How to Re-issue(Renew) your Indian Passport in India
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If you want to renew your passport, it might be a very long drawn and tedious process. For hassle free and quick results follow the simple rules listed below.
You need to have in your possession your old passport (original) and the attested copies of the first four and the last four pages of your passport. This should include the ECR and the ECNR pages as well.Attested copy of the degree certificate needs to be provided if at the time of issue of the previous passport you were a minor and your passport did not have the ECNR stamp.If your address has been changed then with necessary address proof your new address should be furnished.3 color passport size photographs should also be given.
A new passport is reissued and not renewed. When the passport in use is 1 year from expiration or less than 3 years after expiration a passport is reissued. A passport is renewed with no additional costs if it was issued for 1-5 years under emergency conditions.
Application form for reissuing the passport can be obtained from any post office or passport service centre. It is usually the same as the one needed for a new passport. Application fee to be paid is the same as required for a new one. It usually is 1000 Rs. for an adult’s passport of 36 pages. An adult’s passport of 60 pages costs Rs.1500. Passport for minor costs Rs. 600 and it is advisable that you carry some extra money with you for paying for the Police Clearance Fee.
After completely filling in the details in the application form submit the same with the necessary documents to Passport Offices or the DSP’s office or the Speed Post Centres. Make sure you note the File Reference Numbers.
The status of the application form can be checked in by putting the File Reference Number.
One can even make a passport by asking a travel agent to do it. He has to pay the travel agent his fee but. And just in case the person filing the a passport has resided in an assortment of places he needs to fill in a Persons Particulars form and he needs to provide all the addresses that he has stayed in.