how and where i can apply for passport in india i am from Andhra pradesh. can i apply in bangalore?

Question

i am from andhra pradesh state in india how and where i can apply for passport and what are the requirements for that. can i apply it in bangalore if so what should i have to carry with me and how much time it will take to get the passport what about police verification and fee for applying a new passport

Answer 1

You can apply for passport from any place where you are residing but should have a proof of residence. Now with the introduction of new tatkal scheme you can get passport within a week even without police verification. Read this for further details :-
Do you need Passport urgently?
You require a Verification Certificate as per the specimen in Annexure 'G' in the Information Booklet attached to the application form.
AUTHORITIES COMPETENT TO ISSUE VERIFICATION CERTIFICATES

i) A Deputy Secretary/Director/Joint Secretary
/Addl.Secretary/Spl.Secretary/ Secretary/Cabinet
Secretary to Government of India
ii) A Joint Secretary/Addl. Secretary/Spl Secretary/Chief
Secretary to a State Govt
iii) A District Superintendent of Police/Range
DIG/IG/DGP of district of residence of applicant
iv) A Colonel and above or its equivalent in Air Force
and Navy
v) Officer not below the rank of General Manager of a
Public Sector Undertaking of the Government of India.
vi) District Magistrate.
vii) All members of any All-India Service or Central Service
who are equivalent to or above the rank of a Deputy
Secretary to the Government i.e., in the pay scale of
Rs.12,000 - Rs.16,500 or above
viii)Resident Commissioners of all State Government based
in Delhi.

A Photograph of the applicant must be pasted on the Verification Certificate and signature of the verifying officer should be partly on the photograph and partly on the Verification Certificate. An out-of-turn passport is issued only in cases of specified emergencies on production of documentary evidence.


The Verification Certificate should be on official letter head of
Issuing Authority with office seal and should also bear
reference number of Issuing Authority. The applicant's
personal appearance before Officers in Regional Passport
Office is required to apply under Tatkaal scheme.


Passports/services can be issued on out of turn basis under
Tatkaal Scheme on payment of additional fee as prescribed
for various services.


The additional fee for Out of Turn (Tatkaal) Passports would
be as follows:

i) For issue of fresh out of turn (Tatkaal)
Passport within 10 days of the date of
application Rs.1500/-

For issue of Fresh out of turn (Tatkaal)
Passport between eleven to twenty
days of the date of application Rs.1000/-


ii) For issue of duplicate out of turn (Tatkaal)
Passport in lieu of an ordinary passport
where it has been lost, stolen / damaged


Time taken Tatkaal fees
applicable
Within 10 days Rs.2500/-
Between 11 and 20 days Rs.1500/-



iii) In all re-issue of passport after expiry of 10/20 years' validity where the passport is to be re-issued out of turn (Tatkaal) Passport

Tatkal fee is Rs.1,500/-(within 5 days of the date of application)

Answer 2

Any state may have two to four regional passport offices, you can say 1 regional pport off per 3 crore population. In AP in Hyd and either in Vijayawade or in Vizag one more reg passport office would be there.

If you are in damn immediate need go for reg p port office option otherwise in each dist collector office passport cell will be there.

Recently first of this month Govt decided to verify some 14 documents like you ration card to issue passport carry any 3 of them you will receive passport without police verification

Answer 3

Go to any post office which is also a business centre. You will get the forms from there and arrange to submit the same with a draft for Rs.1000 infavour of your Regional passport officer of your region.

See this link for eligibility and other details:

http://passport.nic.in/

Answer 4

if you present stay in bangalore and adress proof in there ,you can apply

Answer 5

visit this site. all your doubts will be cleared

http://passport.nic.in/