Welcome to the passport services of the High Commission of India, London. Applications for Passport services can be made at the Passport Services Counter at the High Commission, which is open from 0915 hrs to 1300 hrs on all working days. Tokens for Passport services would be issued at the token counter of the High Commission of India from 0830 hrs to 1200 hrs without any restriction on its numbers. Passports, after completion of the service requested, can be collected from the Passport Services Counter between 1500 hrs and 1630 hrs on the date indicated. Applications can also be sent by post but must be accompanied by a stamped (for recorded delivery/registered post) self-addressed envelope. Applications for lost/damaged passports are not to be sent by post as the same are to be submitted in person by the concerned applicants.
Fee for passport services is accepted at the Passport Service Counter only in cash and postal orders. In case, you are paying in cash please bring exact change. If the application is sent by post, only crossed postal orders in favour of the High Commission of India, London are accepted. Cash is not to be sent with postal applications. Application forms and suggested formats for affidavits etc. can be downloaded from this website or obtained from the Passport Services Counter. All original documents must be accompanied by a photocopy. For any clarification or further information please call at: 02072401012 or send fax at 02076323196 or e-mail at att.passport@hcilondon.in.
Jurisdiction: Passport services are also available at our Consulates in Birmingham and Edinburgh. Please note that applicants are required to submit their applications as per their county of residence. Please check the list below to ascertain your place of submission.
Applicants living in following counties are requested to submit their applicants at CGI, Birmingham: Birmingham, Durham, Humberside, Isle of Man, Isle of Scilly, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Manchester, Merseyside, Midlands (West), Northumberland, Cheshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Cleveland, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, Yorkshire(North), Yorkshire (South), Yorkshire (West), Cumbria and Derbyshire.
Applicants living in following counties are requested to submit their applications at CGI, Edinburgh: Edinburgh together with whole of Scotland.
Applicants living in other counties or Northern Ireland may submit their applications at High Commission of India, London
Working Hours:
Passport Services Counter at the High Commission is open from 0915 hours to 1300 hours on all working days
Note 1: Copies of the passport(s) (except blank pages) should be submitted in all cases along with the application, when applying for any passport service. In case your latest passport is an additional booklet issued to the original passport, you are also required to submit all the additional booklets and the original passport.
Note 2: Applications sent by post, normally take 2-3 weeks for processing, if received complete. Please contact us in case you do not receive the passport in 3 weeks’ time. Applications should be sent along with self-addressed stamped Recorded or Special delivery envelope and postal order in favour of High Commission of India, London. Incomplete applications or applications without required documents will be returned straightaway. Applications submitted at the counter in person are processed within a week. Cases where a references is required to be made to other passport offices, would take longer time.
Note 3: Affidavits in connection with various passport services can be sworn at the High Commission itself for an additional fee of £ 8.00 if you are able to furnish sufficient documentation to the satisfaction of the Consular Office to establish your identity. Such document may include copy of Indian passport, driving licence, letter from employer certifying the applicant's identity, damaged passport, social security card, letter of introduction from two Indian residents abroad in respect of the identity and citizenship of the applicant, a certificate issued by the concerned educational/training institution to the effect that the individual is a bona fide student of that institution and that he is of Indian nationality as per academic records submitted by him at the time of admission (in case of students), and air tickets/boarding passes/itinerary/visa copy (in case of short time visitors). In case the Consular Officer is not satisfied with the identity/photo of the applicant, the applicant is required to obtain the affidavit attested/sworn before a Notary Public.
Note 4: Application for a passport service is to be submitted by the applicant himself/herself or through his/her family members only. Travel Agents/Agents/Solicitors are not permitted to submit applications on behalf of applicants.
WARNING: It is an offence to knowingly furnish false information or to suppress material information when applying for Passport services.
FAQ on Passport Services
Procedure for applying for any Passport Service
Please go through the services available below. Download the passport application form. There is only one application form for all the services. Fill up the application completely, enclose required documents mentioned under the relevant service including photos, fee etc and submit.
Re-issue of Passports
A new passport can be issued on the expiry, or up to one year before expiry of any passport, which had an initial validity of 10 years. It is necessary to have a valid visa on the previous passport. To apply for a new passport, you need to fill up the application form along with two latest identical passport-size photographs.(Attestation not necessary) You also need to enclose your current or recently expired passport (in case your latest passport is an additional booklet issued to the original passport, you are also required to submit all the additional booklets plus the original passport) and the fee of £ 27.00, if you want an ordinary(36 page) passport or £ 34.00 if you want a jumbo (60 page) passport. If all the pages of your passport have been exhausted, then also you will be issued a new passport of ten years validity from the current date for a fee of £27/£34. This will also apply for all other cases like 'change in appearance, name, date of birth, place of birth, signatures etc. where a new passport booklet is required.
In case more than one year has elapsed since the expiry of the passport you will also need to submit an affidavit (click Affidavit below) in the prescribed format stating that you have not acquired British Nationality and a letter from the British Home office confirming the same (for applying for this letter, please click Consent Letter below (Please refer to Note.3 above).
Issue of duplicate passports or Emergency Certificates in lieu of damaged or lost passports
If you are on a short visit to the UK or a work permit holder or a student and have lost or damaged your original passport, you can approach the High Commission for either a short validity passport or an Emergency Certificate. You will need to fill up the application form along with 8 latest identical passport-size photographs. You also need to provide a Police Report regarding lost or stolen passport, and a sworn affidavit in the prescribed format. The affidavit can be sworn at the High Commission itself for an additional fee of £ 8.00, if you do not wish to go to a public notary (Please refer to Note.3 above). You are required to provide a photocopy of your lost passport/expired previous passport, or any other document proving your Indian nationality as supporting document. You may furnish your photo ID like Driving Licence, PAN card, Ration card, Election ID Card as proof of your identity in original.
In case you are resident in UK, you will, in addition, have to furnish an affidavit and a letter from the British Home Office certifying non-acquisition of British nationality (Please refer to Note.3 above). Proof of legal stay permission in UK is also required. The fee for an ordinary, 36 page passport is £84.00 and £94.00 for a 60 page, Jumbo passport. The fee for Emergency Certificate is £4.00. As already mentioned applications for lost/damaged passports are not to be sent by post as the same are to be submitted in person by the concerned applicants.
Renewal of passports, which were initially issued for a short validity (less than five years) on emergency/urgency etc.
For renewal of such passports, you need to fill up the passport application form and submit along with two latest identical passport-size photographs. There is no fee payable if endorsement of renewal is required on the same passport booklet. You will also need to enclose your current or recently expired passport. If a new booklet is required to be issued the fee would be £27(36 Page)/£34(Jumbo).
Change in appearance
If your appearance has changed significantly since your last passport was made, you can apply for a fresh passport or an additional booklet with a more recent photograph. You will need to fill up the form meant for a new passport along with four latest identical passport-size photographs. You also need to enclose your current passport and a sworn affidavit in the prescribed format. (Please refer to Note.3 above).
The fee for this service is £27.00 if you want an ordinary(36 page) passport or £34.00 if you want a jumbo(60 page) passport.
Change of name subsequent to marriage/Divorce
A woman applying for change of name/surname subsequent to marriage is required to fill the passport application form for a new passport booklet in changed name/surname along with four latest identical passport-size photographs. You also need to enclose your current passport, your original marriage certificate with a photocopy and your spouse's passport. The fee for this service is £27.00 if you want an ordinary, 36 page, passport or £34.00 if you want a jumbo, 60 page passport.
Divorcees applying for a change of name are required to furnish a divorce certificate authenticated by court.
In case of change of name following death of spouse, copy of death certificate of spouse is to be submitted with the application
Remarried applicants applying for change of name/change of spouse name will be required to produce divorce decree/death certificate in respect of first spouse, marriage certificate from the Registrar of Marriages and photo copy of present spouse’s passport.
For Addition/deletion of spouse name, a marriage certificate/death certificate/divorce decree, as the case may be, is to be submitted with the application.
In case you do not want a new passport, you can also apply for an observation regarding your change of surname to be entered in your existing passport. For this you need to fill the form meant for Miscellaneous Services and the fee is only £7.00. The documentary requirements are the same as those mentioned above.
Change of name – other cases
In case you wish to change your first name or surname or both, you will be required to place advertisements to that effect in a prominent daily newspaper of the area of your residence in the UK and a prominent daily newspaper of the area of your permanent address.. You would be required to submit these advertisements (newspaper page) along with a sworn affidavit in the prescribed format. (Please refer to Note.3 above). If this requires issue of a new booklet, the fee would be £27/£34(Jumbo). Otherwise fee for misc. services i.e £7 will be charged.
Passports for Children born in the UK
For a child to be given an Indian passport the birth must have been registered with the Consular Section of the High Commission within one year of birth. For procedure regarding registration of children/birth, please refer to the Consular Services section of this website:
http://www.hcilondon.net/consular-services/index.html
Children's name cannot be entered on their parents’ passport. To apply for issue of a new passport to a child, you must fill up the application form for a new passport along with four latest identical passport-size photographs. You also need to enclose passports of both parents, with a photocopy, and the child's birth certificate (full version), along with a photocopy. The fee for this service is £17.00. Both the parents are required to sign on the passport application form of the child. Thumb impression of the child may be provided at the relevant place of signature of applicant.
In all case of issue/reissue/renewal/duplicate passports of minors(up to age of 15 years), signatures of both the parents are required on the passport application form along with a copy of parents’ passports.
Miscellaneous Services on existing valid passports
Miscellaneous Service is addition or amendment to the existing passport such as grant of 'Emigration Clearance Not Required (ECNR), deletion of child/children's name from the mother/father's passport, change of present/permanent address, inclusion/deletion of spouse's name, change of surname subsequent to marriage etc. or any other observation required in the existing passport regarding the personal/passport particulars. For Miscellaneous Service, you will need to fill out the Miscellaneous Service application form, along with two latest identical passport-size photographs. You will also need to enclose your current validi passport and document (original plus one photocopy) in support of the required service. The fee for each Miscellaneous Service is £ 7.00.
Passport Fee
The fee for various passport services offered by the High Commission of India in London (effective 1 April 2002):
| Service |
Fee |
Ordinary passport containing 36 pages with a maximum validity of ten years |
£27.00 |
Ordinary passport containing 60 pages with a maximum validity of ten years |
£34.00 |
Ordinary passport containing 36 pages with a maximum validity of five years
( for minor children below the age of 15 years) |
£17.00 |
Miscellaneous services requiring issue of fresh passport booklet containing 36 pages
|
£27.00 |
Miscellaneous services requiring issue of fresh passport booklet containing 60 pages
|
£34.00 |
Issue of duplicate passport in lieu of passport which has been lost, stolen, damaged, destroyed or any other reason:
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booklet containing 36 pages
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£84.00 |
booklet containing 60 pages
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£94.00 |
Miscellaneous services |
£7.00 |
Emergency certificates |
£4.00 |
Identity certificates |
£8.00 |
Affidavit |
£8.00 |
Working Hours
Application forms for the passport services can be submitted to the High Commission on working days between 9.15 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.
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