Passport Renew Rules: How many days before the expiry should the application for passport renewal be made? Let us tell you. What are the rules related to this?
It is very important for the citizens living in every country of the world to have some documents. These documents are needed by those people for some work every day. Among these, there is one document that is common in every country of the world.
This document is a passport if a citizen of any country has to go from his country to another country. So he needs a passport for this. Passport is such a document for which there is no age limit for making it.
That is, you can get a driving license only if you are above 18 years of age. But a passport can be made as soon as one is born. In India, passport is issued by the Ministry of External Affairs under the Passport Seva Program.
Passport is available with a validity, that is, after a period you have to get it renewed. How many days before the passport expires should it be renewed? Let's know what are the rules regarding this.
According to the information received from the passport service, the passport should be renewed 9 to 12 months before it expires. Let us tell you that under the rules of passport service, if a passport is issued to an adult. Then its validity is 10 years.
That is, an adult should apply for passport renewal only after 9 years of getting the passport, whereas if a passport is issued to a minor. Then its validity is 5 years.
To get the passport renewed, you have to take an online appointment. After this, you have to go to the passport office and fill the relevant form and submit it. And a fee of 1500-2000 has to be deposited for renewal. After this, the passport is delivered to your registered address.
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