A person should get their passport many months – at least a year - in advance before traveling. It could take months to verify a passport but in order to ensure that it does not go in wrong hands, police verification is required for issuance of passport.
Police Verification modes:
2 modes of police verification:
- Police Verification is required on a Post-Passport Issuance basis.
- Police Verification is required on Pre-Passport Issuance basis.
Depending on whether an application is for issue of fresh passport or reissue of passport, Passport Office shall decide whether Police Verification is required for issuance of Passport to you.
In most cases, of issue of fresh passport, pre-police verification would be required, exception being Government servants on submission of 'Identity Certificate' as per Annexure 'B', or minors whose parents hold valid passport etc.
In most cases of reissue, depending on records available in the Passport Seva system, police verification may not be required or only post police verification may be required, exceptions being reissue of passport in lieu of lost passport or complete change of name.
Police verification in case of a minor
If either parent of the minor holds a valid passport with spouse name endorsed, passport will be issued to the minor without any police verification. Original passport of parent(s) should be presented for the verification of particulars. If parent(s) hold a valid passport, but spouse name is not endorsed, then they must get the spouse name added in their passport. For this, they have to apply for reissue of passport and get the specified change done in personal particulars. If either parent does not hold a valid passport, passport will be issued to the minor only after police verification or you can apply under Tatkaal scheme to get the passport on post police verification basis.
Police Verification for Government/Public Sector/Statutory body employees
Government/Public Sector/Statutory body employees can be issued passport without police verification, if they submit Identity Certificate in original as per Annexure "B" as an additional document along with the application form. They can be issued a passport on post police verification basis, if they submit No Objection Certificate (NOC) (as per Annexure "M") as an additional document along with the application form.
Police Verification in case of change in name of Govt./PSU/Statutory Body employees
The following documents are required:
- Issue of fresh passport: In case of change in name of Govt./PSU/statutory body employees, Pre Police Verification (PV) will be done. Post Police Verification (PV) will be done on submission of Tatkaal documents.
- Reissue of passport: In case of change in name of Govt./PSU/statutory body employees, if the old passport has clear or exempted Police Verification (PV) Report and required documents are submitted No Police Verification (PV) will be done.
Shift in Address
If you have a house in one city and you shift to another city, Police verification will be done at both permanent and present address. In case you have shifted to many house in less than a year, then the police verification will be done at all the three addresses where the applicant has resided in the last one year.
In case of change in your name
You need to attach the required documents along with your application form.
Old passport in original with self-attested photocopy of its first two and last two pages including ECR/Non-ECR page and page of observation (if any).
- If the applicant's present address is not different from that in the existing passport then the documents which you need to submit is: Old passport in original with self-attested photocopy of its first two and last two pages including ECR/Non-ECR page and page of observation (if any).
- If the applicant's present address is different from that in the existing passport then the documents which you need to submit is: Old passport in original with self-attested photocopy of its first two and last two pages including ECR/Non-ECR page and page of observation (if any). and Proof of Present Address
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