Passport : A Must Document of Today


I always receive calls from near and dears about assistance in getting passports. To get passport in hand after attending appointment and submitting all required documents needs few days to get it delivered at home address. Hence plan the passport applications in advance and keep checking the expiry of passports frequently. Below are the few points which I would like to share: 

Passport:
Passport is the most important document while traveling abroad. Its an official request from one government to another to treat the tourists as per the international treaties.

In old days the kings / states used to give letters ( DastaK) with stamps  and seal to other kings or for check post officers requesting about safe passage to their citizens / traders traveling from one place to other for pilgrimage/ trading or for other reasons.
Passport is must for Indian citizens if they want to visit any of the countries in the world ( Apart from Nepal and Bhutan) .  Many of the countries provide visa to permit entry and few countries approve visa on arrival ( i.e Thailand, Srilanka ) or just entry and exit stamps  ( Maldives, Mauritius)

Documents required for new Passport:
Now a days getting passport is very easy.  Aadhar card, new and one year old electricity / BSNL telephone bill, living or transfer certificate , education qualification proofs and birth certificate ( for people who have birth date on or after 1st January after 1989) are the basic required documents. For emergency passport application, verification certificate is required to get passport with in 07 days.  By general process one can get passport in hand with in 15 to 30 days after successful appointment and depending upon pre/ post police verification. Documents might change case to case basis.

ECR:  Emigration Check Required:
In case of no or low education and/ or  no submission of education proofs, the stamp of ECR comes on the passport.  This stamp attracts more inquiries by Indian emigration officers on airport about the linkage between travel plans/ work permits/ work visa acquired by the traveler and the reality. This rule is helpful in case of traveler with low education has received fraud employment offers and might get helped by the officers to prevent future issues.

How to keep passport:
Always keep passport in lockers or in a safe where it can’t get damaged due to water or other natural elements.  Also keep it out of reach of children.  The damage to the passport , passport with loose , tore off pages is not considered valid for travel.  Getting new passport in case of loss of passport is also an tedious task and attracts police complaint and completion of documentation from passport office.  
If you loose passport or if it gets stolen while your are traveling abroad,  get in touch with nearest Indian embassy/ consulate and ask for the new passport after paying fees ( time taken and documents required like FIR in local police station etc. depends upon case to case basis).  But you must have copy of passport and copy of visa to get it in hand. Hence always keep photocopy of passport and visa along with you when you are on tour and one soft copy attached to your email.

Change in Name, address etc:
For married ladies or in case of gents if they want change in name, then  valid documents are required ( For ladies if they want to change the name after marriage, need marriage certificate , the passport officer can ask for affidavit as per case) for gents if there is change in name the affidavit, paper news or name change published in gazette is required and depends upon case to case basis.  With new address proofs one can change the address also.  One must provide address where he/ she is staying. Giving wrong address / date of birth or any other information might attract penalties from Passport authorities.

Validity of passport:
Passports are valid for 10 years in case of adults and for children below 18 years its valid for 05 years only.  Although if the child is 16 years then parents can ask for 10 years passport with extra amount paid.  Please note that passports of parents are required to get passport for minor children. Also note that the passport must be valid for at least 6 months or 3 months ( depending upon country visiting) on the return journey date. Out of validity or expired passports are useless to travel. Hence keep checking validity of passports specially in case of children. Also at least 2 pages must be blank for visa and stamping purpose. 

Passports are of 36 and 60 pages and one can request for 60 page passport if he/ she is a regular traveler.

For passport assistance you may call on :

02536693799  or 8087517444

Deccan Travel Corporation








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