General information on Passport Services

ONLINE APPLICATION FOR PASSPORT SERVICES

Application for all passport services should be filled up online. The second page after printing  should be manually filled up before sending the application form along with other documents to the Embassy. 

"On-line filled up application can be mailed or submitted in person at the counter of the consular wing."

" Applicants are advised to submit their passport application on or around the appointment date which appears while filling up application on-line. It will take 10 to 15 working days to process the case after the appointment date."

Note: The above time schedule does not apply to services where prior approval is required from authorities in India or any other Passport Issuing Authority other than the office where the application is made. In such cases, the processing time would be weeks/months.  Passport application must be submitted in person by the applicant or immediate family member of the applicant at the counter or directly through mail to the Embassy. Personal interview may be required.

Note: B1/B2 visa holders are temporary visitors to U.S. and therefore we cannot issue passport to them. 

Applicants are requested to manually write their contact telephone nos (Home/Work/Cell phone nos) as well as the email addresses on the opening page (first page) of the printed online application form. This is required to contact an applicant either for a personal interview or for any other requirement if it arises.

In Sl.no 26 (declaration) of the passport application form it is a must that the applicant has to sign. Other wise the form will be returned without service.

In Sl.no 29 of the passport application form all applicants should put their specimen signature/thumb impression for infants in the specified boxes.

In spite of the guidelines given to the applicant for filling up online application many applicants are not following it. Rather they are sending old application forms which were in vogue prior to February 2008.   

Applications which are not filled online will not be processed and will be returned and the delay will be the responsibility of the applicant and mailing fees will be utilized in returning the application. Please send photographs having white background only.

Please send two separate checks (certified check or Money Order only) One for the passport service and another one for mail service.

Please apply only to Jurisdiction of Embassy of India, Washington, DC
(Bermuda, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia)

Following services are available:

1. APPLICATION FOR NEW PASSPORT (OR RENEWAL OF PASSPORT AFTER 10 YEARS)

2. ADDITIONAL BOOKLET

3. ISSUE OF A DUPLICATE PASSPORT IN LIEU OF LOST OR DAMAGED ORIGINAL PASSPORT

4. PASSPORT FOR A MINOR CHILD

5. EXTENSION OF A SHORT VALIDITY PASSPORT

6. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE PASSPORT

7. CHANGE OF APPEARANCE

8. CHANGE OF DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

9. EMERGENCY TRAVEL DOCUMENT

Guidelines for Indian Passport Holders

(i) Your passport is a valuable document. It should always be retained either in your private custody or in the custody of a person duly authorized by you. Passport should not be sent out of the country of residence by post. If the passport is lost or destroyed, the fact and circumstances should be immediately reported to the nearest Indian Mission and the local police. PLEASE KEEP A PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR PASSPORT IN A SAFE PLACE. WITHOUT DETAILS OF THE LOST/DAMAGED PASSPORT, THE ISSUE OF A DUPLICATE PASSPORT MAY BE DELAYED.

(ii) It is an offense under the Passports Act 1967 to give false information in the Application. Passport facilities can be denied on grounds of suppression of factual information, submission of false particulars, willful damage of passport and for making unauthorized changes in the Passport.

(iii) Your passport can be impounded or revoked by the Government of India under the provisions of the Passports Act 1967 in which event you will have to surrender the passport to the nearest Indian Passport Issuing Authority.

(iv) If you have acquired US Citizenship, the Indian Passport must be surrendered immediately to the nearest Indian mission. The Indian passport is returned to the applicant after cancellation. The cancelled Indian passport should be kept in safe custody as it may be required at the time of applying for the PIO card/ Visa for the first time.

Note: Application forms should be completed in all respect and submitted with the passport. Misrepresentation/ suppression of facts may result in denial of Passport/Consular services. Incomplete/incorrect applications with inadequate fee or fee not paid in the prescribed manner are liable to be returned without service.