Approved Address Proof Documents for Passport Application in India

Do you have address? Seems its a funny question! No, its not a funny question. There are people who doesn't have an address (sometimes people deliberately hide their address for some reasons) in the society. Address proof is a mandatory requirement to open a bank account, getting admission / joining to an institution / office, passport etc.

Address Proof

What is Address?

Address is a clear and acceptable proof of a person that to be traced by existing systems like Postal, Courier, and through another Person. It can be easily jotted in one line to multiple lines called address lines, mostly within three to five short lines started with your name, followed by house name or number, followed by locality name / street name where your house situated, followed by place name and PIN Code of the post office. You can elaborate address further with Village, City / District, State and Country.

What is Address Proof? How to Obtain It?

Address proof is a documentary evidence indicating to trace and find a person residing or working either permanently or temporarily. It has to be made by presenting the evidence in-front of authority or agency appointed by Central / State Govt.

Acceptable Address Proof For Passport Application

Following are the Acceptable address proof to be attached along with Passport application. From the list below, any one out of 13 address proof documents can be used.

  1. Aadhaar Card
  2. Election Commission Photo ID card
  3. Applicant's current and valid ration card (If any applicant submits only ration card as proof of address, it should be accompanied by one more proof of address out of the given categories).
  4. Parent's passport copy, in case of minors (First and last page)
  5. Water Bill (within three months)
  6. Telephone (land-line or post paid mobile bill)
  7. Electricity bill
  8. Income Tax Assessment Order
  9. Proof of Gas Connection
  10. Certificate from Employer of reputed companies on letter head (Only public limited companies can give address proof on company letter head along with seal. Computerized print-outs shall not be entertained).
  11. Spouse's passport copy (First and last page including family details), (provided the applicant's present address matches the address mentioned in the spouses passport)
  12. Registered Rent Agreement (for a period of more than one year)
  13. Photo Passbook of running Bank Account (Scheduled Public Sector Banks, Scheduled Private Sector Indian Banks and Regional Rural Banks only. See the list of Banks given below)

Notes to the Applicant

  1. Applicants are required to submit the proof of address of the present address only, irrespective of the date from which he/she has been residing at the given address. However, he/she is required to mention all the places of stay during previous one year (from the date of application filling) in the Passport application form.
  2. Aadhaar letter/card or the e-Aadhaar (an electronically generated letter from the website of UIDAI), as the case may be, will be accepted as Proof of Address (POA) and Proof of Photo-Identity (POI) for availing passport related services. Acceptance of Aadhaar as PoA and PoI would be subject to successful validation with Aadhaar database.
  3. For Minor: For minor applicants, present address proof document in the name of parent(s) can be submitted.
  4. List of Public sector Banks whose statements / passbooks are accepted as Proof of Address for passports given below:
    1. Allahabad Bank
    2. Andhra Bank
    3. Bank of Baroda
    4. Bank of India
    5. Bank of Maharashtra
    6. Canara Bank
    7. Central Bank of India
    8. Corporation Bank
    9. Dena Bank
    10. Indian Bank
    11. Indian Overseas Bank
    12. Oriental Bank of Commerce
    13. Punjab National Bank
    14. Punjab & Sind Bank
    15. Syndicate Bank
    16. Union Bank of India
    17. United Bank of India
    18. UCO Bank
    19. Vijaya Bank
    20. IDBI Bank Ltd.
    21. State Bank of India
    22. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
    23. State Bank of Patiala
    24. State Bank of Hyderabad
    25. State Bank of Mysore
    26. State Bank of Travancore




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Which is the most important document in our life? It would be Property documents or Qualification Certificates or Insurance policies or Share Certificates or Marriage certificate or Fixed Deposit certificates etc. There will be many answers depending on person's state of mind or circumstances. Back to the middle of 20th century and earlier, people were least bothered their birth date because, there were no questionable use of it, except a few people like Govt. servants, Teachers, Defense personal etc. Others, majority of people, only aware that they are living in their locality moving here and there and doing some kind of job or business.