Certificate attestation signifies verified documents of the passport applicant. The applicants can check list of various documents for getting rid of inconvenience. The proofs of address, identity with photograph and others include birth certificate, marriage/divorce and death certificate, PAN card, Aadhaar card, educational certificate, voter id and so on. Photocopies of these must be attested by self as well as gazetted officer.

1. www.services2nri.com

2. Index of Content:
Online checklist of docs
List of docs for fresh passport
Proofs of address
Proofs of identity with photo
Miscellaneous proofs
Docs to attest
Mandatory to remember
Various stages of attestation

3. Visit http://passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/online/welComeMessage
Go to ‘Information Corner’
Click on Instruction Booklet from the popping down list
Read the list of documents.
Online Checklist of Documents

4. Proof of address
Proof of identity
Miscellaneous proofs
List of Documents for Fresh Passport

5. Proof of address
Proof of identity
Miscellaneous proofs
List of Documents for Fresh Passport
*Any of these address, identity & miscellaneous proofs will be acceptable.

6. What Proofs of Address are Acceptable
• Water Bill
• Telephone (landline or post-paid mobile bill)
• Electricity Bill
• Income Tax Assessment Order
• Election Commission Photo ID Card
• Proof of Gas Connection
• Certificate from employer of reputed company on letter head
• Spouse’ passport copy
• Parent’s passport copy (for minors)
• Aadhaar Card
• Registered Rent Agreement
• Photo passport of running bank account

7. Authentic birth certificate
School leaving certificate/Secondary School leaving certificate
Notarized affidavit sworn before a magistrate
What Proofs of Identity with Photograph are Acceptable

8. Miscellaneous
• Citizenship certificate (issued by Ministry of External Affairs)
• Pension payment order
• Marriage certificate
• Gazette fresh ID certificate (if name is changed)
• Student identity card (of government institutions)
• Bonafide letter from authorized signatory of college (on the official letter head of
college under UGC)
• No Objection Certificate (NOC)
• Copy of guarantee executive
• Death certificate
• College admission form, if any (of foreign college)
• Court Decree
• Spouse passport’s photocopy
• Divorce certificate (if any)

9. What to Attest?
• Photocopy of address proof
• Photocopy of birth proof
• Photocopy of qualification proof
• Electors Photo Identity Card (must)
• SC/ST/OBC certificate
• Photocopy of freedom fighter identity card
• Photocopy of Arms licence (if any)
• Photocopy of property document (if in applicant’s name)
• Photocopy of pension documents
• Photocopy of railway identity card
• Photocopy of PAN card
• Photocopy of valid driving licence
• Photocopy of Aadhar card
• Photocopy of registered rent agreement
• Affidavit sworn before a Magistrate/Notary (It must state the date and place of birth as
mentioned in Annexure “A”. It is a must for illiterate & qualified upto 5th class.)
• Photocopy of marriage certificate
• Photocopy of citizenship certificate
• Gazette notification for changing name of the applicant

10. Self-attested copies of the address and identity proofs.
Get them notarized and attested by the gazetted officer.
Mandatory to Remember

11. The docs are submitted to the PSK (Passport Seva Kendra)
The officials of passport authority verify them
The home department of state attests them
The home department of central government attests them.
What are the Stages of Attestation?
After getting attested by self and by the gazetted officer,
Then, the passport is dispatched to the applicant in a month