INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OF PASSPORT APPLICATION FORM AND SUPPLEMENTARY FORM
CAUTION
A passport is issued under the Passports Act, 1967. It is an offence punishable with imprisonment or fine or both, to furnish false
information or suppress information, which attracts penal and other action under relevant provisions of Section 12 of the Passports
Act, 1967. Passport is a very valuable document. Hence, all holders are required to take due care that it does not get damaged,
mutilated or lost. Passports should not be sent out to any country by post/ courier.
Loss of passport should be immediately reported to the nearest Police Station and to the Passport Office or Indian Mission, if
abroad. Passport holder shall be responsible for misuse of passport, due to non-intimation of loss, to the concerned Passport
Office/Indian Mission. Passport is a government property and should be surrendered when demanded in writing by any Passport
Issuing Authority.
A passport is issued under the Passports Act, 1967. It is an offence punishable with imprisonment or fine or both, to furnish false
information or suppress information, which attracts penal and other action under relevant provisions of Section 12 of the Passports
Act, 1967. Passport is a very valuable document. Hence, all holders are required to take due care that it does not get damaged,
mutilated or lost. Passports should not be sent out to any country by post/ courier.
Loss of passport should be immediately reported to the nearest Police Station and to the Passport Office or Indian Mission, if
abroad. Passport holder shall be responsible for misuse of passport, due to non-intimation of loss, to the concerned Passport
Office/Indian Mission. Passport is a government property and should be surrendered when demanded in writing by any Passport
Issuing Authority.
