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Under the Tatkaal Scheme, passports
would be issued on the payment of additional fee over
and above the normal passport application fee. The additional
fee in India for out-of-turn (Tatkaal)
Passports would be as follows:
Fresh Passport
(i) Within 10 days of the date of
Application Rs.1500/- plus the passport fee as applicable.
(ii) Within 11 to 35 working days of the date of Application
Rs.1000/- plus the passport fee as applicable.
Duplicate Passport
(i) Within 10 days of the date of
Application Rs.2500/- plus the passport fee as applicable.
(ii) Within 11-35 days of the date of Application Rs.1500/-
plus the passport fee as applicable.
After expiry of validity
(i)Within 10 days of the date of Application
Rs.1500/- plus the passport fee as applicable.
(ii) Within 11-35 days of the date of Application Rs.1000/-
plus the passport fee as applicable.
The
‘Tatkaal’ Scheme would only be applicable in cases where
either the police verification report is not required
(minors less than 15 years of age) or where a passport
can be issued on post police verification basis (duplicate
passport/re-issue of passport without change in address,
Government servants with NOC and their spouses and applications
with Verification Certificates). Additional booklet
does not attract any Tatkaal Fees. Initially passports
under the ‘Tatkaal’ Scheme would be granted in cases
where there is a genuine urgency and would cover the
following categories:-
i. patients
requiring to go abroad for medical treatment or consultation
(without any enhanced fee);
ii.
close relatives of a person residing abroad
who is seriously ill or is in maternity confinement.
iii.
in case of death abroad of a close relative
(spouse, father, mother, children, children’s spouses,
grand children, brothers and their spouses, and sisters
and their spouses) of applicant (without any enhanced
fee);
iv.
businessmen wishing to travel abroad urgently
for trade conferences, trade fairs/exhibitions, export/import
or seminars.
v.
students requiring a passport for appearing
in examinations such as SAT (without any enhanced
fee if the earnings of the parents/guardian of the student
applicant is less than Rs.2000/- per month);
vi.
students going abroad to join foreign universities
(without any enhanced fee if the earnings of the
parents/guardian of the student applicant is less than
Rs.2000/- per month);
vii.
spouse, parents, parents-in-law, children, brother,
sister, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of individuals
working abroad;
viii.
winners of promotional awards and schemes where
foreign travel is a prize/incentive;
ix.
spouses of officials/passport holders going
abroad availing of companion ticket;
x.
pilgrims and journeys for religious purposes;
xi.
for marriage or honeymoon after marriage;
xii.
individuals wishing to go abroad to attend marriage
of relatives such as children, grand children, brother,
sister, niece or nephew.
xiii.
for employment, project work, interviews, training,
conferences, seminars and any other work in their professional
capacity e.g. journalists, employees of public/private
sector, air/ship crew, charity workers, film persons;
xiv.
Cultural troupes for performance abroad;
xv.
individual as well as groups on Study Tour;
xvi.
All infants/minors accompanying their parent(s)
/guardian;
xvii.
Businessmen and their spouses for incentive
tours and Dealers’ Conferences;
xviii.
Sports persons and accompanying officials, managers,
trainers, doctors etc. going abroad to participate in
an international event or for training;
xix.
employees and their dependants who get free
passage tickets; and
xx.
Other cases approved by the Chief Passport Officer.
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