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]
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 |
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 |
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