After apply passport if you want to get regular updates on your mobile phone for your Passport application the following method is optional value added service for passport applicants provided by passport seva. This is effect from the month of November 2013 and also premium SMS service is enabled for PSKs.
The SMS Service you can get from any mobile phones not necessarily from smart phones. After you finish the registration you will receive the status of your passport applications and pending actions through the SMS service and receive alerts and updates of your passport application.
If you want to know the current status of your passport application you can send an SMS query at any time to PSK and also you may receive upto 9 SMS based on your passport application status.
kindly note that registration of passport SMS service is purely optional and registration charge is not a part of Passport Fee.
If you choose not intrested on the SMS service you will get the normal communication SMS like dispatch of passport..
If you want to register for SMS service by paying a one time registration fee of Rs.30/- inclusive of all taxes payable in cash at your passport seva kendra before applying kindly read the terms and conditions carefully for the this service.
Steps to follow to register for SMS service:
step 1 : While submitting application select " SMS Service "
step 2 : When visiting passport seva kendra pay by cash inperson.
otherwise
After submission of passport application form online or upload e-form we can register through the link " Enrol of SMS Service " under the service section after the login details....
When we finish the registration of Passport SMS Service the registered mobile number will get the following details..
1. For exceptions or errors in processing at any stages , penalty and show cause notice , for submitting of documents
2. updates like police verification and passport dispatch.
If you want to know more about the passport application we can sending an SMS to 9704100100 in the following format....
< STATUS > --- < SPACE > ----- < FILE NO. > ----- send it to the above mobile no
