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Get an Indian passport (fresh or reissue)
Register on Passport Seva, choose Normal or Tatkal, book the PSK appointment with the right three documents, and understand which police-verification mode your case gets.
Time Normal: ~30 working days · Tatkal: 1–3 working days for the booklet, verification after · Cost ₹1,500 (36 pages, Normal) · ₹2,000 (60 pages) · Tatkal adds ₹2,000 · minors ₹1,000 · 6 steps · Reviewed 5 Sept 2026
The passport process is almost entirely online until one appointment at a Passport Seva Kendra, where originals are checked, biometrics taken, and the file goes to police verification and printing. The choices that change the timeline are made in the form: Normal versus Tatkal, and the documents you can produce.
You end up with A printed passport booklet delivered by Speed Post to your address