Application Forms
Form No. 1 is to be used for Fresh/ Reissue/Replacement of Lost/Damaged
passports/ Change of Name/ Appearance/ Exhaustion of pages . The same
application form is used for passports for minors as well.
New passport means applying for a passport for the first time or
applying for a passport if you have never held any passport earlier. In case an
application was ever made at any Passport Office prior to the present
application and whether the application was processed or closed, or even if
passport was issued and not received by the applicant, details thereof should
be given in the relevant column in the present application. Failure to disclose
these details, if any, would invite applicable penalty.
Reissue means an application for another passport in lieu of an
existing one which has either expired or is about to expire. An applicant may
apply for a new passport in lieu of an expired/ about to expire passport upto 3
years after and 1 year before the expiry of the Passport. Re-issue of passport
should not be mistaken for renewal of passport. Renewal of passport means that
a passport which was originally issued for a short validity of one to five
years - under certain emergency conditions on the part of the applicant - is
now required to be extended to its full validity of ten years from the date of
issue of the passport. (Renewal is a zero fee service and the application
should be made in Form No. 2).
A New passport is issued in lieu of a lost/damaged passport.
Application Form No. 2 is for making application for Police
Clearance Certificate, Deletion of ECR Stamp, Inclusion of Spouse's name and
change of address. The same Form is used for renewing a short term validity
passport to its full term validity.
Personal Particulars Form (PP Form)
PP Form is used for Police Verification Report. This is a part of
Application Form No. 1. This can be filled up separately if required by the
Passport Office for reverification. In case an applicant has resided at more
than one place in last one year, an additional set of PP form for each address/
place has to be filled up.
