More good news for Visakhapatnam applicants

In addition to 6 categories of Walk in applicants , the following categories of passport applicants can also submit the passport applications without  prior appointments between 9 to 11 am with effect from 17.9.2012  at Passport Seva Kendra, Visakhapatnam with valid ARN Sheets and original documents and self attested copies thereof :

Minors below fifteen years whose parents hold valid passports.

Deletion of ECR  status in passports without any change in personal particulars.

Inclusion of spouse name in the passport.

No appointments required for Police Clearance Certificates (PCC) for PSKs under Hyderabad RPO

 With effect from 23rd February 2012 , applicants applying under Tatkaal, and those who are in urgent need of passports and not able to get appointments for Passport Seva Kendra (PSK), may visit Regional Passport Office (RPO) Hyderabad located at 'Door no. 8-2-215 to 219, Kummarguda, Secunderabad - 500003' with required documents and a print-out of the Online Application Receipt (ARN Sheet) or can send email to 'rpo.hyderabad@mea.gov.in' by mentioning the urgency with ARN Number.
With effect from 23rd February 2012, applicants seeking Police Clearance Certificates (PCC) can approach PSK under RPO, Hyderabad jurisdiction, with required documents and a print-out of the Online Application Receipt (ARN Sheet) without booking Online Appointment between 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM.

Screen shots of step by strep process of booking an appointment slot

How to book an appointment

I am from Andhra Pradesh, so the appointment slots open at 7:30PM here.Now that PSKs have got timings separated by region booking an appointment has become really easy but the slots last for only 30 to 40 seconds.It is better to be at the end, that is the last page (Show Available Slots) 3 minutes prior to the opening of slots.Quickness really matters!

Getting an appointment is easier now

TCS has decided to lessen the traffic at 6:00 PM(the time appointment slots used to open at).Now the appointment slots open at 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM depending on the PSK.Here is the list 

RPO NAME	OPENING TIME OF APPOINTMENTS
Ahmedabad RPO	7:30 PM
Amritsar RPO	6:00 PM
Bangalore RPO	6:00 PM
Chandigarh RPO	6:00 PM
Chennai RPO	4:00 PM
Coimbatore RPO	4:00 PM
Delhi RPO	6:00 PM
Hyderabad RPO	7:30 PM
Jalandhar RPO	6:00 PM
Kolkata RPO	4:00 PM
Madurai RPO	4:00 PM
Surat RPO	7:30 PM
Trichy RPO	4:00 PM
Trivandrum RPO	6:00 PM
Visakhapatnam RPO	7:30 PM

  

Getting an appointment slot

There are quite a number of applicants who are not able to get an appointment slot.With reference to the news on HINDU paper, agents are exploiting the situation and making cash out of it.An appointment slot costs nearly 500 to 1000 rs which is too high for middlemen. Here are a few tips how you can get an appointment by yourself.

1.The appointment slots open at 6:00 pm every day as per the PSK website.So be ready at 5:50 pm with your login id opened.

2.Use a considerably good (1 Mbps or greater) internet connection.

3.Any browser would do but booking an appointment on explorer or Mozilla will make the work easier (My experience).

4.Instead of refreshing the page it is advisable to close and open a fresh page and start over again.

If you are facing trouble please feel free to comment i will get back to you

Passport Seva Help

Primary aim to create this blog is to help people applying passport through passport Seva Kendra (PSK).The information available on the PSK website is limited and not up to the present scenario.Any queries regarding passport are welcome.We will get back to you with a solution.