Passport application work shifted to Passport Seva Kendras

Passport Seva Kendra

The submission of passport applications at the regional passport office has stopped since Monday. All applicants are now being directed to the Passport Seva Kendra (PSKs) to submit their passport applications.

It's not only the submission (of general category) of passport applications, which will be done at PSKs, but also the applications for renewal and re-issue of passports and Tatkal passports.


The applicants will have to log on to online portal (www.passportindia.gov.in). Create a user ID and assign a password, fill and submit the application form online (one can also scan and upload relevant supporting documents) or download the e-form and fill and upload the same at the website.

The applicants will have to take note of the Application Reference Number (ARN), schedule an appointment and take printout of appointment slip. After that, applicants will have to visit the designated passport seva kendra.

The regional passport office in March had opened PSKs at Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi and Gorakhpur, where people can submit passport applications online.

The old technique of submitting passport applications at passport offices will be done away with this month.
The passport office, however, will have only one counter to issue diplomatic/official passports or passports to VIPs, along with the cases where passport office has made some mistake and it has to rectify (free of cost by the office).