Sunday, 9 September 2012

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OF PASSPORT APPLICATION FORM AND SUPPLEMENTARY FORM

CAUTION
A passport is issued under the Passports Act, 1967. It is an offence punishable with imprisonment or fine or both, to furnish false
information or suppress information, which attracts penal and other action under relevant provisions of Section 12 of the Passports
Act, 1967. Passport is a very valuable document. Hence, all holders are required to take due care that it does not get damaged,
mutilated or lost. Passports should not be sent out to any country by post/ courier.
Loss of passport should be immediately reported to the nearest Police Station and to the Passport Office or Indian Mission, if
abroad. Passport holder shall be responsible for misuse of passport, due to non-intimation of loss, to the concerned Passport
Office/Indian Mission. Passport is a government property and should be surrendered when demanded in writing by any Passport
Issuing Authority.
This booklet is an abridged version of all the important instructions.  In case of any doubt please visit our website
www.passportindia.gov.in
Please read these instructions carefully before filling the application form
The Application Form consists of two forms, i.e., Passport Application Form and Supplementary Form. References for columns to be filled in
the Supplementary Form have been given in the Passport Application Form, which has to be filled only if they are applicable to you, else leave
them blank.


This Passport Application Form and Supplementary Form, issued by the Government of India, is machine-readable. It will be scanned by
Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) enabled scanners. Incomplete or inappropriately-filled application form will not be accepted. Please
follow the instructions given below while filling the form.


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