| Under the Tatkaal Scheme, passports are issued before the normal course of time, on the payment of additional fee over and above the normal passport application fee.
The 'Tatkaal' Scheme would only be applicable in cases where either the police verification report is not required (minors less than 15 years of age) or where a passport can be issued on post police verification basis. Additional booklet does not attract any Tatkaal Fees. Initially passports under the 'Tatkaal' Scheme would be granted in cases where there is a genuine urgency and would cover the following categories:-
- Sports persons and accompanying officials, managers, trainers, doctors etc. going abroad to participate in an international event or for
training.
- Businessmen and their spouses for incentive tours and Dealers'
Conferences
- For employment, project work, interviews, training, conferences, seminars and any other work in their professional capacity e.g. journalists, employees of public/private sector, air/ship crew, charity workers, film
persons
- Students requiring a passport for appearing in examinations such as
SAT, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT
- Winners of promotional awards and schemes where foreign travel is a
prize/incentive
- Spouses of officials/passport holders going abroad availing of companion
ticket
- Pilgrims and journeys for religious
purposes
- For marriage or honeymoon after
marriage
- Individuals wishing to go abroad to attend marriage of relatives such as children, grand children, brother, sister, niece or nephew
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