List of passport offices in India

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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]

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Front cover of the Indian Passport.

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)

S.No.AdministrationCodePSK AreaState/UT
1 Ahmedabad AH Mithakali, Ahmedabad Gujarat
2 Vijay Cross Road, Ahmedabad
3 Rajkot
4 Vadodara
5 Amritsar ASAmritsar Punjab
6 Bareilly BLBareilly Uttar Pradesh
7 Bengaluru BN Lal Bagh, Bengaluru Karnataka
8BN Marathahalli, Bengaluru
9BN Hubbali–Dharwad
10BN Mangaluru
11 Bhopal BPBhopal Madhya Pradesh
12 Bhubaneswar BHBhubaneswar Odisha
13 Chandigarh CHChandigarhChandigarh
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 CBCoimbatoreTamil Nadu
26 Dehradun DDDehradun Uttarakhand
27 Delhi NCR DL RK Puram, South West DelhiDelhi
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
34Jhandewalan, Central Delhi
35 Patparganj, East Delhi
36 Yamuna Vihar, North East Delhi
37 Gurgaon Haryana
38 Faridabad Haryana
31GZ Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh
32GoaPJ Panaji Goa
33 Guwahati GUGuwahati Assam
34 Hyderabad HY Ameerpet, Hyderabad Telangana
35 Begumpet, Hyderabad
37 Toli Chowki, Hyderabad
38 Nizamabad
39 Jaipur JPJaipur Rajasthan
40 Jodhpur
41 Sikar
42 Jalandhar JAPSK–1, JalandharPunjab
43PSK–2, Jalandhar
44 Hoshiarpur
45 Jammu JMJammu Jammu and Kashmir
46 Kolkata CAKolkata West Bengal
47 Baharampur
48 Kota KotaRajasthan
49 Udaipur II
50 Kozhikode KOKoyenco House, KozhikodeKerala
51 Vatakara, Kozhikode
52Padannapalam, Kannur
53 Payyanur, Kannur
54 Malappuram II
55 Lucknow LKPSK–1, LucknowUttar Pradesh
56 PSK–2, Lucknow
57 Gorakhpur
58 Kanpur
59 Varanasi
60 Madurai MDMaduraiTamil Nadu
61 Tirunelveli
62 Mumbai BO Andheri, Mumbai Maharashtra
63 Lower Parel, Mumbai
64 Malad, Mumbai
65 Nashik II
66 Thane II
67 Nagpur NGNagpur
68 Patna PAPatna Bihar
69 Pune PNPuneMaharashtra
70 Solapur
71 Raipur RPRaipur Chhattisgarh
72 Ranchi RCRanchi Jharkhand
73 Shimla SMShimla Himachal Pradesh
74 Srinagar SGSrinagarJammu and Kashmir
75 Surat SUSuratGujarat
76 Vadodara II
77 Tiruchirappalli TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu
78 Thanjavur
79 Trivandrum TV Neyyattinkara, TrivandrumKerala
80 Vazhuthacaud, Trivandrum
81 Kollam
82 Vijayawada VJVijayawada II Andhra Pradesh
83 Tirupati II
84 Visakhapatnam VSVisakhapatnam

Passport Seva Laghu Kendras (PSLK)

S.No.AdministrationCodePSLK AreaState/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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