ISSUE OF NEW PASSPORT

PASSPORT SERVICES

Indian Passports are issued to all Indian citizens living in Myanmar as expatriates or as long term residents who wish to maintain Indian citizenship and who have valid Myanmar visa.

All Indian passports issued from Embassy of India, Yangon are Machine Readable Passports (MRP). Passport applications are processed online and passport booklets are issued by the Central Passport Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. The minimum time for process and issue of Indian passports is two to three weeks from the date of application.

Application forms are available at the reception counter of the embassy and can also be downloaded at the following link: Passport Application Form

TYPES OF PASSPORTS SERVICES PROVIDED

  1. Issue of New Passports.
  2. Issue of Duplicate Passports in lieu of lost or damaged passport.
  3. Issue of PIO Passports.
  4. Miscellaneous services.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION
  1. The applicant will have to come in person to the Embassy.
  2. The application must be filled by a ball pen only.
  3. If the passport has already expired and a period of more than six months has elapsed, a Sworn Affidavit for late submission is to be submitted along with the application.

4. The practice of issue of additional booklets to existing passport holders for facilitation of frequent travelers has been discontinued with. Fresh passports with 10 years validity are issued to applicants who do not have vacant pages in their existing passports. The process of issue of passports takes a minimum of two to three weeks; hence Passport holders who are running out of pages in their existing passports are advised to apply well in advance.

 

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUE OF A NEW PASSPORT
(After expiry of validity or exhaustion of pages)
  1. Application Form with three (3) colored photographs (Size – 2” X 2” and Blue background). One photograph is to be pasted on the application form and two are to be attached.
  2. Original Passport to be submitted with the application.
  3. A copy of the passport including the Myanmar visa also to be attached with the application.

REQUIREMENTS FOR MINORS

All minor children below the age of 15 are required to have separate passports. Their names can not be included in the parent's passports. A minor child is issued with a passport of a maximum validity of 5 (five) years or till 15 years of age whichever is less. Minors between the ages of 15 to 18 years of age are issued regular passports with 10 years validity.

General requirements for Minors for issue of passports are the same as for regular passports. Application forms in case of minors can be submitted with either the thumb impression of the minor or signature of the minor attested by the parents.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUE OF A DUPLICATE PASSPORT IN LIEU OF LOST OR DAMAGED PASSPORTS.
  1. An application intimating the circumstances leading to loss/damage of passport and a request for issue of a duplicate passport, to be submitted personally.
  2. A copy of the Police report of loss filed with local police station in the case of lost passport.
  3. Any document to prove identity of the applicant (e.g. driving licenece, PAN card, Election ID).
  4. A copy of the lost/damaged passport with Myanmar visa.
  5. All other requirements as mentioned in case of issue of new passport.

 

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