PASSPORTS

Applying for a Passport Service

U.S. passports are normally printed in the U.S. It takes approximately 15 working days after the passport application has been approved for the new passport to reach the U.S. Consulate General. Your old passport will be cancelled and returned to you along with the new one. Any valid visas in the old passport will not be cancelled.

The American Citizens Services Unit offers passport and citizenship services from Monday through Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  (excluding official holidays and the last Friday of every month). The Consulate General offers the following services:

• Renewing a passport 
• Applying for a first passport 
• Replacing a lost or stolen passport 
• Replacing a damaged passport 
• Obtaining an emergency passport 
• Obtaining additional pages for a passport 
• Amending a valid passport 
• Passport Card 
• Passport Card FAQs

We also offer these resources to assist you:

• Application forms
• Photograph requirements

Online Passport Tracking

Checking the status of your application: http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/get/status/status_2567.html

VFS passport tracking:
https://www.vfs-usa.co.in/ApplnForms/TrackYourPassport.aspx

If your service does not require a personal appearance, you will be instructed to apply via registered mail or courier. See the relevant service page for additional details. If the information you require is not available here, please contact us.

For answers to FAQs on passports and citizenship documents see the State Department website