RTI Passport - Step-by-Step Guide to Filing an Application
Courtesy Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005, any citizen of India can request the Passport Office to disclose any information that falls under the person's right to knowledge.
To obtain information using RTI, the individual needs to send a request in writing or online to the Chief Public Information Officer of Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) Division, Ministry of External Affairs.
How to File an Application under RTI
Follow the instructions given below to file an application under RTI:
Step 1: Visit https://rtionline.gov.in/
Step 2: On the website, click on 'Submit a request option'.
Step 3: On 'Guidelines for use of RTI online portal', tick the checkbox and click on 'Submit'.
Step 4: From the dropdown menu, select the department or ministry for which you want to make an application.
Step 5: Upon application submission, a unique reference number would be generated which you need to save for future use.
Step 6: In case a citizen is from non-BPL category, he should select the option 'No' in 'Is the applicant below the poverty line?
Step 7: The applicant would be required to make payment if Rs.10 as per the RTI rules.
Step 8: The text for RTI request application should be up to 3000 characters. If the text is more than 3000 characters, then the application can be uploaded in supporting document field.
Step 9: Click on make payment.
Step 10: The online payment modes will be displayed. Complete the payment.
RTI Application Fees
If the application is being submitted physically at the Regional Passport Offices, the fee can be paid in cash or through Demand Draft/Banker's cheque/ Indian Postal Order which is drawn in favor of the Passport Officer of the concerned Passport Office, payable at the place where the passport office is located.
The application fees can be paid using internet banking / credit card / debit card / other payment facilities available on the RTI Online Portal, if the RTI application is made through the portal. People who fall under the BPL category need not pay the application fee if the necessary documents are provided at the time of the filing of the RTI application.
As per the directive of the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension of the Indian Government (no. 34012/8(s)/2005 Estt - B dated 16.09.2005, for obtaining information under sub-section (1) and (5) of Section 7, an additional fee is charged.
Under Subsection (1) of Section 7
For each page created or copied in A-4 size paper - Rs.2. For each page created or copied in A-3 size paper - Rs.2. For samples or models - actual cost price. For copies in larger size paper - actual cost price. For inspection of records - no fee for the first hour, and Rs.5 per hour after that.
Under Subsection (5) of Section 7
If information is provided in a diskette or floppy - Rs.50. If information is provided in print - Rs.2 per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.
Note: The mode of payment for the additional fee is the same as that provided for the payment of the application fees. If additional fees is required to be paid for obtaining information, the concerned authority will communicate the requirement for additional fee payment to the applicant.
When can an Applicant file an Appeal?
An appeal can be submitted to the Appellate Authority by the applicant if:
- The applicant has not received a decision within the time that is specified under Subsection (1) or Clause (a) of Subsection (3) of Section 7.
- The applicant is aggrieved by a decision of the Public Information Officer (PIO).
Note: The appeal can be filed within 30 days of the above mentioned instances.
Format for filing RTI Application to Obtain Information
To file an RTI application, either in writing or through electronic means, there is certain format. The format which needs to be used by applicants while filling in RTI applications that needs to be sent to the Chief Public Information Officer or Public Information Officer is mentioned below:
To,
The Chief Public Information Officer (or) / Public Information Officer
CPV Division/ Regional Passport Officer/ Passport Officer
✔ Full Name of the Applicant (in capital letters)
✔ _______________________________ Fill out your name here, as it appears in official records like Driving License, Birth Certificate, etc.
✔Father's / Husband Name (in capital letters) _______________________________ Fill out this information here, as it appears in official records like their Passports. Do not include if no Father's Name / Husband's Name is available.
✔ Complete address _____________________________
✔ _____________________________ Fill this out with the same address as appears in your passport, and on other identity + address proof documents.
✔Pin code_____________________________
✔Telephone No. Office ________ Res.____________ Mobile ______________ Fill in the number on which you can be contacted at any time of the day.
✔ Whether belong to BPL category (if yes, please attach a copy of the BPL / Antyodaya ration card (please tick) Yes ___No____ to claim waiver of the application fee)
✔Details of Application Fee / Additional Fee:- (Application Fee - Rs.10/-; Addl. Fee - @Rs.2/- per page for A-4 size paper created or copied, by Cash, DD/BC/IPO to be drawn in favour of 'Accounts Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, if the application is submitted at the CPV Division, Patiala House, New Delhi or Passport Officer' payable at local office where the application is submitted:
✔Cash Receipt/
✔DD/Bankers
✔Cheque / IPO No
✔Date Name of the issuing
✔Bank/Authority
✔Amount (Rs.)_______
✔Particulars of information required (please enclose separate sheet, if required, indicating specific details of information required and the preferred medium i.e. inspection, photocopy, softcopy, etc.)
✔Write the required information here
DECLARATION
I state that the information sought does not fall within the restriction contained in Section 8 & 9 of the RTI Act and to the best of my knowledge it pertains to your office.
Place:_________
Date:___________
Details of all Public Information Officers, Regional Passport Officers, Appellate Authority, and Central Public Information Officer
As per the requirement of the RTI Act, 2005, the applicant may need to write to different people who occupy posts that have the authority to grant them the desired information. Given that, listed below are the official contact information (as on 09.06.2014) of various relevant officials:
List of CPIOs/First Appellate Authority (FAA) in the PSP Division
Public Information Officer | First Appellate Authority |
Shri A.S. Takhi Director Tel: 23382658 Email : dirpspc@mea.gov.in | Shri Arun Kumar Chatterjee, JS (PSP) & CPOTel. No. 23387013 / 23384536E-mail : jscpo@mea.gov.in |
Shri Subodh Kumar, DPO(Ops.), Tel: 23386786 Email : dpo.ops@mea.gov.in | Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, OSD(PSP) Tel. No. 23386064E-mail : dirpsp@mea.gov.in |
Shri S. Ramji US(PSP-I) Tel: 23070364 Email : uspsp1@mea.gov.in | Shri Arun Kumar Chatterjee, JS (PSP) & CPO Tel. No. 23387013 / 23384536 E-mail : jscpo@mea.gov.in |
Shri Sahib Singh (PSP-Admin and Cadre) Tel: 23073259 Email : dpopsp4@mea.gov.in | Shri Arun Kumar Chatterjee, JS (PSP) & CPO Tel. No. 23387013 / 23384536 E-mail : jscpo@mea.gov.in |
List of CPIOs and First Appellate Authority (FAAs) in Passport Offices
Public Information Officer | First Appellate Authority | |
Shri C.V. Ravindran, Senior Superintendent Tel: 079-26309103 079-26309104 | rpo.ahmedabad@mea.gov.in | Smt. Sonia Yadav, Regional Passport Officer, Ahmedabad -380 006. |
Shri Balraj, Senior Superintendent 0183-2506251, 2506252 | rpo.amritsar@mea.gov.in | Shri Munish Kapoor, Regional Passport Officer, Amritsar -143 001. |
Shri.Hareeswaran K, Deputy Passport Officer 080-25706146 / 25706100 / 25706101 / 25706102 / 25706103 / 25706104 | rpo.bangalore@mea.gov.in | Shri Bharath Kumar Kuthati, RPO Bangalore -560 095. |
Shri Atul Kumar Saxena, Senior Superintendent 0581-2311874 0581-2301027 | rpo.bareilly@mea.gov.in | Mohammed Naseem, Regional Passport Officer, Bareilly -243 122. |
Smt. Sharanappa Talwar, Assistant Passport Officer 0755-2602998, 2583255, 2902045 0755- | rpo.bhopal@mea.gov.in | Smt. Rashmi Baghel, Regional Passport Officer, Bhopal - 462 024. |
Shri Devabrata Bhuiya, Assistant Passport Officer 0674-2564470 / 2563855 | rpo.bbsr@mea.gov.in | Shri Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra, Regional Passport Officer, Bhubaneswar -751 012. |
Shri Amit Kumar Rawat, Deputy Passport Officer 0172-2624728 / | rpo.chandigarh@mea.gov.in | Shri Shibash Kabiraj, Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh -160 022. |
Smt. Sushma, Deputy Passport Officer 044-28513638 | rpo.chennai@mea.gov.in | Shri P K Ashok Babu, Regional Passport Officer, Chennai -600 002. |
Shri Ansamma K. Abraham, Senior Superintendent 0484-2322660 / 2315152 | rpo.cochin@mea.gov.in | Smt. Bhanulali, Regional Passport Officer, Cochin -682 036. |
Shri Hemanathan, Assistant Passport Officer, 0422-2301415 / 2309009 | rpo.cbe@mea.gov.in | Shri G. Sivakumar, Regional Passport Officer, Coimbatore -641 018. |
Shri Deepak Joshi, Assistant Passport Officer 0135-2652160/2652162 | rpo.dehradun@mea.gov.in | Shri Rishi Angra, Regional Passport Officer, Dehradun -248 001. |
Shri Suresh Yadav, Senior Superintendent 011-26184000 / 26174119 | rpo.delhi@mea.gov.in | Dr. Satyanjal Pandey, Regional Passport Officer, New Delhi-110 066. |
Shri Hariom Gaur, Deputy Passport Officer 0120-2701211, 2700320 | rpo.ghaziabad@mea.gov.in | Shri Dharmendra Singh, Regional Passport Officer, Ghaziabad -201 002. |
Shri Amal Chandra Biswas, Senior Superintendent 0361-2220606 0361-2229155 | rpo.guwahati@mea.gov.in | Shri Naorem J. Singh, Regional Passport Officer, Guwahati -781 028. |
Smt. V. Vijaya Laxmi, Senior Superintendent 040-27715115/27715333 | rpo.hyderabad@mea.gov.in | Shri Dr. E.Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad -500 003. |
Dr. Praveen Kumar Mittal, Deputy Passport Officer | rpo.jaipur@mea.gov.in | Shri Rajendra Singh, Regional Passport Officer, Jaipur-302 051. |
Shri Mulakh Raj, Assistant Passport Officer 0181-2222355 0181-2225991 | rpo.jalandhar@mea.gov.in | Shri Harmanbir Singh Gill, Regional Passport Officer, Jalandhar-144 001. |
Shri Brij Bhushan, Assistant Passport Officer 0194-17483306 | rpo.jammu@mea.gov.in | Shri Nishith Kumar Shil, Regional Passport Officer, Jammu -180 004. |
Shri Uttam Kumar Biswas, Deputy Passport Officer 033-22345678 / 22341212 | rpo.kolkata@mea.gov.in | Shri Bibhuti Bhushan Kumar, Regional Passport Officer, Kolkata -700 001. |
Smt. Latha S., Assistant Passport Officier 0495-2766936 / 2769139 | rpo.kozhikode@mea.gov.in | Shri. Rahees. M, IES Regional Passport Officer, Kozhikode -673 006. |
Shri Avnish Rastogi, Deputy Passport Officer 0522-2305134 / 2305126 | rpo.lucknow@mea.gov.in | Shri Peeyush Verma, Regional Passport Officer, Gomti Nagar, |
Shri K. Palravindran, Deputy Passport Officer 0452-2526525 0452-2521204 | rpo.madurai@mea.gov.in | Shri Arun Prasad .T, Regional Passport Officer, Madurai -625 002. |
Shri H. T. Fulpadia, Deputy Passport Officer 022-24934973 / 24931731 | rpo.mumbai@mea.gov.in | Shri T.D. Sharma, Regional Passport Officer, umbai-400 051, |
Shri Girija Jagatheesan, Assistant Passport Officer 0712-2511741 / 2510643 | rpo.nagpur@mea.gov.in | Shri C.L. Gautam, Regional Passport Officer, Nagpur - 440 006. |
Shri Sanjeev Sunger, Senior Superintendent 0832-2437601/2437602 | rpo.panaji@mea.gov.in | Shri T.D. Sharma, Regional passport Officer, Panaji -403 001. |
Manoj Kumar Roy, Senior Superintendent 0612-2207378 / 2200454 | rpo.patna@mea.gov.in | Shri Parveen Mohan Sahai, Regional Passport Officer, Patna - 800 001. |
Shri Ranjeev Kumar, Assistant Passport Officer 020-25675419 / 25675421 | rpo.pune@mea.gov.in | Shri Anant Shankar Takwale, Regional Passport Officer, Pune - 411 016. |
Shri Susil Kumar Mahapatra, Assistant Passport Officer 0771-2263920 / 2263921 | rpo.raipur@nic.in | Shri C.P. Yadav, Regional Passport Officer, Raipur - 492 010. |
Shri Ashok Kumar Ray, Senior Superintendent 0651-2443607 / 2282030 | rpo.ranchi@mea.gov.in | Shri Pankaj Kumar Prabhat, Regional Passport Officer, Ranchi -834 005. |
Shri Raj Kapoor, Assistant Passport Officer 0177-2650070 / 2652395 | rpo.shimla@mea.gov.in | Shri Ravi Chhawal, Regional Passport Officer, Shimla-171 003. |
Shri Anil Ananda Suryawanshi, Assistant Passport Officer 0194-2500375 / 2500374/2500173 | rpo.srinagar@mea.gov.in | Shri Brij Bhushan Nagar, Regional Passport Officer, Srinagar -190 001. |
Shri Uma N.Bhatkar, Assistant Passport Officer 0261-2331861/862 | rpo.surat@mea.gov.in | Shri Ashok R. Sonkusare, Regional Passport Officer, Surat -395 007. |
Shri S. Govindaraju, Assistant Passport Officer 0431-2706622 / 2707203 | rpo.trichy@mea.gov.in | Shri R.Anand, Regional Passport Officer, Trichirappalli - 620 008. |
Shri Anandan Iyar, Assistant Passport Officer 0471-2460132 / 2573394 | rpo.trivandrum@mea.gov.in | Sh.Ashique Karattil, Regional Passport Officer, Trivandrum - 695 024. |
Shri Surendra Kumar Patnaik, Assistant Passport Officer 0866 - 2481965 | rpo.vijayawada@mea.gov.in | Shri D.S.S. Srinivasa Rao Passport Officer, Vijayawada - 520 010 . |
Shri Dadi Ramakrishna, Deputy Passport Officer 0891-2745747 / 6 | rpo.vizag@mea.gov.in | Shri N.L.P Choudary Regional Passport Officer, Visakhapatnam -530 009. |
Passport Resources
- Passport Infromation
- Passport Application Online
- Passport Login
- Passport Application Form
- Passport Renewal
- Documents for Passport
- Passport Enquiry
- Check Passport Status
- Police Clearance Certificate
- Passport Renewal Process
- Tatkal Passport
- Passport Dispatch Status
- Police Verification for Passport
- Passport Address Change
FAQs on RTI Passport
- What is the application fee for obtaining information under the RTI Act from the PSP Division or Passport Offices?
As per the Gazette notification, an application fee of Rs. 10 is applicable. The fees can be paid in cash or through Demand Draft (DD), or Banker's Cheque, or Indian Postal Order, depending on the submission location.
- How can one file an RTI application with the PSP division of the Ministry of External Affairs or Passport Offices?
To file an RTI application, you can make a written request to the Chief Public Information Officer, PSP Division, Ministry of External Affairs, or Passport Offices. The request can be submitted in writing or through the official RTI Online Portal (https://rtionline.gov.in).
- How can I pay the application fee for an RTI application submitted online through the RTI Online Portal?
For online submissions, the application fee is paid online using internet banking, credit card, debit card, or other payment facilities available on the RTI Online Portal.
- Are there additional fees for specific types of information provided under the RTI Act?
Yes, additional fees are applicable for providing information under subsections (1) and (5) of Section 7. The charges vary, such as Rs. 2 per page for copies and Rs. 50 per diskette or floppy for information provided in those formats.
- How can I appeal if I don't receive a decision within the specified time or if I am aggrieved by the PIO's decision?
If there is a delay or if you are dissatisfied with the PIO's decision, you can file an appeal to the Departmental Appellate Authority within 30 days from receipt of such a decision.
- Is there a specific format for filing an RTI application, and where can I find it?
Yes, there is an application format available. You can use the application format for information under RTI Act 2005, including details like your name, address, and specific information required.
- What happens if I belong to the BPL category, and are there any exemptions for the application fee?
If you belong to the BPL category, you may be exempt from the application fee. To claim the waiver, you need to attach a copy of the BPL or Antyodaya ration card and tick 'Yes' on the application form.
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