You may like to read the General Passport FAQ for this answer - New Passport.
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1. Get the Passport Application Form: One can apply for Passport through Online Registration, (after doing online registration, get print outs of the application form) Apart from this applicant can submit directly in the respective passport office/ DPCs/Speed post centers, get the relevant application form.
2. Fill the form: The Passport Application Form is Machine Readable. Please follow the form filling instructions.
Note: All original documents are to be shown at the time of submission of the passport application form. With the Original Passport Application Form, self-attested copies of all required documents need to be attached. Illiterate applicants should put only thumb impression in the box meant for thumb impression/signature. In case an applicant has stayed at more than one address during the last one year, he/she should furnish two additional photocopies of the PP form for each additional place of stay.
3. Submit/apply the form: For Online Registration, the applicant has to submit the print outs of the application form along with required documents to the respective passport office in the appointment date and time printed. Apart from this Passport Applications can be submitted at
The counter of the Passport office
The Speed Post centers
District Passport Cells
Passport Collection Centers
4. Get the Police Clearance when it reaches to your local police station
