List of passport offices in India
An Indian passport is a passport issued by the Government of India to citizens of the Republic of India for travelling abroad. It enables the bearer to travel internationally and serves as proof of Indian citizenship as per the Passports Act (1967).[1]
The Ministry of External Affairs operates passport offices known as Passport Seva Kendras (PSK's) through 37 Regional Passport Offices, 93 Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) and 424 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) as of March 2023. The ministry has also setup 14 mini passport offices known as Passport Seva Laghu Kendras.[2][3]
Passport Seva Kendras (PSK)
[edit]| S.No. | Administration | Code | PSK Area | State/UT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmedabad | AH | Mithakali, Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| 2 | Vijay Cross Road, Ahmedabad | |||
| 3 | Rajkot | |||
| 4 | Vadodara | |||
| 5 | Amritsar | AS | Amritsar | Punjab |
| 6 | Bareilly | BL | Bareilly | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7 | Bengaluru | BN | Lal Bagh, Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 8 | BN | Marathahalli, Bengaluru | ||
| 9 | BN | Hubbali–Dharwad | ||
| 10 | BN | Mangaluru | ||
| 11 | Bhopal | BP | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| 12 | Bhubaneswar | BH | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| 13 | Chandigarh | CH | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 14 | Ambala | Haryana | ||
| 15 | Ludhiana | Punjab | ||
| 16 | Chennai | MA | Aminjikarai, Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| 17 | Saligramam, Chennai | |||
| 18 | Tambaram, Chennai | |||
| 19 | Puducherry | |||
| 20 | Cochin | CO | Tripunithura, Cochin | Kerala |
| 21 | Aluva, Cochin | |||
| 22 | Alappuzha | |||
| 23 | Kottayam | |||
| 24 | Thrissur | |||
| 25 | Coimbatore | CB | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu |
| 26 | Dehradun | DD | Dehradun | Uttarakhand |
| 27 | Delhi NCR | DL | RK Puram, South West Delhi | Delhi |
| 28 | Janakpuri, West Delhi | |||
| 29 | Shalimar Bagh, North Delhi | |||
| 30 | Herald House–ITO, Central Delhi | |||
| 31 | Nehru Place, South East Delhi | |||
| 32 | Defence Colony, South Delhi | |||
| 33 | Mehrauli, South Delhi | |||
| 34 | Jhandewalan, Central Delhi | |||
| 35 | Patparganj, East Delhi | |||
| 36 | Yamuna Vihar, North East Delhi | |||
| 37 | Gurgaon | Haryana | ||
| 38 | Faridabad | Haryana | ||
| 31 | GZ | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 32 | Goa | PJ | Panaji | Goa |
| 33 | Guwahati | GU | Guwahati | Assam |
| 34 | Hyderabad | HY | Ameerpet, Hyderabad | Telangana |
| 35 | Begumpet, Hyderabad | |||
| 37 | Toli Chowki, Hyderabad | |||
| 38 | Nizamabad | |||
| 39 | Jaipur | JP | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 40 | Jodhpur | |||
| 41 | Sikar | |||
| 42 | Jalandhar | JA | PSK–1, Jalandhar | Punjab |
| 43 | PSK–2, Jalandhar | |||
| 44 | Hoshiarpur | |||
| 45 | Jammu | JM | Jammu | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 46 | Kolkata | CA | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| 47 | Baharampur | |||
| 48 | Kota | Kota | Rajasthan | |
| 49 | Udaipur II | |||
| 50 | Kozhikode | KO | Koyenco House, Kozhikode | Kerala |
| 51 | Vatakara, Kozhikode | |||
| 52 | Padannapalam, Kannur | |||
| 53 | Payyanur, Kannur | |||
| 54 | Malappuram II | |||
| 55 | Lucknow | LK | PSK–1, Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| 56 | PSK–2, Lucknow | |||
| 57 | Gorakhpur | |||
| 58 | Kanpur | |||
| 59 | Varanasi | |||
| 60 | Madurai | MD | Madurai | Tamil Nadu |
| 61 | Tirunelveli | |||
| 62 | Mumbai | BO | Andheri, Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 63 | Lower Parel, Mumbai | |||
| 64 | Malad, Mumbai | |||
| 65 | Nashik II | |||
| 66 | Thane II | |||
| 67 | Nagpur | NG | Nagpur | |
| 68 | Patna | PA | Patna | Bihar |
| 69 | Pune | PN | Pune | Maharashtra |
| 70 | Solapur | |||
| 71 | Raipur | RP | Raipur | Chhattisgarh |
| 72 | Ranchi | RC | Ranchi | Jharkhand |
| 73 | Shimla | SM | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |
| 74 | Srinagar | SG | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 75 | Surat | SU | Surat | Gujarat |
| 76 | Vadodara II | |||
| 77 | Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | |
| 78 | Thanjavur | |||
| 79 | Trivandrum | TV | Neyyattinkara, Trivandrum | Kerala |
| 80 | Vazhuthacaud, Trivandrum | |||
| 81 | Kollam | |||
| 82 | Vijayawada | VJ | Vijayawada II | Andhra Pradesh |
| 83 | Tirupati II | |||
| 84 | Visakhapatnam | VS | Visakhapatnam |
Passport Seva Laghu Kendras (PSLK)
[edit]| S.No. | Administration | Code | PSLK Area | State/UT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengaluru | BN | Gulbarga | Karnataka |
| 2 | Chennai | MA | Pondicherry | Puducherry |
| 3 | Guwahati | GU | Aizawl | Mizoram |
| 4 | Chümoukedima | Nagaland | ||
| 5 | Imphal | Manipur | ||
| 6 | Itanagar | Arunachal Pradesh | ||
| 7 | Shillong | Meghalaya | ||
| 8 | Hyderabad | HY | Karimnagar | Telangana |
| 9 | Kolkata | CA | Agartala | Tripura |
| 10 | Gangtok | Sikkim | ||
| 11 | Pune | PN | Nanded | Maharashtra |
| 12 | Visakhapatnam | VS | Bhimavaram | Andhra Pradesh |
| 13 | Bhopal | IND | Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
Source:
- Passport Seva, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India[4]
- Post Office Passport Seva Kendra Locator[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "MEA CPV Division". CPV.
- ^ "A mini passport seva kendra (passport seva laghu kendra) will be inaugurated by the Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad at Karimnagar. This is the first passport seva laghu kendra in the State. The passport services will be launched from February 8 from Karimnagar. - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Consular| Passport and Visa Division | Passport Seva".
- ^ "Passport Seva Kendra Location Tracker- Locate Passport Seva Kendra".
- ^ "Passport Office Near Me". Passport Office Near Me. Retrieved 2 August 2018.