New Passport in lieu of expired passports

On the normal expiry of the validity of a passport, a fresh passport is issued for a full-validity of 10-years. The applicant can choose between a 36-page booklet or a 60-page booklet. The application can be made from one year prior to the expiry date of the old passport. The following documents are required for this service:

• Application form for New Passport [168 kb. *.doc], complete in all respects. The application form has to be signed at three different places (plus on pasted photograph), including the declaration. Without this, no service can be rendered..

In case the passport has not been issued from this Embassy, clearance would be required from the original Passport Issuing Authority. This can take upto 30 days. In the interim, the old passport (if still valid) can be returned to the applicant. In exceptional cases, a short validity passport (1 year) would be issued to the applicant to travel urgently, which has to be renewed to full validity subsequently. The charges for the short validity passport is the same as that of the full validity one and there are no charges for subsequent renewal.