Passport guidance that keeps your travel plan moving.
We help travelers handle new applications, renewals, re-issue cases, and document readiness with a clearer, more guided process.
Every other travel document depends on the passport being right. A visa cannot be issued without it, an air ticket cannot be booked in a name that does not match it, and a passport with six months or less validity will be refused at immigration in most countries regardless of the visa inside it.
New passport applications
A first passport needs proof of identity, proof of address, proof of date of birth and, in some cases, older school records. The application is filed online, an appointment is taken at a Passport Seva Kendra, and biometrics and photographs are captured in person. Police verification follows, and it is usually the step that decides whether the passport arrives in three weeks or three months.
Renewal
If your passport is expiring, the route depends on how much validity is left and whether anything else has changed. A straightforward renewal with the same details can often be done under the normal category with a shorter document set. A renewal close to expiry with no other changes is the simplest case we handle.
Re-issue
A re-issue is required when the passport is not simply expiring. The common cases are:
- Lost or stolen passport, which needs a police complaint copy and an affidavit.
- Damaged passport, including water damage or a broken spine.
- Name change after marriage or after a legal name change.
- Address change, where the new address is outside the old jurisdiction.
- Major appearance change, or a child's passport crossing into adult validity.
- Exhausted pages in a frequently used passport.
How long it actually takes
Normal processing is typically two to four weeks after police verification clears, and verification itself adds one to three weeks depending on the address and the local police station. Tatkal reduces the passport office stage to a few working days but does not remove police verification. Anyone quoting a fixed delivery date without knowing your address history is guessing.
The usual reasons an application stalls
- Address proof that does not match the address entered on the form.
- A name spelled differently across Aadhaar, PAN, marksheets and the old passport.
- Missing annexures for minor applicants or for a name-change case.
- Police verification pending because nobody was available at the address.
- An old passport that was never surrendered after a re-issue abroad.
What we do, and what we do not
We are not the passport office and we cannot influence processing. What we do is review the document set before you file, flag the mismatches that cause rejections, book the appointment, prepare the annexures, and follow up so nothing sits unattended. Most delays we see are avoidable errors made at the filing stage rather than problems at the passport office.
Once the passport is in hand, the next step for most travellers is a visa. Our visa services page covers categories, documents and appointment handling. If you need proof of travel for a visa file before you have booked anything, a flight itinerary with a live PNR is usually the cheapest way to satisfy that requirement.
