I had been to the Passport Office
thrice in the last one month. Before heading to the Office I had my usual
preconceived notions about Governmental Bureaucracy.
Quite to my surprise, after dropping my application and that of my Parents, I received my re-issued Passport as well as my Father’s Passport in about 8 to 10 business (working) days. Considering the fact that I made a normal application and our Passports were valid (i.e. not expired).
Point is…if you are in real hurry (i don’t know how you might end up in such a situation), you can opt for Tatkal and the Passport will be (re)issued to you in about 2 weeks’ time frame (or earlier).
Based on my personal experience, I received my reissued Passport (i.e. renewed for another 10 year period) within 8 working days (spread across 2 – 3 weeks). More or less, it is wise to use the normal application as you pay INR 1500 less (at the time of writing this).
Quite to my surprise, after dropping my application and that of my Parents, I received my re-issued Passport as well as my Father’s Passport in about 8 to 10 business (working) days. Considering the fact that I made a normal application and our Passports were valid (i.e. not expired).
Point is…if you are in real hurry (i don’t know how you might end up in such a situation), you can opt for Tatkal and the Passport will be (re)issued to you in about 2 weeks’ time frame (or earlier).
Based on my personal experience, I received my reissued Passport (i.e. renewed for another 10 year period) within 8 working days (spread across 2 – 3 weeks). More or less, it is wise to use the normal application as you pay INR 1500 less (at the time of writing this).
Please follow the
instructions listed on the Passport India website. It is pretty much self-explanatory.
As an additional information, if your (about to expire) Passport has been
issued by an out of region Passport Office (say, abroad), it still takes about
10 working days (about 3 weeks) to get the reissued Passport.
NOTE: For some reason the word renewal is used by the Ministry of External
Affairs to indicate the renewal of passport for the next nine years after an
emergency passport was issued for a short period of one year. That service is
done on a free-of-cost basis.
Tidbits: Apply for Passport re-issuance at
about 8 months ahead of its expiry date. Most of the countries expect at least
a Passport that is valid for six months. If you are out of Country (say,
abroad), I think you can factor in the processing time at the nearest
Embassy/Consulate.
Fresh Passport
Applicants can check this link if they prefer to submit the Police
Clearance Certificate along with the application.
