Passport is a document issued by the government of the country for the purpose of traveling. This is used as a certificate of identity or nationality too. IF you are a resident of New Delhi and you don’t know how to apply for a passport and in urgent need for one. Here we will describe the process of applying for a passport. There are two processes for applying online and offline. You can choose whichever suits you better.
Online Process to Apply Indian/ Overseas Passport in New Delhi:
- First of all, you need to visit the official website of passportindia or you can click the link http://www.passportindia.gov.in/.
- You have to do the registration there as a new user.
- Now you need to login to your account and choose the option ‘apply for fresh passport’.
- Fill the online form. Don’t forget to double check all the information as well as the spelling in your name, address, etc. Wrong spelling will create problem for you in future.
- Write everything and do not hide anything. Give names of the people as reference who will be available for the verification call.
- Now pay the fee and submit to get and appointment scheduled.
- Go to the psk with all the supporting documents at right time. You need to carry your proof of date of birth and the proof of current address. They will be verified.
- Your photograph and biometrics will be collected and you will be given a appointment acknowledgement receipt.
- Next step is the police verification. They will visit your place and do the verification. They can even call you at the police station.
- After the submission of a clean police verification, you will get the passport.
- There may be some delay due to the printing and delivery sometime.
- Sometimes, the post department follow the rules of giving the passport only to the person to whom it belongs.
Offline Process to Apply Indian/ Overseas Passport in New Delhi:
- First of all, you need to visit the official website of passportindia or you can click the link http://www.passportindia.gov.in/.
- You had to download the form from there and print it in an A4 sheet of paper.
- You need to fill the form with all necessary details.
- After the submission, you had to submit the form with all necessary documents in any one of them, District Passport Cell, Speed Post Centre, or Citizen Service Centre.
- After that you have to visit the centre with all supporting documents for verification.
- They will also collect your biometrics and photographs.
- After that, the process is same as the online application process.
