How to Do Certificate Attestation for Fresh Passport

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Index of Content:

Online checklist of docs

List of docs for fresh passport

Proofs of address

Proofs of identity with photo

Miscellaneous proofs

Docs to attest

Mandatory to remember

Various stages of attestation

Visit http://passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/online/welComeMessage

Go to ‘Information Corner’

Click on Instruction Booklet from the popping down list

Read the list of documents.

Online Checklist of Documents

Proof of address

Proof of identity

Miscellaneous proofs

List of Documents for Fresh Passport

Proof of address

Proof of identity

Miscellaneous proofs

List of Documents for Fresh Passport

*Any of these address, identity & miscellaneous proofs will be acceptable.

What Proofs of Address are Acceptable

• Water Bill • Telephone (landline or post-paid mobile bill)• Electricity Bill• Income Tax Assessment Order • Election Commission Photo ID Card• Proof of Gas Connection• Certificate from employer of reputed company on letter head• Spouse’ passport copy• Parent’s passport copy (for minors)• Aadhaar Card • Registered Rent Agreement • Photo passport of running bank account

Authentic birth certificate

School leaving certificate/Secondary School leaving certificate

Notarized affidavit sworn before a magistrate

What Proofs of Identity with Photograph are Acceptable

Miscellaneous

• Citizenship certificate (issued by Ministry of External Affairs)• Pension payment order • Marriage certificate• Gazette fresh ID certificate (if name is changed)• Student identity card (of government institutions)• Bonafide letter from authorized signatory of college (on the official letter

head of college under UGC)• No Objection Certificate (NOC)• Copy of guarantee executive• Death certificate• College admission form, if any (of foreign college)• Court Decree• Spouse passport’s photocopy• Divorce certificate (if any)

What to Attest?

• Photocopy of address proof• Photocopy of birth proof• Photocopy of qualification proof• Electors Photo Identity Card (must)• SC/ST/OBC certificate• Photocopy of freedom fighter identity card• Photocopy of Arms licence (if any)• Photocopy of property document (if in applicant’s name)• Photocopy of pension documents• Photocopy of railway identity card • Photocopy of PAN card• Photocopy of valid driving licence• Photocopy of Aadhar card• Photocopy of registered rent agreement• Affidavit sworn before a Magistrate/Notary (It must state the date and place of

birth as mentioned in Annexure “A”. It is a must for illiterate & qualified upto 5th class.)

• Photocopy of marriage certificate• Photocopy of citizenship certificate • Gazette notification for changing name of the applicant

Self-attested copies of the address and identity proofs.

Get them notarized and attested by the gazetted officer.

Mandatory to Remember

The docs are submitted to the PSK (Passport Seva Kendra)

The officials of passport authority verify them

The home department of state attests them

The home department of central government attests them.

What are the Stages of Attestation?

After getting attested by self and by the gazetted officer,

Then, the passport is dispatched to the applicant in a month