Passport Seva Kendras

Passport rules 2025: New birth certificate rules and other key changes

Under the new rules, individuals born on or after October 1, 2023, must present a birth certificate as the sole accepted proof of their date of birth. No other documents will be considered valid

Passport Seva Kendra to be set up in each Lok Sabha constituency: Scindia

Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said a Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) will be opened in each of the country's 543 parliamentary constituencies. Scindia made the announcement while inaugurating a Passport Seva Kendra in Madhya Pradesh's Guna, the parliamentary constituency he represents. The Union minister also said that six new passport centres will be opened in MP this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to establish a Passport Seva Kendra in each parliamentary constituency with the aim of expanding services. The Department of Posts, in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, is committed to making this resolution a reality, he said. The minister also informed that 6,000 post offices have been opened across the country. We should try to revive the tradition of writing letters by hand in the country because it expresses the true feelings of the heart, he said. The minister said that several technological changes have taken pl

India Post, MEA sign pact for 600 new Passport Seva Kendras at POs: Scindia

The Department of Posts and the Ministry of External Affairs have signed an agreement to set up an additional 600 passport seva kendras at post offices, Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Friday. Speaking at the India Economic Enclave 2024, the minister said India Post has about 6,40,000 points of sales across the country and no one in the world can match its scale. "In the next 3-4 years, we will become a citizen-centric service. We have signed an agreement with the MEA today where we will set up 600 more networks for passport seva kendras, hopefully servicing one crore citizens per year through our network," the minister said. Launched in 2017, the Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) service has been instrumental in facilitating passport-related services to over 1.52 crore citizens. The network of POPSKs has grown significantly over the years, with 442 centres operational nationwide. According to an official note, the 600 POPSKs centres will be set up acr

Passport Seva Portal down for 5 days: Check hours, appointment updates

Passport Seva Portal down: Beginning 8:00 pm today, all functions of the Passport Seva Portal will be suspended until 6:00 am on September 2

We will soon embark on Passport Seva Programme Version 2.0: Jaishankar

EAM called on passport-issuing authorities to join him in renewing the pledge to provide passport and related services to people in a "timely, reliable, accessible, transparent and efficient manner."

Want to change your passport photo online? Check instructions, details

To change the photo in the passport, you have to apply for a re-issue of the passport

India's e-passport rollout to start by end of year: All you need to know

TCS is working on a passport project with the government; earlier this year, the MEA renewed its 10-year Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) deal worth more than Rs 6,000 crore with the firm

MEA aims to open 'Passport Seva Kendra' in every LS constituency

The MEA signed an agreement for the second phase of the Passport Seva Programme (PSP-V2.0) with TCS, for opening of a Seva Kendra in every Lok Sabha constituency

TCS bags phase 2 of Centre's passport plan valued at up to Rs 8,000 cr

In the next phase of program, TCS will refresh existing facilities and systems, and develop new solutions to enable issuance of e-passports using technologies such as biometrics, data analytics, etc

Reforms needed to be done in passport issuance, says S Jaishankar

In collaboration with the Department of Posts, we embarked on really a very transformational initiative, which has allowed us in the last three years to open 424 POPSKs, he said

Passport issuance at 42 Indian missions integrated to passport seva project

The Ministry is in the process of linking and integrating all the Missions and Posts abroad with the PSP

India eases passport procedure in US consulates, reduces time to 48 hours

The Passport Seva Project prints Indian passports in the US and reduces turnaround for applicants

Govt aims to set up one post office passport centre every 50 km

Swaraj announces 149 POPSKs in addition to the 86 announced earlier