Reference · Service times
India Passport Seva processing targets for normal and Tatkaal applications
India’s Passport Seva Citizen’s Charter lists up to 30 working days for a fresh passport, excluding police verification time. Re-issue can have a shorter target when pre-verification is unnecessary. Eligible Tatkaal cases have a separate three-working-day service target.
Sources checked
- 01Fresh normal application
Up to 30 working days with the police verification period excluded. Source 1
- 02Re-issue without pre-verification
Up to seven working days. Source 1
- 03Re-issue requiring police verification
Up to 30 working days with the verification period excluded. Source 1
- 04Eligible Tatkaal
Up to three working days in the service charter. Source 1
Check the charter target and the separate dispatch guidance.
The fresh-issue and re-issue standards differ
The charter gives fresh issue up to 30 working days, with police verification excluded. For a re-issue it distinguishes cases without pre-police verification, up to seven working days, from cases requiring verification, up to 30 working days excluding that period. Source 1
Police verification can add time outside the service target
Passport Seva distinguishes police verification before or after issue and cases in which it is unnecessary. Applicants on a pre-verification route should check that status separately when interpreting the listed service time. Source 1 Source 3
Tatkaal dispatch has a grant condition
The Tatkaal guidance says that after a successful application with final status Granted, the passport is expected to be dispatched on the third working day, excluding the submission date. The dispatch timing does not include postal delivery. Source 2
A clearance certificate has its own service standard
The charter separately lists a police clearance certificate service target of up to seven working days, excluding police verification. This is a separate document and timing entry from a passport issue or re-issue. Source 1