Passport Application Form

1. Offline: The second method involves filling out the electronic form offline and uploading it later at the site provided.  Additionally, there are two ways to access offline passport applications. 

Getting your passport form online is easier, quicker and more convenient than getting it offline. It should also be noted that going the offline route is only possible for new or fresh passport application forms. This is because the abovementioned centers (except PSKs) do not process any other type of application.

Where to Submit Your Indian Passport Application

Depending on the application method, passport application forms can be completed and submitted either online or offline. Print forms are submitted offline, while online forms are submitted online. On the passport website, online applications are made. 

The PSK and other collection facilities are where you can submit documents offline. Depending on how the forms are filed, the amount of the passport application fee and how the documents must be presented may also change. 

Passport Application Form Online

Forms for various types of passport forms can be accessed on the passport portal under the section 'forms and affidavits' in the left navigation tab.
Here, you will find the following -

1. E-forms for download
2. Application forms for printing
3. Annexures to forms and supporting affidavits
4. Format of statement of undertaking GSR 570(e)

e-Form for Passport Application

You either fill them out and submit them online or download them first, fill them offline then upload them later. You can download the following e-forms from the passport website.

1. Form for new or fresh passport application
2. Form for renewal passport application
3. Forms (individual) for police clearance certificate, identity certificate and surrender certificate application

For applications processed at PSKs or regional passport offices (RPOs), e-forms have to be submitted online i.e. Printed versions of the same will not be accepted at these centers. Also, applicants must have at least version 9 of the acrobat reader to open any of these e-forms.

How to Print the Passport Application Form

The passport portal offers links to forms that may be downloaded and printed even though the e-forms can only be submitted online. They can be completed offline by handwriting in the information and physically turned in at the appropriate passport centre. These forms must be printed back-to-back on a4-sized paper.
The following printable forms are available for download from the passport website -

1. Main form for new or fresh/ renewal or reissue passport application
2. Supplementary form for new or fresh/ renewal or reissue passport application
3. Instructions booklet for the abovementioned main and supplementary forms
4. Forms (individual) for police clearance certificate, identity certificate and surrender certificate
5. Form for loc permit

As with the e-forms the applicants must have at least version 9 of the acrobat reader to open these forms.

Annexures and Affidavits

Affidavits, particular certifications, declarations, and particular letters, among others, are submitted with passport applications as annexures when necessary. There are several different annexures and/or affidavit kinds that can be accessed, downloaded, and printed, including -

1. Annexure A : This is an affidavit for submission by illiterate applicants supporting their birth date.
2. Annexure B : All employees of the central or state governments, statutory bodies, and public sector organisations are required to provide this identity certificate. This also applies to such employees' wives and minor children (those under the age of 18).
3. Annexure C : This is an affidavit for the submission of a passport application by the mother or father of a minor kid in a situation where the parents are not legally divorced but are living apart.
4. Annexure D : This is an affidavit for submission by a lady applying to change her name in the passport post marriage.
5. Annexure E : This is an affidavit for submission in case of application for change in name or deed or sworn affidavit.
6. Annexure F : This is a verification certificate for passports applied for on tatkal basis. Passport authorities may verify this certificate for authenticity.
7. Annexure G : this is a declaration for submission by a minor's parent or guardian for a minor's passport. This is in cases where only one parent has given consent for the minor to obtain a passport.
8. Annexure H : This is a declaration for submission by a minor's parents or guardians for a minor's passport.
9. Annexure I : This is the standard affidavit in which the applicant states his\ her name, his\ her parents' and spouse's name (if any). The applicant also states his\ her residential address, and that he\ she is an indian citizen and free of criminal record among other details.
10. Annexure J : This sample verification certificate must be enclosed with the standardised affidavit previously indicated (annexure i). Directors, owners, or partners of its member firms get it as a gift from the chairs of top business associations.
11. Annexure K :  This sample verification certificate must be enclosed with the standardised affidavit previously indicated (annexure i). Directors, owners, or partners of its member firms get it as a gift from the chairs of top business associations. 
12. Annexure l : this is a specimen affidavit for submission to apply for a passport in place of a damaged or lost passport.
13. Annexure M : this is a no objection certificate issued by a particular ministry or department or office stating that no objection to the applicant getting the passport.
14. Annexure N : This is a letter of advance notification for submission by a candidate who works for the government, a public organisation, or a statutory authority. The letter is completed to let the employer know that the applicant is applying for a passport.
15. Authority letter :This is a letter of authorization that a passport applicant fills out to allow someone other than themselves to submit their application. It can also be used to give someone else permission to pick up the passport and any necessary paperwork.

Undertaking GSR 570 (e)

This statement of undertaking includes the applicant's name, parents' names, and spouse's name (if any), and is submitted on plain paper. Along with the pertinent passport file number or application reference number (ARN), it also contains the applicant's current living address.

Relevant information concerning the applicant's criminal history should also be provided.