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Application Form Overview- Issue of Fresh Passport: You can apply for fresh passport if applying for the first time in the applied category.
- Re-issue of Passport: You can apply for re-issue of passport if you want another passport in lieu of an existing passport for any of the following reasons:
- Change in existing personal particulars.
- Validity expired within 3 years, or due to expire within one year.
- Validity expired more than 3 years ago.
- Exhaustion of pages.
- Damaged passport.
- Lost passport.
The applicants for Official/Diplomatic Passport must apply under fresh category in case they did not hold previously any Official/Diplomatic Passport, even if they currently hold Ordinary Passport.
- Issue of Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)
- Background Verification for Global Entry Program (GEP): To conduct background verification for Indian citizens enrolled with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Global Entry Program (GEP).Refer link(https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/international-arrangements/global-entry-indian-citizens) for details
- Surrender Certificate: Issued to applicants surrendering their passport at the Passport Offices for renunciation of Indian citizenship and acquiring foreign nationality.
- Line of Control (LoC permits): LoC Permits are issued by Passport Offices at Jammu and Srinagar to those residents of UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh who want to visit their relatives living across the Line of Control (LoC) for valid reasons.
- Certificate of Identity: Certificate of Identity is issued to Stateless persons, including Tibetan refugees residing in India.
- Passport in original with self-attested photocopy of its first two and last two pages, including ECR/Non-ECR page (previously ECNR) and the page of observation , if any , made by Passport Issuing Authority and validity extension page, if any, in respect of short validity passport.
- Proof of Present Address (if address is different from the one mentioned on passport).
- First photograph needs to be affixed on the first page of the application form without any signature/stamp.
- Second photograph needs to be affixed on the third page of the application form, and then stamped across with office stamp and signature of the Head of Office.
- Gazette Notification changing name in applicant's department.
- Fresh ID Certificate in changed name.
- Proof of assessment of income tax and actual payment of income tax for last one year; or
- Income Tax returns statement (with income tax being paid by the applicant) for last one year that is stamped by income tax authorities and a copy of the PAN card.
- Old passport in original with self-attested photocopy of its first two and last two pages, including ECR/Non-ECR page (previously ECNR), the page of observation (if any) made by Passport Issuing Authority and validity extension page, if any, in respect of short validity passport.
- Each case would be examined and request may also be refused, if not found in order.
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