{"id":121792,"date":"2021-12-06T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T09:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/?p=121792"},"modified":"2021-12-06T20:54:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:24:23","slug":"apply-for-passport-from-anywhere-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/apply-for-passport-from-anywhere-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"A Passport Revolution: Apply For Passport From Anywhere In India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t applied for a passport yet and thinking of doing so, you\u2019re in for a treat! Sushma Swaraj (Minister of External Affairs) <strong>launched an extremely beneficial scheme on Tuesday<\/strong> (on the occasion of 6th Passport Seva Divas) <strong>that would make passport application smoother than ever<\/strong> for people living in different corners of the nation for work, studies etc. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Citizens can <strong>apply for a passport from anywhere in India irrespective of their residential address<\/strong>. For instance, if you\u2019re from Delhi, temporarily living in Bangalore, you\u2019ll now be able to apply at a PSK (Passport Seva Kendra) or POPSK (Post Office Passport Seva Kendra) under the Bangalore RPO, and won\u2019t have to travel back home to Delhi to submit a passport application at a PSK or POPSK under the Delhi RPO.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121826\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FotoJetq98we7yuqwbdjkx.jpg\" alt=\"seva paasport app\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em>Screenshots of mPassport Seva App<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In order to make the process easier, the minister <strong>also launched a mobile application, mPassport Seva App<\/strong>, which is available for Android and iOS platforms. <strong>Citizens can also pay the fee and schedule appointments through the app<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The police verification would be done at the address one has given on the passport application form. Once the process is complete, the passport would be sent by the RPO to the specified address.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, the minister said that unnecessary requirements for a passport have been scrapped since she took charge of the ministry, and we couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Further Read:<\/strong> <a class=\"mustread-link\" href=\"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/indian-passport-will-continue-to-retain-its-last-page-and-stay-blue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Passport Will Continue To Retain Its Last Page &amp; Stay Blue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t applied for a passport yet and thinking of doing so, you\u2019re in for a treat! Sushma Swaraj (Minister of External Affairs) launched an extremely beneficial scheme on Tuesday (on the occasion of 6th Passport Seva Divas) that would make passport application smoother than ever for people living in different corners of the nation for work, studies etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":121822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[9817,343,800],"coauthors":[1639],"class_list":{"0":"post-121792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-leaderboardads","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-travel-news"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Passport Revolution: Apply For Passport From Anywhere In India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Planning to apply for your Indian passport? 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