Online Registration & Appointment for Passport

• Visit the website http://www.passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/welcomeLink
• Register ‘user name’ and assign a ‘password’
• Log in using your ‘user name’ and ‘password’
• Fill online application form  (Column-wise guide to fill form) as the case may be and submit online (alternatively, download e-form, fill up and upload the same at the portal). Uploading of documents is optional
• Take a print of Application Reference Number (ARN) and visit the PSK along with a copy of the printed ARN
• Now take an appointment to visit the nearest Passport Seva Kendra (appointments are released region-wise). It is advised that the citizen should be ready with step ‘1’ to ‘5’ above before the ‘appointment release time’. As soon as appointments are released (please see region-wise timings), they should click on ‘manage appointment’ button to book the appointment as per available slots. In case you are not able to obtain appointment for a particular date, you may revisit the portal to take appointment again
• Visit the Passport Seva Kendra with requisite original documents and their photocopies. Photograph is not required. The list of requisite documents is available at the website.
• Applicants who, despite appointment, have been “refused token” due to non-availability of required set of documents can re-visit  the same PSK as “Walk-IN”, within next 3 working days from the date of appointment and as per the time slot mentioned in the appointment slip. On-line appointment is not mandatory for these applicants

Some categories are allowed as Walk-in applicants and obtaining online appointment is not mandatory. [Please see: - Walk-in Appointments with online Registration]

In case you are unable to secure appointment or don’t fall under Walk-in category, you may visit concerned Passport Office for submission of manual passport application form if permitted by the concerned RPO [Please see: - Manual Submission of Applications].

Alternatively RPO may consider giving staggered appointments keeping in view the load/capacity at the respective PSK under their jurisdiction.

Tatkaal and other urgency applications will be given preference in allotting appointments through this route. Such applicants should fill-up the application online, generate 'Application Reference Number' and visit RPO along with printed copy of 'ARN Sheet'