Indian Passport Renewal: Fill & Download for Free

Lets not forget, while the designs on the US passport are nice and fancy, they also serve a dual purpose. That is to defeat counterfeiting. If you were a counterfeiter, you would have to replicate the designs and built in design security features of each page for the US passport, as opposed to just one design for the Indian passport. Add to that some basic features like having the famous quotations span two pages, also acts as a check against missing pages.So, while the Indian passport may look simple, the lack of designs are also creating an incentive to counterfeit. Remember India is a friendly country to many nations. So although you cannot travel visa free to many countries, like they way you would with an American passport, it is possible to use a ‘fake’ Indian passport to obtain visas.Essentially design and security go hand in hand. Indian passports need the RFID chip. There is some bureaucratic lethargy in releasing that passport. In 2008, biometric passports were issued for diplomats. In 2013 this article was published No timeline can be given for Indian citizen ePassports: Chief Passport Officer . 2016…still nothing.I remember my first passport had my details handwritten in the passport, with a plastic sticker , this was in 2000. I was so ashamed of it. My renewal passport in 2010, is only marginally better, with typewritten information.Compare that with my friends passport from Mexico, it just looks of much higher quality and security. Generally the smaller the country the more ‘fancy’ the passport looks, since they are dealing with smaller populations.Still that is no excuse. As an Indian citizen, I pay for the passport. Also a passport is used predominantly outside the country. It is a representation of your country. It is bad enough within the country even that most of our state issued driver’s licenses even look so terrible. PAN cards fare much better. But even countries like Pakistan have identity cards with chips in them.It is not just passports, the problem is with all forms of official documents. In India we lack standardized addresses. So addresses on passports include ridiculous things like (Opposite. XYZ school). License plates are not standardized. Without that we will never get automatic tolling lanes…The problem is of epidemic proportions and needs to be fixed. Bureaucratic apathy needs to end.I hope Adhar changes all that.

Marriage certificate is not mandatory.I got my passport renewed+ added my spouse name + address change.While filling the online form do mention add spouse name.At PSK do fill the declaration form with spouse details and submit it along with your passport and aadhar card.

No, you don't need to carry printout of application form with you if you have sms showing your appointment details.