Everyone likes to travel and everyone has the desire to travel abroad. But do you know that the most important thing you need to travel abroad is your passport? Yes, without a passport you cannot even imagine traveling abroad. This is the most important document for traveling abroad. Without this, you cannot apply for a visa in any country. Getting a passport is a tedious task, but it is not that difficult if you have the right information. Today in this episode we are going to give you important information related to passports. If you are also planning to get a passport for traveling abroad in the coming days, then the information given here will prove to be very beneficial for you.
What are passports?
A passport is a legal document, it is used to travel abroad. A passport is made by the country in which the person resides. This passport tells the identity of the person and his citizenship at the time of traveling abroad. A passport contains the person's name, place, date of birth, photograph, and signature of the person. Apart from all this, there is also more information in the passport for the identity of the person. The passport tells the citizenship of the person, but the citizenship of the person and his residence address is not known through the passport.
Ordinary passport
Ordinary passports are issued to ordinary citizens. It helps customs, immigration officials, and foreign agencies to differentiate between ordinary citizens and government officials. If you are also a common citizen of India and you have applied for a passport, then you will also be provided with a blue passport.
Official passport
White passports are provided to citizens belonging to government institutions, which they can use to travel abroad for official work. Those employees who are working under the government and who have to go out of the country for any work, those employees need a passport. White passports are provided to such government employees. They are also given special benefits.
Diplomatic passport
These passports are given to diplomats and senior government officials like IAS, IAS, etc. These passports are very special. These passports have to be applied for separately. For information, let us tell you that these passport holders do not require a visa to travel abroad. Many types of benefits are provided to these passport holders while traveling abroad. The color of this passport is maroon. However, this passport is not easily made. A separate application form has to be filled out for getting a maroon passport. Only after that, the candidates can get the maroon-colored passport.
In how many days passport is made
You can apply online by visiting the official portal of the government, Passport Seva. After submitting all the required documents, you will have to book an appointment by completing the online process and paying the prescribed fees. Then according to the appointment, go to the nearest Passport Seva Kendra or Regional Passport Office and get all your documents verified. For this, your police verification will be done and this whole process takes about 30-45 days.
what to do for a passport
Generally getting a passport was not an easy task a few years back. For this one had to first take the application form and after filling it one had to stand in line to deposit it at the counter. But now passports can also be applied for online. However, for this, you should know about the necessary documents. Since now the process of making a passport has been done online. If you have computer knowledge then you can apply for your passport online by yourself. The process of making a passport and the application process is very easy, although some information should be taken in advance about the important questions asked in it. Open an account to apply for a passport. For this, first of all, go to the passport website www.passportindia.gov.in (www.passportindia.gov.in) and create your account by registering there. After opening the account, verify your email ID and proceed to fill out the application form.
Required documents for passport
- Application Form
- Electricity bill
-Water bill
- Income Tax Assessment Order
Proof of gas connection
- Aadhar card
- Registered Rent Agreement
- Voter ID Card
- Telephone bill
- Copy of husband's passport
- Active bank account passbook with a photograph of the applicant
- Letter from a reputed employer
- Copy of passport of parents
- Proof of date of birth document
- City Birth Certificate
To get a passport
If you apply for a new or reissued passport of 36 pages, you will have to pay an application fee of Rs 1500 and an additional provisional fee of Rs 2000. This passport is valid for 10 years.
If you apply for 60 pages or a re-issued passport, then you will have to pay the application fee of Rs 2000 and an additional temporary amount of Rs 2000. The validity of this passport is for 10 years.
If you are below 18 years of age and you apply for a new or re-issued passport with 36 pages, you will have to pay an application fee of Rs 1,000 and an additional provisional fee of Rs 2,000.
If your 36-page passport is lost, damaged, or stolen, an application fee of Rs 3,000 and an additional provisional fee of Rs 2,000 have to be paid for re-making it.
