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A passport is issued under the Passports Act, 1967. It is an offence knowingly to furnish false information or suppress information, which attracts penal and other action under relevant sections of the said Act. Passport is a valuable document. All holders are required to take due care that it does not get damaged, mutilated, lost. Passports should not be sent out to any country by post. Loss of passport should be immediately reported to the nearest Police Station and to the nearest Passport Office/ Indian Mission. Passport holder shall be responsible for misuse of the passport, due to non-intimation of loss to the concerned Passport Office/ Indian Mission. Passport is a Government property and should be surrendered when demanded in writing by any Passport Issuing Authority.
Fees Structure
The following all-inclusive fee is to be paid along with the application form, either by Bank Draft in favour of the Passport Officer concerned or in cash. In case of DD, full name of applicant and application number to be written on the reverse of the draft. The Bank Code of Issuing Bank, the Demand Draft Number and date of issue of the Demand Draft should be mentioned. Details of payment of fee may be mentioned in the relevant boxes in the application form.
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Fresh Passport (36 pages) of 10 years validity (including minors between 15 to 18 years of age, who wish to get a 10 years full validity passport) Rs 1,000/
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Fresh Passport (60 pages) of 10 years validity Rs. 1,500/-
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Fresh Passport for Minors (below 18 years of Age) of 5 years validity or till the minor attains the age of 18 which ever is earlier. Rs 600/-
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Duplicate Passport (36 pages) in lieu of lost, damaged or stolen passport Rs. 2500/
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Duplicate Passport (60 pages) in lieu of lost, damaged or stolen passport Rs. 3000/
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Police Clearance Certificate/ ECNR/Additional Endorsements Rs.300/-
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In case of Change of Address, Name, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Appearance, Spouse Name, Name of Parents/Legal Guardian Rs.1000/- [Fresh passport booklet will be issued]
If the application for a new passport is made under Tatkaal scheme, tatkaal fee is to be paid in addition to the application fee mentioned above. The most commonly spoken languages (other than English) are Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Mandarin. Add to this its spacious surroundings, high standard of living; excellent health and education systems, temperate Australia weather, wide and varied landscape, political and economic stability, and a general quality of life are envied around the world; no wonder, people are emigrating to Australia in hordes.
This has spawned an ever-increasing stream of Australia tourist visa besides other categories of visas. The students from all over the world are also very keen to take part in the Australian education system; therefore flights to Australia carry many a student. In the last few years the number of student visa issued have registered an upward spike.
So, the jobs in Australia are aplenty and consequently, people are applying for work visas in greater numbers.
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