NOC Not Required for Central Government Employees Seeking Passports!

How to Apply for Passport Without  NOC (No Objection Certificate)?

Government servants, who are not able to obtain the Identity
Certificate / No-Objection Certificate from their concerned employer and intend to get the passport on urgent basis can now get the passport by submitting a self-declaration in extant Annexure-‘H’ that he/she has given prior Intimation Letter to his/her employer informing that he/she was applying for an ordinary passport to a Passport Issuing Authority.

Prior Intimation Letter

• Intimation letter to Controlling Authority before submitting the application for Passport. The format of the letter in the Annexure – N.

No Objection Certificate

• If NOC (No Objection Certificate) attached with the Passport application, then the Passport will be issued only after police verification. The format of the letter in the Annexure – M.

Identity Certificate

• The Identity Certificate will helps you to get the Passport without police verification. The format of the letter in the Annexure – B.

Also read: Simplifying Issuance of Passports through POPSK

Although the Government thinks that tough guidelines are not required for issuing passports, the new format seeks more personal information

Currently, passports for Central Government employees are issued only if they produce a general NOC (No Objection Certificate). In some Government offices, getting an NOC is very difficult. Keeping this in mind, the Ministry of External Affairs has advised that new procedures be followed instead of submitting an NOC.

According to the new procedure, the employee has to send prior information, about the fact that he has applied for passport, to the address of the senior officer who has to issue the NOC. If a copy of this correspondence is submitted along with the passport request form, then the passport will be issued after police verification. If the officer has objections to the passport being issued to the applicant, then he has to go to the regional passport office and register his objection and reasons. The procedure is applicable to persons seeking renewal of passports too.

The Ministry of External Affairs issued new guidelines to apply Passport without NOC…

No.VI/401/01/05/2014
Government of India
Ministry of External Affairs
CPV Division

Patiala House Annexe, Tilak Marg,
New Delhi, 26th May, 2015

Office Memorandum

Subject: Issuance of Ordinary Passport to Government Servants, PSU / Autonomous body employees, et al

In tune with the Government’s objective of ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’ and with a view to simplifying the procedure for issuance of Passport to Government Servants, PSU / Autonomous body employees, et al, the matter has been reviewed. In order to facilitate issuance of Passport to Government employees, et al; who find difficulties to obtain Identity Certificate (IC)/No Objection Certificate (NOC) from their department, it has been decided to introduce a new feature which is termed as ‘Prior Intimation’ letter to the controlling authority by the Passport applicant before submission of a Passport application.

2. Basically, Prior Intimation is a letter from the Passport applicant giving intimation to his/her Controlling / Administrative Authority (employer) regarding submission of Passport application. This can be submitted by the applicant in the format of ‘Annexure-N’. After submission of Passport application by such an employee, the copy of this Prior Intimation would be sent to the same Controlling/ Administrative Authority under which the employee is working. In case the employer has any objection regarding issuance of Passport to that employee, they may revert back to concerned Regional Passport Office mentioning the details of such objection. However, the final decision will be taken by the concerned Passport Issuing Authority. If Prior Intimation is submitted by the applicant, Passport would be issued on the basis of Pre-Police Verification, however the provisions of Police Verification in reissue cases will remain applicable.

3. Henceforth, anyone of the following documents can be submitted by Government Servants, PSU/Autonomous body employees, et al. for submission of application for Passports:

• (a) Copy of Prior Intimation to Controlling /Administrative Authority; or
• (b) No Objection Certificate from Controlling/Administrative Authority; or
• (c) Identity Certificate from Controlling /Administrative authority.

4. No Objection Certificate (NOC) is issued in the format of ‘Annexure-M’ by the Controlling /Administrative Authority of the employee working under them for obtaining Passport by any Government Servants, PSU/ Autonomous body employees, et al. If NOC is submitted Passport will be issued on Post-Police Verification basis.

5. Identity Certificate (IC) is issued in the format of ‘Annexure-B’ by the Controlling /Administrative Authority of the employee working under them for obtaining Passport by any Government Servants, PSU /Autonomous body employees, et al. If IC is submitted Passport will be issued on No-Police Verification basis. The spouse of such employees, and dependent children up to the age of 18 years, has an option to submit IC for expeditious issue of passport. In case of IC, the applicant is also required to submit ‘Annexure-I’.

6. It may be noted that the following provisions will remain applicable as mentioned below:

a. While IC should be issued preferably on Official Stationery (letterhead); NOC on plain paper with signature/stamp can be accepted, on the assumption that such offices are using plain paper for day to day correspondence. Prior Intimation (PI) is required to be submitted on plain paper by the Passport applicant.

b. Telephone, fax and e-mail id of the Controlling /Administrative Office (to the extent available) should be indicated in all the three documents for the purpose of confirmation.

c. Military personnel with c/o APO address (e.g. 56 APO /99 APO) may submit applications at their station of posting or at their permanent address, and write their permanent address in passport [against present address otherwise]. Spouse of such personnel [and adult children, when spouse has expired/divorced] may receive the passport, with authority letter, either by hand or by post. This would apply to similarly placed Air Force/Navy personnel as well.

d. If Government/PSU employees, et al. are transferred after submission of the passport application or passport is returned undelivered due to such transfer, the same be re-dispatched, on request (along with copy of transfer order), at the new address, after correction/ endorsement of address. However, if police verification was required and was not completed, it will be done at the new place.

e. The validity of the documents mentioned at para-3 will be six months from date of issue.

7. While the revised prov1s10ns deal only with passport issuance, the requirement by the Government employees to obtain prior permission from his/her Department / Ministry for travelling abroad as per Conduct Rules will remain unchanged as per the instructions issued by the Department of Personnel & Training and respective authorities.

8. Ministries of the Central Government, and the State Governments/ Union Territories are requested to circulate these instructions to all the employees working under them, including those in attached and subordinate offices, and statutory bodies.

sd/-
(Muktesh K.Pardeshi)
Joint Secretary(PSP) & Chief Passport Officer

NOC for Passport Annexure – B

• All Central Government Employees, State Government Employees, Employees of Statutory Bodies and Public Sector Undertakings, Thier Spouse and Children up to the Age of 18 years are required to produce an Identity Certificate

NOC for Passport Annexure – I

• Affidavit

NOC for Passport Annexure – M

• No Objection Certificate

NOC for Passport Annexure – N

• Letter from the Government / PSU / Statutory body employees giving prior intimation to his / her Administrative Deptt / Office for submission of Passport application
• Intimation letter to Controlling Authority before submitting the application for Passport
• Click to view the Ministry of External Affairs Order dated 26.5.2015

Application Fees For Passport

The list of application fee for passport as per booklet (Regular Applicants only)

Normal

• Booklet: 36 pages
• Fee: Rs. 1,500

Normal

• Booklet: 60 pages
• Fee: Rs. 2,000

Tatkal

• Booklet: 36 pages
• Fee: Rs. 3,500

Tatkal

• Booklet: 60 pages
• Fee: Rs. 4,000

Tatkaal Scheme for Obtaining Passport

Passports can be now obtained under the ‘Tatkaal’ Scheme without
providing the Verification Certificate from a Gazetted Officer, which
was required earlier. Applicants may submit any 3 of the following
documents for obtaining passport:

• Aadhaar Card or e-Aadhaar containing the 12 digit Aadhaar number or 28-digit Aadhaar enrolment ID printed on the Aadhaar enrolment slip issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
• Electors Photo Identify Card (EPIC)
• Permanent Account Number (PAN)
• driving licence (valid and within the jurisdiction of State of
  submission of applicant)
• bank passbook or kisan passbook or post office passbook
• student photo identity card issued by a recognised educational
  institution
• birth certificate issued under the Registration of Births and Deaths
  Act, 1969 (18 of 1969)
• service photo identity card issued by State Government or Central
  Government, public sector undertakings, local bodies or public
  limited companies
• pension document such as ex-servicemen’s pension book or
  pension payment order issued to retired Government employees,
  ex-servicemen’s widow or dependent certificate, old age pension
  order
• scheduled caste or scheduled tribe or other backward class
  certificate
• arms licence issued under the Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959);
• ration card
• last passport issued (in case of reissue only)

How to apply Passport for Retired Employees

• Pension document such as ex-servicemen’s pension book or pension payment order issued to retired Government employees, ex-servicemen’s widow or dependent certificate, old age pension order.

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