GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PASSPORT APPLICANTS:

Reissue of Passport - General guidelines

Application for renewal of passport can be submitted if the final validity of the passport is less than one year.

Old Passport in Original and additonal booklet if any, additional booklet is not enough - with photocopy of all pages should be submitted alongwith application.
The validity of a passport cannot be extended beyond the date of its final validity. An application for reissuing a passport has to be submitted in form EAP I - External along with the old passport and a copy thereof.

An applicant has the option to apply for an ordinary passport booklet of 36 pages or a Jumbo passport booklet of 60 pages of ten-year validity.

A separate passport must be obtained by every individual. A child's name can no longer be endorsed on a parent's passport.

The applicant should submit the application in person for identification.

Six recent photographs showing frontal view of full face against light background in civilian clothes taken in a studio (Polaroid photographs and photographs with dark glasses or uniforms are not accepted) should be submitted along with the application.

Minors are issued passports for 5 years or up to attaining 18 years, whichever is earlier.

Applicants are advised to ensure that their application in the prescribed format is complete in all respects; that all columns are correctly and legibly filled up and no column is left blank or unfilled/unresponded to or vaguely filled with a dash, tick, etc. All signatures in the application should be with ballpoint pen.

It is an offence under the Passport Act 1967 to furnish false information in the application. Passport facilities could be denied on grounds of suppression of material information, submission of incorrect particulars, willful damage/loss of passport or for unauthorised change/tampering. The Passport can be impounded or revoked for violation of one or more of the provisions of the Passport Act.

It is an offence to hold more than one valid passport at a time.

A passport expired more than six months back should be supported by a Sworn Affidavit explaining the circumstances and spellingout the reasons for late submission.
For change of address, attach documentary evidence such as tax receipt, electricity/telephone bill or Nativity Certificate issued by the Competent Authority of the State concerned.

Those Indian citizens acquiring citizenship/passport of another country should immediately surrender their Indian Passport to the Indian Embassy/Consulate.

Emergency service for issue of passport can be availed by payment of an additional fee of Dhs.315/- under the Tatkal Scheme.