22.8.13

New Process for online appointment booking for Passport


New Process for online appointment booking for Passport

The new process for booking Passport Seva kendra appointments through Passport seva online portal has under gone a few changes. As per the new process of appointments date and time willbe automatically allotted by the system as per the availability of appointment slots at the desired passport seva kendra Prior payment of passport service fee has been mandatory for booking appointments at PSKs. For this purpose, the Online Payment feature has been introduced through the Passport Seva Online Portal. The Online Payment functionality has been deployed in phased manner starting with the Dehradun Passport Office.

An applicant will be able to cancel/reschedule the appointment only twice within one year of first appointment date.System will not allow booking of online appointment for that ARN once two reschedule options are exercised or first appointment was scheduled more than one year ago.


Passport seva Appointment Booking process Through Online Payment:-

Prior Payment of applicable passport service fee has been made mandatory for booking appointments in all passport seva kendras. online payment for passport or related service fee can be done using one of the following payment methods...
E-Payment method

1. Internet Banking through SBI and associate bank accounts only
2. Debit card Master and Visa Card only
3. Credit card Master and Visa card only

Challan payment Mode: Bank Challan payable at SBI branches in India only

Passport Office Appointment Time for each office

Appointment Opening Time 

The Current opening time of appointments for each passport office is as given below....

Passport Office            Time

Ahmedabad-----------02:00 PM

Amritsar---------------05:00 PM

Bangalore-------------06:30 PM

Bareilly----------------04:00 PM

Bhopal-----------------11:00 AM

Bhubaneshwar--------11:00 AM

Chandigarth-----------11:00 AM

Chennai----------------02:30 PM

Cochin -----------------01:30 PM

Coimbatore------------01:30 PM

Passport Seva Project Wins eINDIA Award for Excellence:

The PSP - Passport seva project has been conferred with eINDIA Governance Award 2013 under the Government to citizens initiative category. Earlier the PSP was awarded the csi-Nihilent Award for being for the most significant e governance initiative of the government of india during 2011-2012 after that  2013 award was presented by Minister of information technology government of andhra pradesh, Shri ponnalla Lakshmaiah on 23-24 july 2013. TATA Consultancy services as a service partener with Passport seva project approved by Inion cabinet and launched in public private partnership mode to deliver all passport related service to the citizens in a teliable manner and timely and comfortable environment. 

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