What is the procedure for applying a Passport in India? How to renew it? If expired what are the extra measures to be taken for renewing it again? These are the common questions arose when one think about a Passport application. Let's have a look at each of them.
Passport becomes one of the most essential document for citizens who travels outside the country. It has to be obtained from Passport authority by applying and personally visited concerned office for identity verification and photo capturing session prior traveling. There are two schemes available for applying Indian Ordinary Passport, Normal scheme and Tatkaal scheme. The difference between normal scheme and tatkaal scheme are delivery period and fees start from Rs. 1,000.00 to Rs. 5,500.00.
Passport is an authoritative document issued by a national Government to citizens for proving identity while traveling abroad. More broadly, Passport is a document to passing ports of another nation or country, which means a person who used to prove his identity and citizenship by showing a document when passing (traveling) one port to another port. This document, passport, normally a small booklet called Passport (pass-port) must have verified and certified information identifying the holder such as address, date of birth, profession, photograph, biometric data, endorsement or stamps of departure, arrival and Travel Visa(s) of visited countries.