Miscellaneous Passport & Consular
Services
Applicants for miscellaneous Passport
and Consular services are required to fill out appropriate
form and submit their passports along with photocopies
of their resident card or any other proof of their lawful
residence in the jurisdiction of the Embassy.
The practice of endorsement of child's
name on either parent's passport has since been discontinued
and a new passport is issued to a (newborn) child initially
for five-year duration. Photocopy of birth certificate,
parents passports (containing spouse name), should accompany
the application.
It is very important to note that a birth
should be registered, in case a child is to acquire
Indian citizenship, within 7 years, if both parents
are holding Indian nationality (by birth) (at the time
of birth and thereafter), and within one year if one
of the parent is not an Indian citizen or one of the
parent is Indian (by descent).
For change of name, applicant has to
submit following documents along with application:
Court order or notarized affidavit.
Advertisement clipping of notice in
the city of applicants present address.
Advertisement clipping of notice in
the city of applicants permanent address in India.
Women applicants applying for change
of maiden name are required to furnish, along with the
application form and spouse passport, either of the
following documents:
1. Marriage
certificate
2. Sworn
affidavit duly notarized.
For sending mortal remains to India for
last rites etc., a copy of death certificate and a letter
from mortuary stating the body has been embalmed properly
and sealed in a casket, as per international norms,
should be got attested from the Embassy.
For sending ashes to India, a copy
of the death certificate and a letter from the cremation
site stating that the urn contains nothing else but
the cremated remains of the deceased and it has been
sealed properly, as per international norms, should
be got attested from the Embassy. Passport of the deceased
should be sent along with the relevant documents in
the above cases.
