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Passport Police Verification FAQ | Passport-Sahayata

WHAT TO DO IF MY POLICE VERIFICATION IS STILL PENDING EVEN AFTER 6 MONTHS OF APPLICATION?

The regional passport office has brought a new initiative to clear all pending applications. If your passport is still in the pending phase, reach out to your nearest passport office.


WHY IS POLICE VERIFICATION NECESSARY FOR A PASSPORT?
Police Verification in the case of a passport is carried out to ensure that it is not issued to anyone who has a criminal offense against him/her or any such condition which barres them from obtaining a passport.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT MODES OF POLICE VERIFICATION?
There are two modes of Police Verification:

  1. Pre-Passport Verification
  2. Post Passport Verification
Police Verification is carried out during fresh issues or re-issues. The decision for police verification resides with the Passport Office (PO). Police Verification is basically required during fresh issues and re-issues but in some cases such as a passport being issued to government servants according to ‘Annexure A’ or in cases of minors.

If the applicant is above 18 years of age, then he is required to submit any three necessary documents attached with a standard affidavit (According to Annexure “E”).

If the age of the applicant is below the age of 18 then he is required to submit any two of the required documents attached with the affidavit (According to Annexure E). In cases of the Issue of fresh passports, general rules would normally apply. However, in cases of re-issue, it varies from application to application and the verification of police may not be required during the re-issue of applications but few exceptions such as the re-issue due to loss of passport or some modification in personal particulars such as a change of name where police verification will be required.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A DUPLICATE PASSPORT IN CASE OF LOSS OR DAMAGED PASSPORT?
You need to apply for a re-issue of your passport in case of loss or damage of passport to get a duplicate passport.

I lost my passport in the U.S. and have been sent to India on Emergency Certificate. Can I be issued a new passport? If yes, what are the documents needed to get a passport?
In case of lost passport, you need to apply for re-issue of passport. Following documents must be submitted along with the application:.

  1. Proof of Present Address
  2. Proof of Date of Birth
  3. Affidavit stating how and where the passport got lost/damaged (Annexure ‘F’)
  4. Police report in original
  5. Self-attested photocopy of first two and last two pages, including ECR/Non-ECR page of old passport, if available.

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