Lok Sabha Question No. 4681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Average Passport Application
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4681 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2021

## AVERAGE PASSORT APPLICATION

## 4681.     SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of passport offices in the country at present, State-wise;
- (b) the average number of applications on which action is taken by these offices in a month; and
- (c) the details of time limit prescribed to issue passports?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) At present, there are 36 Passport Offices in the country. The Statewise list of Passport Offices is placed at Annexure-I.

(b) On an average 6.40 lakh passport applications are received by the 36 Passport Offices, while around 6.20 lakh passports are issued by them in a month.

(c) The Ministry has prescribed the indicative timeline for issuance of passport in its Citizen Charter 2020 as follows:

- (i) Issue of Ordinary Passport:
- (a) For fresh issuance, upto 30 working days [Police Verification (PV) period excluded].

(b) For   Re-issue,   upto   7   working   days   in   cases   where   pre-police verification is not required and upto 30 working days in cases where PV is required (PV period excluded).

(c) For Tatkal, upto 3 working days subject to the condition that the applicant is eligible for issue of passport under T atkal scheme.

(ii) Issue   of   Diplomatic   Passport   and   Official   Passport:   Individual applications are processed and passport issued within 7 working days.

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## List of  State wise Passport Offices in India (Annexure-I)

|   S.No. | State                    |   S. No. | Passport Office                                                                                                            |
|---------|--------------------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh           |        1 | Vijayawada                                                                                                                 |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh           |        2 | Visakhapatnam                                                                                                              |
|       2 | Assam                    |        3 | Guwahati. It also function as Passport Office for the State of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland |
|       3 | Bihar                    |        4 | Patna                                                                                                                      |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh             |        5 | Raipur                                                                                                                     |
|       5 | Delhi                    |        6 | Delhi                                                                                                                      |
|       6 | Goa                      |        7 | Panaji                                                                                                                     |
|       7 | Gujarat                  |        8 | Ahmedabad                                                                                                                  |
|       7 | Gujarat                  |        9 | Surat                                                                                                                      |
|       8 | Haryana                  |       10 | Chandigarh                                                                                                                 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh         |       11 | Shimla                                                                                                                     |
|      10 | Jammu & Kashmir (Now UT) |       12 | Jammu                                                                                                                      |
|      10 | Jammu & Kashmir (Now UT) |       13 | Srinagar                                                                                                                   |
|      11 | Jharkhand                |       14 | Ranchi                                                                                                                     |
|      12 | Karnataka                |       15 | Bengaluru                                                                                                                  |
|      13 | Kerala                   |       16 | Cochin                                                                                                                     |
|      13 | Kerala                   |       17 | Kozhikode                                                                                                                  |
|      13 | Kerala                   |       18 | Thiruvananthapuram                                                                                                         |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh           |       19 | Bhopal                                                                                                                     |
|      15 | Maharashtra              |       20 | Mumbai                                                                                                                     |
|      15 | Maharashtra              |       21 | Nagpur                                                                                                                     |
|      15 | Maharashtra              |       22 | Pune                                                                                                                       |
|      16 | Odisha                   |       23 | Bhubaneswar                                                                                                                |
|      17 | Punjab                   |       24 | Amritsar                                                                                                                   |
|      17 | Punjab                   |       25 | Jalandhar                                                                                                                  |
|      18 | Rajasthan                |       26 | Jaipur                                                                                                                     |
|      19 | Tamil Nadu               |       27 | Chennai                                                                                                                    |
|      19 | Tamil Nadu               |       28 | Coimbatore                                                                                                                 |
|      19 | Tamil Nadu               |       29 | Madurai                                                                                                                    |
|      19 | Tamil Nadu               |       30 | Tiruchirappalli                                                                                                            |
|      20 | Telangana                |       31 | Hyderabad                                                                                                                  |
|      21 | Uttar Pradesh            |       32 | Bareilly                                                                                                                   |
|      21 | Uttar Pradesh            |       33 | Ghaziabad                                                                                                                  |
|      21 | Uttar Pradesh            |       34 | Lucknow                                                                                                                    |
|      22 | Uttarakhand              |       35 | Dehradun                                                                                                                   |
|      23 | West Bengal              |       36 | Kolkata. It also function as Passport Office for Tripura                                                                   |

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