RTI passport

 Regarding:  Reasons for the Passport Delay 

 

Relevant Details

Applicant Name:

File Number:  ____________ and Year _______

Date: DD/MM/YYYY

Place:  xxx (Passport Office) 

 

Particulars of information required: As per list mentioned below list of information requested

 

1. Daily progress made on my application till date of your reply.
 

2. Names, designations and office addresses of the officials with whom my application was lying during this period and date-wise period with each official and action taken by him/her.
 

3. Please give evidence of receipt and dispatch of my application in the offices of each of these officials.
 

 4. Please inform me, according to your rules or citizens charter or any other order, number of days in which such a matter should have been dealt with and resolved. Please also provide a copy of these rules.
 

5. As the officials have not adhered to the time limit mentioned in rules and are guilty of violating these rules please give a copy of their conduct rules and details of action taken by the RPO against erring officials.
 

6. In case no action has been initiated for dereliction of duties against erring officials, the reasons be made known to me.
 

7. Please inform me name of the police station/dept to whom the application was referred for police verification with outward number, date of dispatch and date when reply was received by you. Photocopy of letter addressed to the police for verification and proof of mailing be submitted to me.
 

8. Please let me know when I am likely to receive my passport.
 

9. Please inform me days taken by your office in issuing/renewing passports in the last 25 applications excluding days required for police verification.
 

10. Please inform me number of complaints for delay in issuing/renewing passports was received against your office in last one year or last financial year.
 

Please inform me name of the police station/dept to which application was referred for police verification with outward number, date of dispatch and date when reply was received by you. Photocopy of letter addressed to police for verification and proof of mailing be submitted to me.
 

 Find the application fee for the request attached with this application. If you feel that above requested information does not pertain to your department then please follow the provisions of Section 6(3) of the RTI Act, 2005/Also as per the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 please provide the details (Name and Designation) of the First Appellate Authority w.r.t to your department with the reply to the above request., where I may if required file my first appeal. 

I do hereby declare that I am a citizen of India. Kindly provide me with the information at the address/email id mentioned with the application. I request you to ensure that the information is provided before the expiry of the 30-day period after you have received the application. 

Regards,

(Name of applicant)

Address of Applicant, Other Contact Details

 

Passport department has no right to charge penalty , want to amend constitution

Passport related various question in parliament

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http://164.100.24.220/loksabhaquestions/annex/173/AU2982.pdf

http://164.100.24.220/loksabhaquestions/annex/173/AU2979.pdf

Changes in the format of the Police Verification Report

Changes in the format of the Police Verification Report

Police authorities are today required to verify both the identity and the
criminality aspects of a passport applicant in all cases where Police
verification is necessary. This is evident from the latest version of Police
Verification Report (PVR) format for applicants who are more than 15 years
of age (F/C) and for applicants below 15 years (F/D). The number of
questions to be answered by the police authorities depends on the current
and old addresses of the passport applicant if the stay of the applicant at the
current address is less than one year. These forms were revised in
September 2016 and are now being followed by all Police authorities.
2. The PVR format requires the Police officials to visit the address
mentioned in the Personal Particulars (PP) Form and obtain the signature of
the applicant or the authorised signatory as a confirmation that the meeting
between the Police authorities and the applicant had indeed taken place.
The applicants are required to provide their addresses during the preceding
year. The Police officials are required to only verify the present address of
stay and not the previous ones during the preceding year.
3. As per the existing re-engineered process under the Passport Seva
Project (PSP), the applicants have to mandatorily fill their data online. The
photograph of the applicant, biometrics including verification of online data
is done in person at the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK). The applicant
personally meets our Verification Officer and Granting Officer at the PSK
and the identity and other personal details are fully verified at the PSK itself.

It is, therefore, felt that requesting the Police authorities for an identity
verification is duplicating the same work which has already been
undertaken by MEA.

4. The instances of an adverse police report arising on account of the
applicant being not available at the residential address provided in the
Passport Application Form is on the increase. Sufficient documentary proof
of address is provided by the applicant while applying for the passport and
the same is verified at the PSK. The genuineness of the address provided in
the passport application form is checked when the passport is delivered to
the applicant by India Post. In case an incorrect address has been provided
by the applicant, the passport would Return Undelivered (RUD).

Statutorily, a passport cannot be denied to an applicant if the police report is
adverse on the issue of proof of address.

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5. In view of the above, it is felt that the PVR could be confined only to
the criminality verification of the applicant and the Police authorities would
be advised to give their PVR on the basis of the revised PVR format i.e.
questions 1 to 6 of the questionnaire for applicants who are more than 15
years of age (F/A) and only question 6 for applicants below 15 years (F/B)
to be answered. Instead of obtaining the residential address of last one
year, the applicants would be requested to provide only their present
residential address. This change in our approach will help in avoiding
duplication of identity verification already carried out at the PSK, help in
reducing the time taken in the police verification process and prevent
generation of adverse police reports on account of the applicant being not
available at the given address.

6. Though the police would not be required to travel and meet the
applicants for verification purpose, it is proposed that the rates of
reimbursement being made to the police authorities for their services (Rs.
150 for all applications processed within 21 days and Rs. 50 for those
processed after 21 days) would not be changed. They can now undertake
the police verification from their available records and CCTNS of MHA. The
police authorities would be requested to utilize the money being reimbursed
by MEA for strengthening their IT infrastructure, procurement of Tablet etc.
so that paperless and timely submission of PVR using mPassport Police
App could be undertaken by them for the convenience of all stakeholders.

File right to information application for passport issuance delayed.

MEA simplifies passport application process Police verification form also simplified

MEA simplifies passport application process Police verification of address not to be taken into consideration

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/pune/mea-simplifies-passport-application-process/amp_articleshow/64485464.cms

The process of applying for a passport 

 just got a lot easier.

The ministry of external affairs has removed a clause that requires those applying for a passport to mention previous places of residence if s/he has stayed at the current address for less than a year.

Pune’s regional passport officer Anant Takwale said this move would streamline the police verification process. “For many reasons, like unavailability of documents, people would not mention their previous place of residence. Such applications would then be rejected during police verification. In case of a re-application, the applicant had to pay a fine of Rs5,000. We would get at least 20 such cases everyday. In this new format, people will save money and the verification process will get simpler,” he explained.

According to an 

MEA

 notification, changes have also been made to the police verification questionnaire. “It may be noted from the PVQ that the police verification report would be confined only to the criminality verification of the applicant,” the notification stated. Takwale said that the questionnaire would only check for citizenship and any possible criminal background of the applicant