Needless to say, a photocopy of the lost Indian passport is of great value. The most important requirement in lost/stolen cases is to provide documentary evidence of the applicant’s current nationality as an Indian. Usually, the applicant is interviewed by an officer at the Passport Section of the Embassy before accepting the application. The application in this case has always to be presented at the Passport Section of the Embassy by the applicant in person. It is very important to note that application for this service is never accepted by post. Question: What procedure is to be followed and documents enclosed with the application to obtain a fresh passport in lieu of a lost/stolen/damaged passport?Īnswer: Please see the relevant link for details. Indian citizens residing in Japan and holding handwritten passports as well as 20-years passports with validity beyond the 24th November, 2015, should, therefore, apply for re-issue of passports and obtain Machine Readable Passports well before the deadline in order to avoid any inconvenience in obtaining foreign visa or immigration problem. All new Indian passports are ICAO-compliant Machine Readable Passports. The Government of India started issuing Machine Readable Passports since 2001. All 20-years validity passports will also fall in this category. All handwritten passports with pasted photos earlier issued by Government of India are considered non-Machine Readable Passports. From 25th November, 2015 onwards, foreign Governments may deny visa or entry to any person travelling with a non-Machine Readable Passport. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has set a deadline of the 24th November, 2015 for globally phasing out all non-Machine Readable Passports (MRPs). Please follow the same procedure as is meant for re-issue of a passport on expiry of its validity. It is in the interest of the applicant to get a new 10-year Passport as the Government of India has dispensed with the issuance of 20-year Passport and hand written Passport in accordance with extant rules. Question: Can one apply for a Machine Readable Passport of normal 10-year validity as a replacement of 20-year validity passport or as a replacement of a hand written passport as this is causing difficulty in obtaining visa for many countries whose authorities are objecting to a 20-year validity passport or a hand written passport?Īnswer: Yes. Also please see the relevant portion of website for availing passport services. The prescribed fee is also payable by the applicants. The applicant also needs to produce document (valid visa) to prove that he or she has valid landing rights/ stay permit in Japan. The Indian passport, requiring re-issue, needs to be enclosed with the application. Paste one photograph on the application form and enclose the others in an envelope with the application. Four color photographs of size 5cm x 5cm with white/off white background are required to be enclosed. Question: How to avail the service of re-issue of passport on expiry of its life or exhaustion of pages or change of name/surname/signature or change/addition/deletion of name of spouse or change of address?Īnswer: Fill up the application form in online at at carefully without leaving any column or item blank. A passport holder can apply for reissue of his/her passport one year before expiry of the passport or within one year after final expiry of the passport. The expiry date is always mentioned in all passports.
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Question: What is Re-issue of passport on expiry of full validity passport?Īnswer: Full validity passports have a life of ten years (five years in the case of minors).