the gate, security guard checked me and my bag, then allowed in. Asked me to go straight to a counter. I went there and gave the appointment I got from RPO. He asked me for my original passport. He glanced at it and asked if I have address change. Obviously yes! He asked for a proof of address. I had my BSNL bills and showed to him. Since my passport was issued in Hyderabad, he asked my for another type of address proof. I had my company HR letter stating the address. He promptly asked me for my company identity card. Luckily I carried it along in my bag. I showed it to him and he was okay with that. It is always better to have multiple address proofs, especially if you are non-local. He asked me since how long I was staying at that address. I said 6 months, and he asked if I had previous address proof. I had BSNL bills of the old address which was perfectly okay with him. He took my passport, address proof, company HR letter and asked me to wait for few minutes. He need to take a signature from a higher official to issue me a token at the PSK. This is because, I didn't get the appointment online, but from RPO.

After 20 minutes, he called out my name and asked me to show my marriage certificate as well. I showed him and gave him a copy of it. My marriage certificate was issued by Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board. He was perfectly okay with it since it was issued by Wakf board. He went on saying that many people come without Wakf board issued marriage certificate and say that wakf board is not issuing certificates. I do not know about Bangalore and Karnataka, but in Andhra Pradesh you need to get it from Hyderabad. He issued me a token and was directed into the PSK. Here my token number quickly appeared and I visited Counter A. Here a nice lady collected all the xerox copies of the documents I have and she filed them. She also took my photograph.  She took one proof for my old address and two for my new address. They generally don't care about which month and what. She nicely scanned all my documents and uploaded to the site. She also edited my addresses a little bit. This was because of the character limitation, I tried to type in abbreviations (like Lyt for Layout). She asked me to verify all the data in my application, all names, mobile number, addresses etc. She asked me if I had class X certificate in original. She took the passport fee and gave me receipt and took my signature on passport cancellation letter. She asked me to wait outside for the next counter, i. e counter B. Here they will verify all your original documents. This lady spoke good English and was very helpful and warm.

I came out and started watching LCD screens for my turn. This is the most disgusting part of the entire process. I was waiting from 2:40 PM till 6:20 PM and my token number didn't come at all. There is a snacks counter inside where you can buy snacks and pass time. Toilets available inside. Not very clean, but bearable. Drinking water is available. Xerox machine is available inside, where you have to pay Rs.1 per copy. Still passing time is difficult. You can come with someone, but they won't be allowed inside. They need to wait outside only. There is decent arrangement for people waiting outside.

At 6:20 PM, when I was thinking that I might have to come another day, finally my turn came. I showed all my certificates and no questions asked. Soon after, I had to go to counter C, for passport cancellation. At this counter, he once again verified all the documents and stamped "Cancelled" on my passport. He asked me to leave. Before leaving at the exit counter, I gave the fee receipt and collected the acknowledgement letter. In the letter, it was said as passport granted and police verification on post issuance. After that I exited the PSK and the process was done.

On the third working day after submit of my application, I got a phone call from are police station of my previous address. He asked me to come to police station at any time before 8:30PM. I reached there with all the documents, id proof, address proof etc. I had bsnl original bills and rental agreement of the old house. The police as usual started drama. He said someone from the old address should give a written statement that I stayed there. They don't care/bother to see the BSNL telephone bills for the period. I took the civil dressed police man to the place where I stayed. Somehow, was able to convince a tenant for the statement. People are reluctant to sign on any thing for others. The old tenant was a lady who is a wife of a police man and daughter of a sub inspector. Still was reluctant. This police man with me, was able to manage it in Kannada and somehow took the statement. And he gets off the bike a few feet before police station and shamelessly asks for money. He didn't agree until I give him Rs. 400(cost for being a law abiding citizen of India). The police man was not aware of re-issue in tatkal. He says unless he gives a report, the passport won't be delivered. And on the same day, I got a SMS from RPO that my passport is dispatched. The policeman said that he would give report in one or two days.

On the fourth day, at about 11AM, I got a call from post man asking if I was present at home. Hitech post men these days. I was at home and he came and delivered the passport. The envelope was torn and before I could realize, the left the scene. Luckily everything was fine.

On a sunday, the same week I got a call from the police station near my current residence. (This is the second police station call). He told me to get ready with Id proof, address proof and passport size photographs, and told me that he would visit my home. I waited for 2 hours and he did not turn up. I called him up again and he told me that he might come that day or the other day and said that two people should vouch for my stay at that address. Finally two police constables came at 8PM on that day and took statements from house owner and a relative of mine. The statements were written in kannada and I cannot do much there. Luckily my house owner and relatives know kannada. So I was saved.  They verified all my original documents. The police man even saw my visas. 

Then, the police men asked me to come to the police station and meet the inspector in charge. I went there, but inspector was not present in the station. I was asked to come back again, the next day. On the next day, I called up the police and visited the station. I had to wait for a long time for the inspector to arrive. When he arrived, I went and met him. He was pretty decent and guided me to the other police men. The police man who came to my house took me to the inspector again, saying that he visited my place. Then the inspector asked me to show all original documents. He asked for address proof to prove that I stayed for one year. I clarified to him that I was not staying for one year at the same address. I also informed him that verification at the other address was over. He readily agreed with me and asked the police man to grant my application. They took me to the writer's room, where they took about 4-5 signatures of mine on an application form and took 2 passport size photographs. He asks me about my profession, if I had own house and if there are any cases on me. With this the writer asked me for xerox amount, which is Rs. 100 - the bribe. There was nothing for him to take xerox, I gave him all the copies. I had to pay and came out of the station.

Just to inform, I called up the police man who came to my house and told him that my verification was done and I was leaving. Now, the police man who came to my house started saying stories. He says that I was not staying for one year and passport won't come for that reason. I informed him that I already got passport, he was shocked to know. :) Then he says inspector won't sign, I reminded him that inspector approved infront of him itself and communicated the same in english. I think this guy doesn't even understand english. Then he says, if I write negative report for you, then you won't get passport. I asked why would he write negative report. Then he says inspector might write such report. He doesn't understand what is meant by passport reissue. He asked me to check with him on the next day, or come back along with my relative, who knows kannada. Now, I could understand that he was thinking big- knowing that I am a software engineer. I didn't call him again, and hope wouldn't. Lets see whats going to happen.

Alas!! The unfortunate thing happened and lots of tension. After about a month, I checked the bangalore police website with my passport details. Since I had verifications at two places, I checked for both. The report was clear for previous address and adverse for present address. The passport india website says "your passport is under review at RPO". I saw this on a Friday and for two days, until Monday had undergone tremendous pressure. I never faced such a situation and donno how to tackle it. Went to police station straight away and asked the inspector. He was not even ready to talk properly. He was trying to bully me, and finally came to know that he rejected because I didn't have address proof. However, I submitted BSNL bills to the police station. I showed them, and he then said I didn't have one year bills. How idiotic. I had to explain to him again that I was undergoing verification at two places. He then started telling stupid stuff that he has strict orders to not approve candidates who do not have 1 year address proof. He then asked me to leave immediately from there. Feeling helpless, could only ask him one thing. What can I do next? He asked me to apply after six months or apply in tatkal mode. I understood how stupid and useless is to talk to him. Left the place with sad face and do not know what to do.

In this tough situation, internet was of good help. Searched all forums, similar cases and even read the passport act completely. Mr Narendra from India Mike forum was very helpful. He asked me to go to RPO and find out the reason and then write a letter to RPO explaining the situation. I also read many supreme court and high court judgements which say that adverse police report doesn't always mean passport should be denied. The RPO has rights to discard police report. This gave me some hope. But weekend was hell, thinking about it all over. I was over reacting, unknowingly. Common man!!

The next monday, I went to the RPO again. Stood in line, got token and then went through a couple of counters. The officer there asked me that police had mentioned that I didn't provide address proof. I told the officer that I provided same proof as I provided to the RPO. Also in police report they mentioned that "One year sufficant address proof not provided" (pardon indian police for spelling mistakes).  I already mentioned to RPO that I stayed at two addresses. This was mentioned in my application. So, I am relieved. I had to mention the staff at RPO are very people friendly and helpful. They scolded police for this nonsense and cleared "Stop Imposed" flag on my tatkal passport within minutes. The Assistant RPO then told me that I can travel anywhere now and need not come to RPO again regarding this passport. I felt really happy!!! God saved me.

Hoever, after a month(2 months after application) of this incident, I got a SMS from Bangalore Sakala services that my police verification report has been submitted. I went and checked online and it was same as before. Passport application rejected, one year sufficant address proof not provided. Two days after SMS, passport india website changed my application status from "under review" to "passport dispatched via speed post". Assuming, all is well !! I hope this saga ends here.



Few things to note, if you are applying for Re-Issue

1.  Marriage Certificate:
For Muslim candidates, marriage certificate issued by Wakf board is perfectly valid.

If your marriage is performed in  Andhra Pradesh, here is the procedure. Take nikah nama (in urdu) to District Government Qazi and get it translated. He verifies it thoroughly, and with valid identity proofs and details will translate it to English and put his stamp on it. He charges a nominal fee of Rs.200 for it. Then, take this translated certificate to Andhra Pradesh State Wakf board in Hyderabad. Pay challan (I guess Rs.100) and submit details. He will take the original nikahanama, translated english version for records. In a day or two you will be issued Marriage certificate after verification.

If you do not have Wakf board issued marriage certificate, then you can use Annexure D form (from passport india website) and get it stamped with a public notary. The form should have joint photograph of husband and wife. This should not be difficult.

2. Attestation is always self attestation on xerox copies, as you will be physically present there with all original documents. If you are applying by post, then you might need to get xerox copies attested by Gazetted officer.

3. Multiple addresses
One address proof for old address is enough. For current address, they take two address proof documents and two types of them. In my case, two BSNL bills of current address and company HR letter. You can also get a bank statement. They also ask a separate letter from bank stating your details(account number, address) along with the statement. The stress is on primary address proof, the other type of proof is for supporting purposes and mostly for non-local candidates. It is always better to carry company identity card, if you are showing company HR letter as one of the address proofs.

4. Police Verification certificate not needed if you are applying for Re-issue in tatkal. This can be verified from the document adviser link on passport website. So,  chill! It is always better to apply before your passport expires, at least a month before.

5. For ECNR stamp, only class X certificate asked. You may have PhD, but they don't care. Otherwise, PAN card is accepted. So, do not forget to take you class X certificate along.

6. If you are planning to booking passport appointment from RPO, be there by 9 AM. You can quickly get token and finish the process quickly. Candidates who get tokens from RPO can directly walk in, no times mentioned. You have to get in to the PSK before 3 PM on the same day usually.

7. After few days of 6 PM failures, you might realize that you are not capable of booking online appointment. Don't  be sad, it is natural. :) I hope some day government officials will resolve this and help common man. I came to know that brokers are charging as much as Rs.1500 just for Passport appointment booking. I am not sure of them, as I don't know. Not only tatkal, there are many other categories of applicants who can get appointment from RPO. Please check. Nobody will ask you to prove your emergency. 

8. You might get tortured by police for mentioning multiple addresses. Because they only know one thing, one address, one year proof. Be ready to face the music. But remember one thing, what ever the difficulty it is, truth prevails and God helps the truthful.

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