| Miscellaneous Services |
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What are the miscellaneous services offered by the Passport Office and what are the documents required in each case? |
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For miscellaneous services the fee is Rs.100/- and the documents required are:
- For Police clearance certificate (PCC) - 2 personal particular forms. 2 photographs. Ration card.
- For (E.C.N.R.) Emigration Check Not Required - Degree certificate (convocation certificate) OR 3 years diploma certificate and original mark sheet OR last 3 years assessment orders. With it paid challan or last 3 years form 16/TDS certificate with IT return.
- Change of address - stay proof.
- Renewal for short validity passport - 2 personal particular forms, 2 photographs.
- The signature of the applicant is required in ballpoint pen.
(All documents in 2 sets) Original documents may be certified at the counter)
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What are the other services and the documents required? |
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- Lost passport/damaged etc. - FIR i.e. Police Station Complaint, affidavit, application stating the facts place/date of birth (birth certificate), stay proof fees of Rs.2500 (all documents in 5 sets).
- Change from maiden name to married name - valid maiden name passport, marriage certificate, stay proof, 7 photographs, affidavit fees of Rs.300/- (all documents in 2 sets).
- Valid old passport within 6 months of final expiry or within 1 year after final expiry valid passport, stay proof, 7 photographs. (For renewal)
- Signature of applicant is required in ballpoint pen.
(All documents in 2 sets)
Original documents may be certified at the counter
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| Mode of Payment |
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What is the mode of payment? |
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Fee is to be paid along with the application form either by bank draft drawn on State Bank of India, Market Yard Branch, Pune (code No. 6117) in favour of the Passport Office or in cash. In case of Bank Draft full name of the applicant should be written on the reverse of bank draft.
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| Passport Delivery |
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How are the passports delivered? |
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Passport shall be delivered only to the applicant or dispatched by registered post acknowledgement due to the address given in the application form.
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| Other Important Details |
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Special Points to note. |
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List of Applicants Entitled to Emigration Check Not Required Stamp (ECNR). This list is prepared by the Ministry of Labour.
- Persons going abroad in managerial capacity in Hotels/Restaurants. Tea-House or other places of public resort etc. possessing specialized Degrees in these fields.
- All Gazetted Government servants.
- All Income-Tax payers (including Agricultural Income-Tax Payees) in their individual capacity, Proof of assessment to Income-Tax and actual payment of income tax for last three years to be insisted upon, and not merely payment of advance tax.
- All professional Degree holders, such as Doctors holding M.B.B.S. Degrees in Ayurved or Homoeopathy, accredited journalists, Engineers, Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants, Lecturers, Teachers, Scientists, Advocates, etc.
- Spouses and dependent children up to the age of 24 years of category of persons list from (b) to (d).
- All persons who have been staying abroad for more than three years, (the period of the three years could be either at a stretch or broken) and spouses and children up to the age of 24 years of such persons.
- Seamen who are in possession of CDC and Sea Cadets.
- All holders of Diplomatic/Official Passports.
- Dependent children of Parents whose passport is classified as E.C.N.R. in the case of such children E.C.N.R classification to be restricted until they attain 24 years of age.
- Persons holding permanent immigration Visas, such as the visas of UK, USA and Australia.
- Persons holding Graduate or higher Degrees.
- Persons holding 3 years Diploma equivalent to degree from recognized Institution like polytechnics.
- Nurses possessing qualifications recognized under the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947.
- All persons above the age of 60 years.
- No emigration clearance is required for visiting Bangladesh, Pakistan and all countries in Europe, (excluding CIS), North America, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
- POEs will also grant emigration clearance to certain categories of skilled/semi-skilled workers for a period of six months from 4-10-91 when they apply through authorized recruiting agents with passport containing valid employment visa.
Photographs
6 photographs in black and white or in colour of 35mm x 45mm showing frontal view of full face against a light background are required. Four of the photographs should be pasted on the application in the boxes provided. Photographs should not be stapled. Applicant should sign across the pasted photograph in such a way that half the signature appears on the photograph and the remaining on the application form. The signature across the photographs should be the same as the specimen signature given by the applicant in the form. The applicant’s name should be written on the back of the remaining two unpasted photographs. There should be no marking on the front of the unpasted photographs. Photos taken with coloured or dark glasses and in uniform will not be accepted.
Proof of Date of Birth (attach one of the following):
- Birth certificate issued by a Municipal Authority or district office of the Registrar of Births & Deaths.
- Date of birth certificate or nationality certificate from the school last attended by the applicant or any other recognized educational institution
- Old passport
- Affidavit sworn before a Magistrate stating nationality and date/place of birth, as per specimen in Annexure ‘F’.
Fees:
| Fresh Passport |
Rs.300/- (for 10 years) |
| Lost/damaged Passport |
Rs.2500/- |
| Passport for minors |
Rs.200/- (for 14 years) |
| Jumbo Booklet |
Rs.500/- (for 10 years) |
| Additional Booklet |
Rs.300/- |
| Additional Jumbo Booklet |
Rs.500/- |
| Renewal |
Rs.200/- (for 5 years) |
| Miscellaneous services |
Rs.100/- |
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Timings
| Supply of forms |
10:00 am -11:30 am |
| Delivery of passports |
3:3 0pm - 5:30 pm |
| Acceptance of Applications |
10:00 am -12:30 pm |
| To meet Passport Officer |
10:00 am - 12:30 pm |
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Areas that the Passport Office, Pune caters to:
- Pune
- Ahmednagar
- Kolhapur
- Sangli
- Satara
- Sholapur
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