I recently went to passport seva Kendra fixing up my appointment under normal category. I could have booked under tatkal but I heard that officials are very strict under tatkaal and over 80% of tatkal applications are denied and put in normal mode. I felt that there is no point to apply for tatkaal without getting verification certificate from police.
My case is passport reissue of my expiring passport which was expiring within a year. No change in address everything same as per old passport. I got police clearance certificate PCC six months ago and despite this I was told today post police verification would be done after granting passport. I remember last time at the local police station they took me fingerprints and other documentation. I am disappointed that I have to go through the same verification again. I thought they would issue me passport with no police verification but the passport granting officer granted me the passport subjected to post police verification.
After my experience in passport Kendra I must say that TCS guys are doing a remarkable job there and they are so friendly. The passport officers at B and C counters are bit rude I should say.
Oh! You won’t be needing a photo nowdays. You will be fingerprinted and captured photo there itself.
One of the most common questions asked about renewing passport is – will my passport number change when i reissue or renew passport? The answer is yes, you will get a new passport number. They will stamp cancelled in your old passport and return you back at the counter. If you have doubts or have any valid visas in your old passport, carry both old and new passports whenever you travel.
Police verification by the authorities have been nowdays mandatory, and nobody can escape that. Even tatkal, reissue and fresh passports, go through the same verification. You will be verified at your present address. if you are staying/working other than your permanent address, the verification will happen at both the places. Please note that the Granting Officer (GO) will take the decision whether you have to undergo verification or not.
1. Pre Police verification (first verification happens, then if clear, passport will be sent)
2. Post police verification (passport will be issued first, then verification happen)
3. No verification
When you go for passport Kendra for reissue/renew/fresh, be sure to carry as many identification documents you can in original and you will be asked for atleast 2 address proof + 1 for proof of date of birth. + one proof for ECNR + Marriage certificate for spouse name. For reissue of passport within 1 year of expiry the passportindia.gov.in says that just original passport is required but I was was asked for 2 address proofs and 1 proof for birth.
Documents for address proof
- Ration card
- Driving license
- Voter ID
- Telephone bill landline or postpaid (1 bill for last year and 1 latest bill)
- 1 year bank statement with bankers certificate photo attested by bank manager. If you are taking bank passbook issued by nationalised banks be sure to get sign and seal of bank manager in your passbook. Mere passbook printouts not accepted
- Income tax assessment order with 3 year return acknowledgment showing address and IT dept stamp.
- Marriage registration certificate
For full list of documents, please http://passportindia.gov.in
Proof for date of birth:
PAN card
SSLC/+2 certificate
ECNR change:
Just take your 10th marksheet in original or PAN card.
Caution: when I stepped in the seva Kendra I noticed a board saying this:
“Since most countries take biometric information, especially gulf countries Any suppression of information in personal particulars could lead to prosecution or problems with foreign immigration. “
So do not suppress any information such as change of name, work place, age etc. If you are working in bangalore but your permanent address is Delhi, be sure to submit all relevant information on where you have stayed for the past years. Police verification will be done in places you have stayed previously.
Passport seva complaints:
- Getting an appointment is a predicament as most of the time servers are busy or no slots available from passportindia.gov.in
- I have noticed lots of technical problems in seva Kendra such as token not working, server problems causing resorting to manual mode.
- Photos captured in seva kendras are poor in quality and not clear often. Never liked my photo in the passport.
I personally feel that our govt should set up more kendras as the number of people seeking passports skyrocketed to 200%. Not to mention people requesting additional services such as addition of spouse name, address change, minors, PCC (Police clearance certificate) has been at very high numbers.
Update: I had to be physically present to sign to receive the passport sent by speed post from the postman. It seems rules have become strict, and they give passport only to the passport holder not even to my parents.
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March 19, 2012
i hav tried to reissue my passport on my own by filling on the online forms and hav submitted it to the thane passport office without any agent’s help .the lady verifying the document didnt even say a word to me when i didnt produced my 10th or 12th certificates (as when ur doing engineering your all original document s is in possesion wid the college for 4 years )when i received the passport i hav the ECR stamp on it,even though i hav filled for being applicable for ECNR as i am an engineering student and am applicable for it.diz ECR stamp issue hav caused a lot of inconvinience to me , the people at the passport are so dumb they want my 10th or 12th certificates only ,they dont want my college bonafide or my first year result or engineering admission certificates issued by DTE or any thing else ,they can’t see that i hav got admission in engineering and without passing 10th or 12th i cant get the admission on my own!!!!!!!……
March 30, 2013
Nothing strange in asking you your 10th & 12th certificates. Moreover engineering certificates don’t guarantee that you/anybody else have actually passed out of school
March 22, 2012
I am aged 67 years, so I approached a local person, who deals with passports(not authorized agent) to get my passport and also my wife’s, reissued. Two months passed. He told me he could not get for both on one day. Therefore I asked him to get at least for one. he promptly gave the appointment letter. I went to Tirupati 250 km from my place along with the documents, as he told to carry bank passbook, voter identity, driving license. pan card along with self attested copies. The staff at PSK Tirupati are courteous. They did not bother about other documents and did not see them even. Returned all self attested copies except passport and its first and last self attested copies. This was on 21 of March 2012. Submission was simply over.But I have no information when I would get back my new passport.
June 11, 2012
You can track the status online..
May 27, 2012
well the TCS is doing a good job alright with these tcs ….simplifying the process flow but as you mentioned there are 3 counters a b and c
first verification and A counters are handled by tcs employees and the B and C counters are handles by passport officials..!!!( govt employees) i donno why they need c its a useless step…atleat in my case and a few of my friends cases no work was done at the C counter..!!!
June 29, 2012
The officer in counter B is the verifying officer and the Officer in Counter C is the Granting Officer.
How do you know the counter C is useless and what do you know the officer checks before granting the passport?
Over all, the experience at Passport Seva Kendras is far superior to what one had to go through at the RPOs earlier.
The ambience is definitely better and please appreciate the fact that you can get inside at the appointed time not wasting your time and the application submission and all formalities can be completed in about 1 hour +_30 minutes.
Lets appreciate what has been achieved and give positive feed back and give meaningful suggestions for improvement. After all the numbers being handled must be very high compared to any other country.
June 9, 2012
I am a student studying B.E(1st year) in a private institution. I am a bit confused in producing necessary documents for verification. I have my 10 and 12 qualification in college. Is it necessary to get those things?
I have ration card,birth certificate, bonafied from college and college id card
is it enough? need of your help please……,
June 11, 2012
yes you need original college certificates or 10th or +2 to get ECNR qualification. no bonafides accepted. Gather as many documents as you can. see on passport seva website under documents required
July 1, 2012
You just ask the document in college by writing a letter, you want it for passport purpose and after submission you return it back.
June 14, 2012
Visit the following link for more information:
http://passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/welcomeLink
June 21, 2012
How come you got your passport in 1 day? Are you saying there was no Police verification (PV) for renewal of your passport? PV is mandatory now a days, in Mumbai they is carrying PV even for a new born child.
Also you have not mentioned the pain one has to go through to get a PV done by local police, its an endless process of bribing the hawaldars who first visit your home for address verification, then to the other one at Police station when you visit to submit the documents required for PV, if you are lucky and have paid the bribe as per their demand file will be moved to CID office within 20days (usually they will send on 20th day), at CID office they will take 10 days to check your file and even for a minor error done by the hawaldar from your local police station or a missing file, it will be send back to the police station, the 20 days cycle will repeat again, by this time 1-2 months will be gone and once you visit CID office to enquiry about your file and if the file is lying there be prepared to pay another 500bucks to the mamma who will just locate you file and say yeh now it will go to RPO in next 5 working days..As long as there is involvement of govt officials and local police in the process of PV, the anguish of common people seeking passport will never be over.
January 3, 2013
A new born does not require PV if parents name is endorsed in their passports
June 26, 2012
I was applied for passport on 5/3/2012 but still I am not getting my passport till now PSK provided very very bad services I know one I am living in INCREDIBLE INDIA
July 1, 2012
I visited possport centre at siddiah raod twice with appointment for for reissue and lost passport.
each time came back with reason reqirement of diff document/correction of document format,
even at enquiry counter, due to over croud staff anwaer to perticuler question and send us back.
they will not verify full documents, and will not suggest clear full documents for next appointment.
we can find nos of applicents with reappointments at centres
January 16, 2013
This is true. My passport has expired 1.5 years before. Passport web site says no additional documents are required for Re-issue of passport http://www.passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/…/reissuePassport if there is no change in the address.
They need current passport and self attested copies of the same.
I visited Marathhalli, Bangalore office. They have asked me to provide Bank statement.
Why do not they clearly mention what is required in their website.
I dont understand the logic here. If my passport is valid, I could have continued using it without problem. Atleast for re-issue, they should not create any problems.
July 3, 2012
I accept the TCS guys are doing an exceptional job by being very fast and prompt service and they are also courteous. The A counter is handled by TCS guys and B & C by the Govt passport officials who behaved like typical government employees. My appointment was at 9.30 am and the A counter procedures were completed within 30 minutes whereas I had to wait for nearly 45 minutes at the B counter and another 45 minutes at the C counter. Those government paid b***s by the were simply chit chating with next counter ppl,gossiping, having coffee as though they are very tired after strenous working, atlast my turn came the officer at B just verified my documents for not even 5 minutes (for which I had to wait 45 minutes) and from their I was directed to c counter. There again I had to wait for another 45 minutes for my token number to be called. Once my token number was displayed I went to the counter and there was 1 lady before me for whom the officer was verifiying documents. To my dismay even after my number was called I had to wait for another 30 minutes with only that 1 lady before me. Meanwhile in the next C counter, there was a lady GO who had completed atleast 6 verifications by the time I was standing for my turn. The GO in my counter was literally chatting non-sense to his friends,gossiping,having tea…except work he was doing all sorts of things.
If these government officials behave so very irresponsible then why not there’ll be pending passport applications and these buggars are being asked to work even on saturdays and sundays.
July 4, 2012
VERY VERY SLOW PROCESSING AT COUNTER ‘C’
I ENTERED IN PSK AT 11.30
AND I WAS WAITING AT COUNTER ‘C’ FROM 1.00 PM
TILL 5.30 PM.
HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
July 8, 2012
Hiya,
I am in the UK, and my wife is appplying for reissue of passport for including spouse name, address change because we have been told that for applying passport for minor the applicant parent’s passport should have spouse name included, so my questions are:
1. We have got 2 address proof but they are with old number in one proof, and new number in another proof – will this be accepted?
She is applying via normal not tatkaal.
2.When my wife submit her application for reissue of passport is this possible to submit Tatkaal application for applying fresh passport for my 2months old son? I am just curious because I have been told that it is possible..
Can you clarify this please?
July 9, 2012
Hi,
You have stated the following for Address Proof:
“1 year bank statement with bankers certificate photo attested by bank manager. If you are taking bank passbook issued by nationalised banks be sure to get sign and seal of bank manager in your passbook. Mere passbook printouts not accepted”
Please clarify, what does “Bankers Certificate Photo Attested” means?
Also I have been to PSK and at the time of address proof submission, officials asked me to submit the Address proof document which is in my name (applicable for above 18 yrs). Since all the documents (Electricity/ Telephone bills and Ration Card) are in my father name. I returned back from the PSK office without any further process.
I have arranged the HDFC Bank statement of last 1 year for address proof and the same is sealed and signed by the bank. However, I am not aware about the “bankers certificate photo attestation”. Also, the Bank statement is the last address proof and no other document I am having it in my name.
Please provide your inputs, so it can be ease procedure for re-issuing my passport.
Thanks & Best Regards,
Saichaitanya Toshniwal
July 9, 2012
Simple bank statement signed by manager will not do. You will have to get a bankers certificate with photo attestation + bank statement. I remember getting it from ICICI and HDFC. The bankers certificate will say that you are staying at this and this address and have been holding bank account for since the date you have opened account. It will also have a photo attested by manager. I think they will charge about Rs.30 or something to give you all these.
July 23, 2012
Hi,
I would like to thanks this forum for supporting all kind of information for Passport reissue guidance.
I have collected the necessary certificate with photo attested from HDFC Bank and also following are the list that I am carrying to Passport office. Hope this time it would work.
1. Existing Passport
2. PAN Card
3. 10th Marks Card
4. 12th Marks Card
5. Degree Certificate
6. Bank Statement
7. Bank Certificate
8. Ration Card – Name inclusion under Father’s name.
9. Recent Photos
10. Last year and Current year Electricity Bill & Telephone Bill – Father’s name.
Please let me know if the above documents suffice for the re-issuance of Passport, else any other supporting document left which I can carry to make my Passport done?
Thanks & Best Regards,
Saichaitanya Toshniwal
July 23, 2012
Be sure to take all originals with you, including marriage certificate. Take all with you.
2 Address proofs(bankers certificate, ration card, phone bills)
ECNR (original +2/10th certificate, PAN card)
DOB proof (PAN, degree certificate)
That should pretty much do it. TCS guys will tell you, if all is sufficient at the front desk.
The funny thing is getting a passport in India is so difficult and time consuming. Even getting a visa is not hard, but passport is..
January 5, 2013
Hi,
On 30th Sep’12, I had received a call for Police verification. There they asked all my details again, the same which was appearing in Passport application.
On 1st Oct’12, I had been to Police station in morning. There they have provided me the forms (2 nos.) to get the signature and other details of my neighbor to make it confirm that I am living in the address which I have provided during Passport reissuing application.
After getting filled the form from my neighbors provided by Policemen, I had submitted the forms in evening to them.
Finally on 2nd Nov’12, my Passport is delivered to my house. It means it will take usually 100 days to get your Passport in hand, once you apply for the Passport application in “Normal” mode.
In brief, following are the schedules done for reissuing of my Passport:
24th July’12: Applied for Passport.
30th Sep’12: Received a call for Police verification.
2nd Nov’12: Passport in my hand
Thanks & Best Regards,
Saichaitanya Toshniwal
July 10, 2012
I am very happy with passport service in Bangalore. I got an appointment of 29 June and on 10th july I recived my new passport. Getting an appointment was the toughest job, I use to login everyday at 5.30pm only and after 5 days I got appointment. On 29 June my appointment was at 9.15am but due to Bangalore traffic I reached there at 9.45. Still they allowed me to enter, once I entered I was asked to show my appointment number and xerox of all documents. They gave me a token number and then sent me first to Section A then B and finally C. ‘A ‘section was to collect my documents scan them and upload and asked for renewal fee of Rs1000. Section B to check orignals. Section C just took my old passport and put a cancellation stamp. Whole process got over in 25 min. On 9th july I got an sms and email that my passport has been dispatched. As I wasin office nobody was at home so I straight away went to Post office mentioned in the speed post tracker in aftrenoon and collected my passport. Really Impressed with the service..
July 29, 2012
- Can you let me know is it your normal or tatkaal application .
& Post police verification or No Police verification.
I have applied on 19th july , No sign till date .
July 29, 2012
i am 16 and dont hold a passport, voters id, ration card, dl etc. either my parents dont have any passpots.
how can i get a passport
August 1, 2012
I applied for re-issue of passport and i was given appointment on 23rd july at 2.30 pm.I went in time and finised all the formalities in A section by TCS within 20 mins. After that i waited for B section. As soon the clock strikes 5.30 all the B & C staff started to go home. We nearly 40 persons are waiting in the hall. When we approached the TCS person they told we will do some alteration.We waited till 6 pm. But nothing has happened. Everybody started shouting at TCS. TCS replied that they cannot control them because they are Govt. staff. We asked TCS to give the contact.No.of the HOD of PSK, Saligramam, chennai, but they refused to give the contact no. I can see many people cursing the govt.officials at that time.Because they have come from different districts like Cuddalore,and some are patients and they have applied on tatkal.Finally TCS informed we can come on the next day or any other working day without appointment in the morning session upto one year for processing.When we asked TCS whey this has happened they are telling nearly 3~4 staff absent today.and it has been informed to the Regional Passport Office but no action has been action. They informed that they are helpless and their name is getting spoiled in public.
August 1, 2012
Government staff are very irresponsible and what is the need for them to go home early, without finishing the work?. They should be suspended and their salary should be cut for their actions. Just write a complaint to RPO, and ask for the compensation for delays caused.
August 7, 2012
The agents outside passport office in mumbai charge you like anything for change of name in 2 newspapers.
I got it done through classic advertising for 180/- in 24 hrs + free newspapers. If anyone wishes to place a change of name ad try : 23734638 / 23708196
August 15, 2012
I got an appointment within 5 days and my passport reached me 12 days after submission. In contrast an agent was asking for 1000 Rs to get me an appointment in a week. At the psk I explained that I was in a late stage of pregnancy and although they didn’t have a special queue for that the Manager allotted me to a priority queue which was slightly faster. I agree the c counters are very slow and more counters are needed. but although there are some negative experiences overall I think they are doing a really good job and need to be appreciated.
August 16, 2012
Hi Folks,
Any body knows “actually” in how many days u get passport back if u have applied under “normal” scheme if your police verification mode is “Post- Police verification” ? Well passport website says they dispatch within 4 working day under postpolice verification mode, but has anybody applied under this scheme ?
August 22, 2012
You never know until the officer decides “post” or “pre” police verification. For post verification, usually within a week but still you have to show up at police station for verification, despite having received your passport. For pre verification, the same and as a rule of thumb it takes anywhere between 2-3 months.
August 23, 2012
Thanks for the help PBU, u r doing a remarkable job man, i appericiate ur help. Just one more query though… my case is same as yours. i first tried to apply in tatkaal, wasted 3 days but no output. police officials like SHO denied to do it. So i applied in Normal on 9th august 12. now problem is that i have to submit my passport to embassy till 31st aug. my police verification mode is Post-police verification mode ( asper the website they r suppose to dispatch the passports within 3 working days.) but i havent got it so far. my online status is showing “under processing” ur application has been granted, u will receive a message once ur passport will be dispatched.
now how many days u got ur passport after applying ? ur immidiate reply will be highly appericiated man. Thanks again.
August 27, 2012
I hate to disapapoint you but in normal mode surely 3 months not earlier than that. The biggest problem with tatkaal is they deny over 95% of applicants. dont know why?
August 20, 2012
I have applied for my passport on 28th June 2012, completed the police verification on 25th July 2012, does anyone know how long it would take to receive the passport and what the procedure is like now? Whenever I check the passport status it only tells me that it will be dispatched once clear police verification is received at the regional passport office and police verification is pending? Please help as I need it urgently.
August 20, 2012
In general, you should allow 3 months to receive your passport because of the rush in the passport office.
August 25, 2012
Dear friends, I would like to share my experience with passport seva, to be frank passseva kendra people are ok, to clear police verification disrtict police took 3 months to reissue my passport. It is really bullshed and i have cancelled my visa, finally till i didn’t get passport. However now the status was showing that passport is under printing. Finally i came to know that after plenty of verifications, the persons who came for verification doesn’t submitted my verification document to district police station because i didn’t give him money. The thing is why shall i give money to them. But most of people were facing the same problem with police. We have to do some thing for this. My denied to reissue my visa. shall i have to wait 1 year for passport in india(4% of life). In the other countries even in srilanka they were issuing passport just in 3 days and there is no tatkal and normal.
really this is very very serious case for all applicants.however indian govt is disqualified to provide a job. But why they are creating problem.
August 25, 2012
pending for physical police verification at your respective thana under sp office.how can i proceed
August 29, 2012
same problem here,please let me know what you done after “pending physical……….SP office ”
PLS ANSWER ME
August 31, 2012
Take the printout of the status and go directly to the SP/commissioners office and they will help you out.
August 26, 2012
I have applied for my passport on 28th June 2012, completed the police verification on 25th July 2012, does anyone know how long it would take to receive the passport and what the procedure is like now? Whenever I check the passport status it only tells me that it will be dispatched once clear police verification is received at the regional passport office and police verification is pending? Please help as I need it urgently. Can anyone please answer my query????
August 26, 2012
Go directly to police station and commissioners office and ask for the status. That is the best way to do it. With passport over 95% is with police verification and RPO has only the work of printing and issuing passports which can be done in just 3 days.
August 27, 2012
Hi PBU, I have already gone to the police station and finished with the verification formalities there and that was done on 25th july 2012 and now the status has changed stating pysical police verification pending….what does this mean????????
August 27, 2012
Sometimes the status may mean not exactly the same. did the police say, they sent the report to passport office? only if the report reaches there, your status will change.
“Physical police verification pending” means the cops will show up at your residence for verification, atleast thats what i think. Be sure to give them tips and make them happy. But i guess that should have been completed long back.
Even my sister is waiting for passport since 2 months or so. PV is completed 1 month ago and dont know what is happening in PSK recently. People have been queing up at exponential rate and crowd management is a biggest issue.
August 27, 2012
Hi I am applying for new passport are the following documents enough
1) Birth Certificate
2) Resenditial Certificate
3) Bank statement
4) 10th marks card
5) 12th markscard
6) My dad’s Passport
7) Pan card
8) DD of RS 1000
plz reply ASAP
Thanks
Rashmi
August 27, 2012
If you are married, attach marriage certificate. You might want to endorse husbands name in your passport. Later you might need it.
August 27, 2012
Hi,
I’ve applied for my passport in June 2012 and I completed my police verification in July 2012 after a delay of two-three in the process because I had some problems with documentation. Even after completing the verification, the online status showed “Police Verification Pending”. Now after 2 weeks, from August 25, 2012, the status says “Pending Physical Police Verification.”
What should I do? Please help. I need my passport urgently.
August 28, 2012
Hi,
can any one tell me that within how many days i can get my passport in Normal process.
in Site they u will get in 3 days. is it real or it take 30 days.
thanks in advance.
August 31, 2012
There is no way you could get passport in 3 days under normal mode. It takes 3-6 months.
Sometimes if you are lucky, if all is ok, they give you passport within 1 week under post police verification. I got passport renewal within 3 days but after 2 months i was asked to go to police station to complete the post verification process. Fortunately i have been living in same address for 30 yrs which is why i got lucky i think.
They gave post police verification, second time despite my police verification done 6 months ago.
August 31, 2012
sir, i got married before 6 month i want to apply for urgent passport, Is it necessary to make two pre police verification certificate one is before marriage and second is after marriage….please help me i m so tired to level out in before marriage verification from last 5 month…………and i cant apply for normal passport because i dont have any address proof with my names at my in laws family.
August 31, 2012
You dont need to take police verificate certificate, the passport office should receive the PV directly from police not from you. So leave the PV to the passport office and let them do it.
Unfortunately, there is no shortcut around and you have to start from the first. Arrange 2 address proofs + marriage registration certificate.
Tatkaal is even more difficult than normal mode as they reject over 95% of applications. Take your time and carefully arrange all documents.
September 3, 2012
i am sunil kumar( software engineer). i belong to meddle class family.
I want to create my passport urgently but Pending my physical police verification at your respective Thana under SP Office, District Rampur.
my whole carrier is depend only my passport.
so i write a mail please solved out my problem early
i applied in 17/07/2012 for my passport
and i am very disappointed Because no one can help to me.
if any one can help me please tell me
my mobile no. is 9412152893
my passport file no is – BL1060388869112
September 3, 2012
Go directly to police station and commissioners office and tell them your problem and may be they can help to speed up the process.
September 10, 2012
I really cant help, but laugh. No one is really interested what you do and your economic status. I hope you are trying for a passport to travel abroad. Please refrain yourself to such communication as you are a brand ambassador of this country and heritage.
Coming back to your problem, its very common. I waited for almost a month to get a PV. Reason? I didnt pay bribe to police in station. Anyways, please approach the respective police station in-charge or their superiors for help.
September 6, 2012
Sir,
Iam Srujan(student),I stay in Kanpur,and my permanent address is in hyderabad. Dusring the permanent address police verification do I have to attend physically during the police verification in hyderabad,There is a lot of problem in booking a ticket from kanpur to hyderabad. And my current address verification was done recently 5 days back. Waiting for your reply
September 8, 2012
I got status passport has been granted & police report submitted u would receive sms blah blah.
So pls tell me when i will receive my passport how many days?
September 9, 2012
I had applied for reissue of my passport in June 2012 under normal proces.Got the appointment for June 26th 2012 and completed all the formalities. Police Verificationa was also done but online tarcking shows “Police verification report for your passport application is under review at regional passport office. After police verification report is found clear, your passport will be despatchedin and and email will be sent.I don’t know how long it will take , it is already more than 2and a half months now. The process is extremely slow and the atatus is same for last one month.
September 10, 2012
I went to the PSK in Bangalore. 3 days letter, I got a call from the local police station asking me to come there and finish physical PV. I went there and finished that. The person said, he wold send it to PSK the next day. Now, a week after, the status now reads slightly different. It says, document has gone to Police Commissioners Office, and after getting a CLEAR from them, passport would be dispatched. Is there a difference between these two verifications – local police station and the Commissioners office?
September 10, 2012
The new system is so pathetic. The ‘Manage Button’ always says that slots are not available and the PSK call centre guys say that you should try at sharp 7.30 pm online.This is so frustrating. Most of the times people are commuting back from work at this time. Is the passport office playing the KBC game where people have to rush to call on first come first basis ?
September 10, 2012
Because too many people want slots at the same time, often this is the case and website is slow. yes, you have to keep on trying for atleast a week or so. Its a shame that even TCS couldnt handle it properly. Unfortunately thats the way it is.
September 19, 2012
Hi, my passport status states that police verification was completed on 6th September 2012 and now they are waiting for a clear police verification report to reach the regional passport office….how long would this take ????Can anyone help.
September 20, 2012
Please help if anyone knows about this??????????
September 20, 2012
PBU can u please help me on this???????/
September 20, 2012
Allow 2 more weeks for this. I dont know if they are using electronic system (means faster) or manual dispatch from police to RPO.
October 4, 2012
Hi PBU, my passport status now shows : Police Verification Report for your passport application is under review at Regional Passport Office. After Police Verification Report is found clear, passport will be dispatched. You would receive an sms/email once the passport is dispatched. how long do they take?????they are very slow…. I had applied in June and still not got the passport.
October 10, 2012
Hi PBU, my passport status now shows : Police Verification Report for your passport application is under review at Regional Passport Office. After Police Verification Report is found clear, passport will be dispatched. You would receive an sms/email once the passport is dispatched. how long do they take?????they are very slow…. I had applied in June and still not got the passport.
September 19, 2012
Hi,
I had applied for a passport reissue at Gurgaon a month ago. The police verification happened within a week; the website also says “police report has been submitted by SP office and passport printing is in progress”.
Wanted to know how long it will take to get the passport now, considering this has been the status for more than 2 weeks already.
September 20, 2012
Expect something in a week or so.
September 21, 2012
Passport aa gaya hai police varification nahi hui hai kya mai videsh ja sakta hu plz tell me
October 25, 2012
Guys,
I would appreciate if anyone has any insight into below case. There is a name discrepancy in my passport and my fathers passport (Ramachandrappa in my father pp and Ramachandra Gowda in my passport). Due to which US visitor visa got rejected. Now we are thinking of changing/reissue of passport by making a affidivat and submitting the same in PSK. Few questions here
1) Is just court affidivat enough for the above case? should this be published in news paper etc
2)Everyday when I login to online portal to book the appointment I dont find any schedule
3)can this name change be applied in Tatkal to expedite the process?
4)will there be any police verification again?
5)How long will it take to get the passport corrected and delivered? days? months ?
6)I heard, as of today there is no Tatkal online bookings (Anyway I dont find the general category also), is it true? I found supporting news article online
7)Should one walk-in to PSK without appointment? Is it entertained? Or is appointment must?
8)Is Tatkaal program applicable to reissue of passport(correction of passport) or only new applications?
9)Should my parents make DD for this? if any fees applicable?
I’m in US and it took almost 1 year (General/Normal) for getting the passport (With name issue) but having trouble now to fix it without proper info. available (I get all name change info. online)
I really appreciate any credible info. in this regard. Thanks for your time to go through this Mess
Thanks,
Manju
October 27, 2012
yes, name change can be done quickly without delays.
October 27, 2012
What does it mean when your passport status states that that the passport application is under review at the passport regional office?????? Somebody who has knowledge on this please help me…
October 27, 2012
My passport was revoked last year due to several reasons. I got permission last month to apply for fresh passport after paying penalty. I took slot (Hyderabad) online, to apply at Begampet PSK. The staff unknowingly changed from Fresh application to Re issue . After that they found that should not be applied Reissue status. They try to change, But the system not accepted. Finally they told wait for 40 days. Anybody have idea that I may get passport ? or may face problem ?
October 31, 2012
Thanks to Passport department. I am sincerely eager to share my experience about passport experience so that if anyone seeks any guidance or problem then he can take my case as an example to understand the process
I submitted my application at 19th Sept 2012 Gurgaon & today I have received my Passport on
31st October 2012.
I just want to say that this service provided by Government is very good. Each and every stage , I got a transparent approach and there was nothing like “Sarkari Kam “ .
The status updates were sequentially-
1. Application submitted at Passport (19.09.2012)
2 . Passport detail sent to SP office(20.09.2012)
3 passport physical police verification pending at your Thana (21.09.2012(
4 police verification submitted at SP office by your respective thana. Now under SP office review (
3.10.2012)
5 Police verification report has been submitted by SP office (online only). Passport printing is in progress, you will get sms/mail after dispatch. (5.10.2012)
6. The passport will be dispatch after receiving report ( formally physically ). You will get sms/mail
after dispatch ( 12.10.2012 , This status was one time again updated but language was just almost same. We can consider this status shown for 2 weeks approx )
7 Passport dispatched on 29.10.2012. Tracking Id are ***********.
The bottle neck is police verification. Generally after submission of application within 2 weeks , you might be called at your respective police station. Then your local thana will definitely submit their report within 7 days ( since the day you visited Thana). Then SP office will intimate Passport kendr ( I think online document ). At this stage when your passport showing printing stage , it means you are getting your passport 100% . Then after receiving police verification formally as previously only intimation was given to save time. As soon as PSK receives your report. Then you can expect within 3 days your Passport will be dispatch by speed post. & you can expect within 2-3 days you will get your PASSPORT. About the status I have pasted
My personal experience is awesome. At every stage , I have felt a good atmosphere dealing with PSK & police persons. Nothing was delayed. Everything was going smoothly expected. Thanks to Passport department & police Staff for their best service efforts. We hope every department of our India adopt this culture.
Thanks
Virender Rawal
Virender.zte@gmail.com
Gurgaon,Haryana
November 3, 2012
Can I attach HDFC BANK Account Statement as Address proof ?
For fresh passport(Normal)…
Please guide me..
November 7, 2012
I think they will accept this but you should have a bankers certificate also along with statement. It says that you are holding this account since x years and currently staying at this address.
November 5, 2012
Does anyone have any idea why passport has a validity period and why the number needs to be changed after each reissue? Why is it not an one time number for each individual?
November 7, 2012
No idea but its the procedure. Usually the validity is for 10yrs.
November 6, 2012
For post police verification, I have been asked to submit two sets of attested copies of some of my documents. It is written that the documents have to be attested by SEO. Will it also be fine if the documents are attested by a gazetted officer instead of SEO ?
November 7, 2012
i am from pune.i want to apply for fresh passport but after last week of november i will be not in pune.so wht can be done if i submit all the docs by taking appointment then is it possible that my inquiry will come before last week of november?
i think it will not .how can i knw dt my inquiry will come on particular time so dt i cn travel nd come pune…is it possible dt after submission of docs v cn arrange inquiry by request urgent.pls suggest me wht can be done
November 29, 2012
my passport application status showing-Police report has been submitted by your respective Thana and is under review at SP Office – since 28-NOV-12. How long it will take to get my passport?
please inform me….
December 4, 2012
even my passport status says the same thing. i have applied thru tatkal process. its been 4 days it says the same thing. Kindly suggest
December 2, 2012
Hi Experts,
My Passport revoked, looks like due to Address / Police verification issue. I am trying to get further details and preparing for appeal. I just wondering, In case the appeal rejected, Can I apply a passport again ?
December 2, 2012
My passport status says ” Your Passport has been printed and You would receive an sms/email once the passport is dispatched.”. How much time should it take for my passport to arrive hereon? I live in New Delhi.
December 3, 2012
Police Report has been submitted by SP Office and passport printing is in progress, How many days need to get my passport after this message.
December 6, 2012
Hi, I am a student residing in New Delhi adn I belong to Bihar. I got my passport made under tatkaal scheme and on post-police verification basis and it was a hassle free process. but now, the police officers at my permanent residence want me to appear personally for the verification there and it is near to impossible for me to reach there immediately because of my exams here. Can anyone knows anything concrete about this situation and be able to suggest me some idea for getting over this problem? Thanks in advance
December 7, 2012
I am an Indian and I am having an Indian Passport.If I have to do some amendment like I have to correct my father’s name in my passport which is issued 5 years before and it is not expired so whether my passport number will change?
December 8, 2012
i applied for fresh passport in 22aug2012,but i not get passport till now.i already given 2times police verification,but i whenever check status it show pending police verification,what should i do?
December 10, 2012
HI, I HAD APPOINTMENT ON 31/10/2012 AT PSK AND COMPLETED ALL THE PROCESS THEN POLICE VERIFICATION
COMPLETED ON 8/11/2012AND CID VERIFICATION COMPLETED ON 19/11/2012 BUT STATUS STILL SHOWS “Pending for physical police verification at your respective Thana under SP Office, District VARANASI. ”
HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKE TO CHANGE IN THE STATUS
January 3, 2013
It is not like how long it will take. It depends upon the passport office whether to update the status or not. If any employee is on leave, any problem with the printin of passport, if many people are sitting over their head, then they will ignore some NON URGENT cases and keep the status as it is. It gives them a chance to blame police department !!! If you check with police station, they will say they have sent the reports a month ago and it is upto PP office to update the status !!! Our (the applicant’s) situation is like DHOBI KA KUTTA !!! I too am in the same situation.
December 14, 2012
Hi,
I want to share an experience at Counter B. I applied for re-issue for passport (a 14 yr old passport) to add my wife name in it. At counter B official told me that passport damaged and he asked me to provide affidavit “Annexure L” and pay extra 1500/-. Is this correct?
By the way when I asked what exactly is wrong with the passport, he told me some of the pages are faded on the top left due to moisture. I did notice that but fading was not more than 3mm but all the information in the passport and stamps in the passport was fully intact. I found it sheer waste of time and money as I need to again go back to PSK with the “annexure L” and extra 1500/-. Why do they need to worry about trivial damage in passport when anyway I applied for re-issue?
January 23, 2013
Hi sir
my self mohammad ghouse i applied for my wife passport on 14dec2012 and police verification was completed on 6 jan 2013 mine was intercaste marriage where my wife has major change in name now the passport seva portal says the status like these police verification report for u r passport applicationapplication is under review at regional passport office oncethe clear report is found u r passport will b dispatch what does it mean how much time it takes please advice
February 13, 2013
Hi,
Thank you for the information provided. I have my appointment tomorrow at Begumpet PSK for reissu. Hope everything goes well. I will update my experience.
Your article was very useful. I now have a clear picture of the things that are awaited.
Regards,
Shalini
February 13, 2013
Hello Sir, my case is that of reissue of passport due to exhaustion of pages. I already have an offer letter from a co in ANGOLA & have to report on 1st March 2013. I have already made 4 applications under normal mode but no slots available till 28th Feb2013. Can I just walk in to a PSK without appointment
February 14, 2013
yes, u can go to regional passport office, and they will give one date, if u tell ur present condition
February 26, 2013
Here are the Passport Application processing steps for reference. It is based on my recent (Feb 2013) passport renewal experience. I hope people will find it useful for tracking progress of their passport application.
Day 1: Application submitted at Passport Seva Kendra
Day 5 status: Pending for physical police verification at HAL Police Station, Bangalore.
Day 7: Received a phone call from Police Station requesting to visit Police station for address verification.
Day 8: Visited HAL police station. Signed one form and submitted 2 photos, address proof and a passport copy.
Day 21 status: Police report has been submitted by HAL Police Station, Bangalore and sent to commissioner office, District Bangalore for review.
Day 22 status: Police report has been submitted by Commissioner Office Bangalore and passport printing is in progress.
This is the current status:)
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March 3, 2013
what is the current satatus? u got it?
March 5, 2013
Yes, I got the passport:
Day 26 status: Your passport has been printed and you would receive an sms/email once the passport is dispatched.
Day 28 received SMS: PCW: Your GSC No. for Passport Verification is POxxxxxxxx.Contact H.A.L. PS for verification Courtesy:Police Computer Wing.
Day 28 status: Passport xxxxxxx has been dispatched via speed post tracking number xxxxx
March 1, 2013
Hi,
I would like to know whether Driving license along with Ration card will be accepted as Address proof. I too hold a voter ID, but the problem is they have printed my door number wrongly. In that case i don think voter ID will be accepted as the door number is contradicting. also i stay in rented house, so the electricity bill, water bill is in the name of owner. Regarding, bank pass book, i only hold a salary account, so no passbook given. kindly help
March 3, 2013
I think that DL will not accept, u can submitt one year statement from the bank.
One year statement (with transactions)/ Passbook of running bank account (Scheduled Commercial bank excluding Regional Rural banks and local area banks)
March 5, 2013
SIR
i want to apply passport for my spouse.i am having passport with my spouse name endorsed.she has documents like canara bank joint account from 2001, pancard,10th certificate,and my passport.is it possible for her to apply passport under tatkaal .thank you
March 6, 2013
yes , u can apply to passport with these documents , may be they will ask marriage certificate if ur name need to add your spouse’s passport
March 9, 2013
sir, i am a student and i want to apply for passport but i don’t have 1 year address proof eventhogh i am living in the same place since 7 years, i have residential certificate and in my voter id my name without initials and my bank account opened 6 months back then what i can provide as address proof…
March 10, 2013
i think they will accept voters id
March 28, 2013
Hello,
I went for reissue on the stipulated date and time. I waited in the queue for nearly 2.5 hours in counter A. Finally when I showed all my documents for verification, the person at the counter asked me for my marriage certificate. I did not have one. They said I could get an affidavit or annexure-D the next day.
It is coumpulsory to submit marriage certificate or affidavit for reissue, to add your spouse’s name in the passport. There is no choice. I had to take an appointment the next day. I walked in and the job was done with no hassles. Within 15 days I received my passport too.
Regards,
Shalini
April 18, 2013
my passport application status showing-
Police Report has been submitted by Commissioner of Police, District Bardhaman and passport printing is in progress. –
since 14/4/2013.
How long it will take to get my passport?
please inform me….plz plz
April 20, 2013
my passport application status showing-
Your Passport has been printed and You would receive an sms/email once the passport is dispatched.
How long it will take to get my passport?
please inform me….plz plz
May 7, 2013
3-7 days i think.
May 7, 2013
i have bank account from last 5 years on another address, i changed it as join with wife from last 5 months take passbook with one year entries in it and attached as address proof for me and wife for passport office. they accept it bu i doubt that no any problem with police verification pl tell me