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Local Address In NRI Passports Can Help In Speedy Documentation

Local Address In NRI Passports Can Help In Speedy Documentation

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Indian expats in the foreign can now provide their local address to be added in their passports.  The news has been confirmed by a Consul of Passport and Attestation at the Indian Consulate in Dubai. According to him, the Indian government has decided to allow NRIs, PIOs or OCIs to mention their local address in their country of residence. This can help those who have no valid address in India.

The consul said, “The NRIs who have been living in the foreign for a long time don’t have a valid address in India. Such people may request the passport authority to add their local address in the passport.”

It does not mean that you have to change the address in the existing passport. You can ask consul about the same or Services2NRI is here to know about what changes you may need in the passport. The authority won’t change the address in the valid passport. Rather, you need to raise a request for a new passport to be issued with the new local address.

Change in Address for Self-Owned & Rented NRIs House

Confused about who should apply for changes in the address?

This order is applied on both, the rented and self-owned accommodation holder NRIs.

The ones who want to make changes, they need to provide certain documents as a proof of residence. This would be done at the time of applying for a new passport. Place a request for changing the address from India to overseas.

Benefits

The mention of a local address can help NRI applicant in getting documents quickly. Certificate of No Marriage of Record (CENOMAR) and Police Clearance Certificate from India, for example, can be easily drawn if you have the local address.

The verification for these documents is mandatory from the MEA and consul. It is the best way to take least of time to get other immigration or change of status documents.

The inclusion of local address where NRIs live encourages them to change their address even if they don’t have a valid address in India.

Checklist of Documents to Change the Address in India

  • Aadhaar Card/ e-Aadhaar/ Letter containing the unique Aadhaar number. But, if you don’t have (as NRIs don’t need it mandatorily), you can skip it.
  • Allotment letter of the government accommodation issued by the estate office/public work
  • Department of the Central/State Government in respect of their employees
  • Applicant’s current and valid ration card
  • Driving licence
  • Duly certified/attested extract of the service record/book of the government employees (serving/retired) or the bona fide certificate issued by the employer for serving Government employees
  • Election Commission Photo ID card
  • Electricity bill
  • Employer Certificate on letterhead from reputed and widely-known companies
  • Gas connection bill
  • Income Tax assessment order
  • Marriage Certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriages along with address proof of spouse in respect of newly married women, if married
  • Parents’ passports and parents’ address proof in case of minors (if address is different)
  • Parents’ passports in case of minors (if address is the same)
  • Passport of son/ daughter in case of dependent parents (if address is the same)
  • Passport of son/ daughter in case of dependent parents and address proof of son/ daughter (if address is different)
  • Photo Passbook of existing Bank Account (Scheduled Public Sector Banks, Scheduled Private Sector Indian Banks and Regional Rural Banks only)
  • Proof of Address (POA) issued by the India Post, Department of Posts
  • Rent agreement
  • Spouse’s passport copy (first and last page including family details mentioning applicant’s name as spouse of the passport holder provided the applicant’s present address matches the address mentioned in the spouse’s passport)
  • Spouse’s passport copy (if address is different) with spouse’s address proof
  • Telephone (landline or post-paid mobile bill)
  • Water bill

In short, you need to apply for changes in your passport address by raising a request for a new passport with a new address (the local address of where you live). This tweak can help you get a single status certificate or marriage certificate or any other related document for immigration.

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The validity of my passport is going to expire in 2 months. Do I need to verify with police again? One thing more I want to add my spouse’ name to it. Do I need to file a fresh application for new passport or will the old one be renewed? Please explain ‘how’ also.

Yes, you can get it renewed and you are permitted to add spouse’ name to your new book. Indeed, what you asked are pretty common problems. Hundreds of expats are encountering it. Such inflicted non-residents can go through the following procedure of passport renewal in India.

  1. Online registration: With the transformation of typical passport application format, the new digital format is quite impressive. Believe, it’s really very easy to apply for renewal of passport by following these steps.
  • Browse official government website of passport.
  • Get registered with the PSK site by clicking the hyperlinked ‘Register Now’ on home page.
  • Access the link on your email id.
  • Login through the activated account.
  • Click “Apply for fresh passport/re-issue of passport”.
  1. Fill application: After getting registered, you would land to the page that would have 2 formats of application. You can select either of them to apply for fixing Indian passport renewal time. Subsequently, the verification would take place in-person at PSK office. Those2 formats are:
  • PDF of re-issue of passport application.
  • Softcopy of the same application form.

Fill the requisite information, like name, residential address, contact details, DoB, village/city/district and so on. If you had already enjoyed nri services while being in foreign country, you would have OCI card. You should mention it there.

  • Upload the filled application form. The system will ask for verification before saving.
  • Click ‘validate’ tab.
  • Take out its hard copy.
  1. Pay: Once the application of the Indian passport renewal form is completed, the browser will automatically direct you to the tab that points to fulfill all requirements to pay its online charges.
  • Click on ‘’Pay and Schedule Appointment”.
  • The options will be in front of you. Choose either ‘online payment’ or ‘challan’.
  • If you select online method, the browser will redirect you to the netbanking wherein you can made payment in account of PSK.
  • Download the receipt afterwards.
  • Check if the barcode and payment confirmation are clearly visible on it.

You can appoint an outsourcing entity like Services2nri.com for getting rid of sweat & hassles.

  1. Fix an appointment: After payment, the website will redirect you to the page where you can choose the ‘date of appointment’. An auto-generated slot would be available there. You need to pick up the most suitable from those dates.
  2. Documents required: Visit the PSK office on the selected date & venue with these papers:
  • Hard copy of the application form with the Application Reference Number.
  • Old passport’s photocopy of first, last and the page with ECNR information.
  • Address proof, like Utility bills/electricity bill/proof of gas connection/ ration card/bank passbook/ aadhaar card or voter id.
  • Marriage certificate & its photocopy.
  • Originals of 10th mark sheet/college degree.

After verification there, the police verification will occur within a week or 10 days. The applicant must be ready with 2 witnesses and their aadhaar card.

 

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