All Indian citizens who depart or intend to depart from India are required to have a valid passport or travel document. Under the Passports Act 1967, the Government of India may issue different types of passports and travel documents. Applicants in the United States of America are required to apply for their passports through SE Indian Consular Application centres.

Your Indian passport establishes your identity in a foreign country. Hence it is important to have it re-issued before the date of expiry. The passport can be submitted for re-issue up to one year before the date of expiry.
Your Indian passport is a valuable document. It should always be either in your custody or in the custody of a person duly authorized by you. If lost or destroyed, the fact and circumstances should be immediately reported to the nearest Mission and the local police.
We suggest that you keep a photocopy of your Indian passport in a safe place, separate from the passport. The photocopy should include the pages showing the personal particulars, the validity of the passport, date/place of issue, also the stamp of departure from India, entry in the USA, and the visa issued by the US / Foreign authorities.
All minors are required to have a separate passport. The old practice of including a child’s name in the Passport of either of the parents has been discontinued.
On acquiring US/Foreign nationality, the Indian Passport should be submitted to the nearest SE Indian Consular Application Centre for cancellation as per the Consular Jurisdiction. It is returned to the holder after cancellation. The use of an Indian passport for travel to India after acquiring any foreign nationality is an offense and invites penalty. After acquiring US/Foreign citizenship, you do not remain an Indian citizen and need an Indian visa to travel to India.

Fresh passport application online

Fresh passport application online is made easy by online passport agents at Samrudhi Enterprises. We escort you through the entire passport application process by helping you fill the passport application form, required passport documents verification, booking passport appointment slot as per your convenience thus making the online passport application process a walk in the park.

Passport is a very essential identity document in today’s fast paced life and a mandatory one for those who want to travel abroad for various purposes like education, business, family, vacation, medical and many more. It is used as an ID as well as address proof for various other documents required to live in today’s era.

As per the Passport Act passed in 1967, the Indian Government issues various types of passport like Ordinary Passport, Diplomatic Passport and Official Passport.

The government has a normal and Tatkal scheme to issue fresh and renewal of passports.
Tatkal scheme is apt for people who would like to get their passports in a short span of time by providing additional documents.
Using normal scheme, you can get a fresh passport within 4 weeks from the date of passport application form submission. When applying in Tatkal, you can get the passport within 1 week.

Samrudhi Enterprises team will assist you with –

Accurate documentation

Filing passport application

Getting a convenient time slot at the nearest PSK office

Police verification of the passport

Tracking the passport status

Documents Required for fresh passport:

Date of Birth Proof- 10th Mark sheet/ PAN card/ Matriculation certificate/ Annexure “A” ( for person above 50 years of age )
Proof of present residential address – Aadhar card, notarized rental agreement, voter’s ID, electricity bill, water bill, bank passbook with photo & seal, SC or ST or OBC certificate, ration card ( any two in case of normal scheme and any 3 in case of tatkal scheme ).
ECNR proof- 10th mark sheet

Fresh Passport application – Process to follow

Upload your documents for pre-check
Make 100% payment online
Application submission by the applicant
Appointment for visit to passport office taken by Samrudhi Enterprises team
Applicant’s visit to the passport office on schedule date and time
Police verification
Receive passport by post

Passport renewal online

Passport renewal online is a cakewalk when you take assistance from online passport agents at SE. We escort you through the entire passport renewal process by helping you fill the passport renewal application form, required passport renewal documents, passport appointment booking thus making the process to renew your passport online, a walk in the park.

Renewal or re-issue of passport can be applied in the following circumstances:

Passport validity expired
Passport gets damaged
Lost case
Stolen
Exhaustion of pages
Change of appearance
Change of name
Change or addition of spouse name
Change of address
Deletion of ECR

Documents Required for passport renewal:

Old passport
Proof of Residence in case address changes
Annexure F & I in case of Tatkal Passport (Address is different from address mentioned in the passport)
FIR in theft and lost cases
Marriage certificate or affidavit for the addition of spouse name
10th certificate for deletion of ECR

Passport renewal process:

Upload documents for pre-check
Make 100% payment online
Application submission by applicant
Appointment for visit to passport office taken by Samrudhi Enterprises team
Applicant’s visit to the passport office on schedule date and time
Police verification
Receive passport by post

Lost passport renewal

If you have lost or misplaced your passport within India, you need to first file a
report at the nearest police station stating that you have lost or misplaced
the passport. While traveling abroad and somehow you have lost or misplaced
your passport, immediately file a complaint to nearest police station abroad
and to the Indian embassy.

In case of a stolen passport and if you are aware who stole it, an FIR to be lodged against the person who has stolen your passport. In case you are not certain about who has stolen the passport, you have to lodge an FIR against an unidentified person or persons.

Documents required for lost passport renewal

Passport application form
Photocopy of your lost passport. If the photocopy of your passport is
not available then passport number, place of issue and date of issue is
required.
Date of birth proof
Annexure “L”
Original FIR report
Proof of present address

Lost passport renewal: Process to follow

Sign up
Upload documents for pre-check
Make 100% payment online
Application submission
Appointment for visit to passport office taken by Samrudhi Enterprises team
Applicant’s visit to the passport office on schedule date and time
Clear police verification
Receive passport by post

Passport application for Minor

Passport application for minor or passport renewal for minor can be availed from our dedicated passport consultants. An applicant who is below 18 years of age is considered as minor with regard to issuance of passport. Both parents/ legal guardians give consent to minors to apply for a passport. Minors can apply only for 36 pages passport and are not eligible to apply for 60 pages of passport. Minor passport is valid for five years or till he attains 18 years of age whichever is earlier in terms of validity. In case, a minor who is aged between 15 years and 18 years, is eligible to apply for a passport which is valid for 10 years. However, passport fee for 10 years valid passport is more compared to the passport which is valid till the minor becomes 18 years of age. Also, a 10 year valid passport issued to a minor is always subject to police verification clearance.

Documents required for minor passport application

Passport application form print out
Appointment letter
Birth certificate issued by the government
authority
Signed copy of Annexure D by both parents
Present address proof: passport copies of
both parents

Passport application for minor: Process to follow

Sign up
Upload documents for pre-check
Make 100% payment online
Application submission by applicant
Appointment for visit to passport office taken by Samrudhi Enterprises team
Applicant’s visit to the passport office on schedule date and time
Clear police verification- in case of 10 years valid passport
Receive passport by post

What is a damaged passport?

A passport can be considered as damaged in the following conditions:

Residual stains on passport due to close contact to water, oil, paint etc.
Scribbling by pen on any of the passport pages
Lamination worn out in the passport first or last page
Torn pages, missing pages or wearing out near binding threads

Based on the extent of damage, passport can be applied under normal or tatkaal mode:

If the passport number is readable, the name is legible and the photo is intact people are eligible to apply under normal or tatkaal scheme
If the passport is damaged beyond recognition, one can apply only under normal mode

Documents required for damaged passport:

Old passport
Proof of Residence in case address changes
Annexure F & I in case of Tatkal Passport (Address is different from
address mentioned in the passport)
FIR in theft and lost cases
Marriage certificate or affidavit for the addition of spouse name
10th certificate for deletion of ECR