Passport office Bhopal
Passport office Bhopal is located at Gangotri Complex, 2nd Floor, T.T. Nagar, Bhopal, M.P. – 462 003. You can visit the office on all weekdays from Monday to Friday. For submission of application forms you can be there between 10 am to 1:30 pm. The meetings as per appointments with passport officer can be done between 10:30 am to 1 pm.
If you are a travel agent and want to submit passport applications then you can do it between 2 pm to 5 pm and delivery of passport as promised by the passport officer is done between 5 pm and 6 pm. You can do most of the things online without visiting the passport office.
To download the form you can use the link http://passport.gov.in/cpv/Forms.htm. To check the status of your application you can click on http://passportstatus.nic.in/passmain.php?city=bpl or simply call 0755-2775927, 2775660. For your queries you can write to rpo.bhopal@mea.gov.in.
The official website of Passport office Bhopal is http://www.mp.gov.in/passport/. This website has all the information about the list of holidays, the process to apply for the passport, instruction on filling the application form, fee and penalties etc. The website is in Hindi and English both and that is why you would not find it difficult to fill the form and read the instructions.
If applying for passport under Tatkal scheme, you should know that there is a different fee if you want to get the passport in 1 week and a different fee if you want it in 2 weeks. For more information you can click on http://passport.gov.in/cpv/TatkalScheme.htm.
If you do not want to stand in long queues at Passport office Bhopal to get the form and then submit it then you must fill it online. From 1st March 2011 it has become mandatory to apply for your passport online. You must check the form and see the checklist to avoid rejection of the form.
http://www.mp.gov.in/passport/counter.htm has the details of the counters and the services provided through these counters. You can apply through the district passport cell and the speed post centers. To see the list of these centers click on http://www.mp.gov.in/passport/dpc.htm.
Content updated in January 2023