What is the Police Verification Process for a New Passport in India?

DL Posted by: David Lucas
• 10 June, 2025
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In the police verification process for a new passport in India, police visit the applicant's permanent or current address physically. The PVR plays an important role in the passport application process and checks the applicants background.

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  • testuser 12 June, 2025

    After filling the passport application form the police came to my house and checked my residential address and background. I like this process as it is useful for everyone and protects us from unauthorized co-passengers.

    • DL
      David Lucas 10 July, 2025

      The easy and simple offline process to verify your police verification process for a new passport in India. First, you need to apply for an application online through the Passport Seva Kendra, fill out the online application form with all the documents, and book an appointment, then, submit your application to the Passport Seva Kendra, then you need to visit to the local police station, and submit all the essentials documents to the police station, and verify your identity and address.

  • Priya Desai 23 May, 2025

    In case of a passport application, police verification means that a policeman from your area will visit your home to verify your residential address and how many years you have been living there. As a witness, he will take the signatures of your two neighbours. In the last year, if you have lived in several places, then the police will verify all those addresses.

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      Aarav Saxena 23 July, 2025

      The online process to verify the details on your new passport in India are: first you need to apply for an online application and provide all the supporting documents, then you need to send your application to the local police station, and wait for the verification of your identity and residency address, then you will get the updated status of your police verification, and your passport is successfully verified by the police. 

  • Ravi Kumar 05 April, 2025

    Once you're done with your passport appointment and document submission, the Passport officer sends a form to your nearest police station with your residential address on it. In that form, the officer who is in charge needs to sign the given form. According to passport rules, they need to visit your home to verify your residential address; however, they typically call the applicant to the police station for verification. In my case, they did not even call me. I visited the police station a week after my passport appointment and found out they already had my passport form. So, they asked me to bring a photocopy of my residential address. After that, the police officer asked me some questions, which were just a formal discussion about my studies, and then the officer signed the document. That's how my police verification was done. I hope that after reading it, you gain some understanding of it.

  • Pooja Reddy 12 February, 2025

    After your passport appointment and document verification, a police verification is done at your address. Regarding this, you will get a message on your mobile number. A police officer in your area will coordinate with you in the stipulated time and will visit your home. If the officer does not arrive, you should visit the police station instead.

    • SJ
      Shubham jain 04 August, 2025

      To apply for a Police verification for a new passport, you will need to submit some of the essential documents for the new Indian passport application like, you need proof of identity, proof of address, and proof of date of birth, aand for the re-issue or renewal of documents, you have to submit existing passport copies, proof of address, and identity proof.

  • Rahul Verma 16 January, 2025

    To ensure the authenticity of the person and their submitted documents for the new passport, a police verification is done. In this, a police officer will visit the applicant's provided address to verify its accuracy. In addition, they will also verify whether the applicant has any criminal record.

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