Passport Verification

An Indian passport remains valid for ten years from the date of issue, necessitating renewal thereafter.

Seeking dismissal of the writ petition filed by PDP president Mehbooba Muftis daughter for issuance of a passport, the criminal investigation department wing of police has informed the High Court that her final verification report was forwarded.

mPassport Police App was launched by the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday, as part of the ministry's efforts to expedite and streamline police verification of passport issuance. According to a regional passport officer, verification using tablets will effectively reduce the passport issuance timeline by 10 days.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated an online facility for passport verification -- mPassport Seva -- and dedicated the mobile forensic vehicles inducted into the Delhi Police to people.

An unidentified person got access to the log-in ID and password of a Mumbai police officer in the passport branch and cleared three applications pending verification, an official said on Wednesday.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey has said no citizen here will be called to police station for the passport verification process, as done earlier, an official said on Sunday.

In order to apply for a passport or get re-issuance, you will have to go to the passport office for verification at the least. Follow the steps below to find the most nearby passport office online.

Jammu and Kashmir Police has set up a helpline for facilitating information to people on the status and verification of any queries related to issuance of passports.

The Facebook user was left stunned to see the Facebook representative landing at his home for inquiring about a post.

The passport office at Mumbai had issued a passport valid for 10 years to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi in 2015 without a police verification report, Mumbai police said on Saturday without elaborating why he was exempted.

The External Affairs Ministry today said the police verification report on the passport of Tanvi Seth, who had accused a Lucknow passport official of humiliating her and her husband over their inter-faith marriage, is under examination.

Aadhaar is secure and nothing can impact the security of Aadhaar database, said Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in a series of tweets posted on its official handle-uidai.gov.in. According to UIDAI, the entire Aadhaar system is secure. This clarification came after rumours were surfaced on social media that Aadhaar PDF has been avai...

Passports issued in western Uttar Pradesh's Deoband belt and beyond will re-verified by the police to find if there are more cases of Bangladeshi extremists getting a passport. One person, suspected to be linked to the Ansarullah Bangla Team -- a Bangladesh-based extremist group inspired by the Al Qaeda, arrested earlier in August from neighbourin...

Puducherry is the second Union Territory after Daman and Diu to launch the mobile App scheme to speed up passport issuance.

The painful passport verification process - often involving bribing local police officers who confirm your address and identity - could soon be simplified to just a few clicks.

An Indian passport remains valid for ten years from the date of issue, necessitating renewal thereafter.

Seeking dismissal of the writ petition filed by PDP president Mehbooba Muftis daughter for issuance of a passport, the criminal investigation department wing of police has informed the High Court that her final verification report was forwarded.

mPassport Police App was launched by the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday, as part of the ministry's efforts to expedite and streamline police verification of passport issuance. According to a regional passport officer, verification using tablets will effectively reduce the passport issuance timeline by 10 days.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated an online facility for passport verification -- mPassport Seva -- and dedicated the mobile forensic vehicles inducted into the Delhi Police to people.

An unidentified person got access to the log-in ID and password of a Mumbai police officer in the passport branch and cleared three applications pending verification, an official said on Wednesday.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey has said no citizen here will be called to police station for the passport verification process, as done earlier, an official said on Sunday.

In order to apply for a passport or get re-issuance, you will have to go to the passport office for verification at the least. Follow the steps below to find the most nearby passport office online.

Jammu and Kashmir Police has set up a helpline for facilitating information to people on the status and verification of any queries related to issuance of passports.

The Facebook user was left stunned to see the Facebook representative landing at his home for inquiring about a post.

The passport office at Mumbai had issued a passport valid for 10 years to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi in 2015 without a police verification report, Mumbai police said on Saturday without elaborating why he was exempted.

The External Affairs Ministry today said the police verification report on the passport of Tanvi Seth, who had accused a Lucknow passport official of humiliating her and her husband over their inter-faith marriage, is under examination.

Aadhaar is secure and nothing can impact the security of Aadhaar database, said Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in a series of tweets posted on its official handle-uidai.gov.in. According to UIDAI, the entire Aadhaar system is secure. This clarification came after rumours were surfaced on social media that Aadhaar PDF has been avai...

Passports issued in western Uttar Pradesh's Deoband belt and beyond will re-verified by the police to find if there are more cases of Bangladeshi extremists getting a passport. One person, suspected to be linked to the Ansarullah Bangla Team -- a Bangladesh-based extremist group inspired by the Al Qaeda, arrested earlier in August from neighbourin...

Puducherry is the second Union Territory after Daman and Diu to launch the mobile App scheme to speed up passport issuance.

The painful passport verification process - often involving bribing local police officers who confirm your address and identity - could soon be simplified to just a few clicks.