Passport Police Verification: Process, Questions and Time
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After your PSK visit the police check your address and identity. In our experience the officer phones within about 7 days, visits your home (or calls you to the station), checks your original documents and asks a few questions. The report reaches the passport office through the SP office in about 10–15 days. Keep electricity and water bills ready; they are asked for almost every time.
How it works
- Passport office sends your file to the local police station
- The officer phones you to fix a time
- Home visit or station visit; show originals, answer questions
- Neighbours may be asked about you
- Report goes to the SP office, then to the passport office
In villages you are more often called to the police station, the pradhan may confirm who you are, and it takes longer because the station and SP office are far apart. Tatkaal, senior citizens and minors are usually faster.
Documents and questions
- Documents: the originals you gave at the PSK. They may also ask for the birth certificate, 10th certificate, marriage certificate and electricity and water bills.
- Questions: the same as your form: address, previous jobs, date and place of birth, and your parents' names, occupation and birthplace (to confirm citizenship). A question may be repeated to check you answer the same way.
- Your record at earlier job locations may also be checked.
Clear, Adverse or Incomplete
Clear
Nothing to do. Printing and dispatch follow. Track it on passport status.
Adverse
Contact the passport office to find the reason, submit the documents they ask for, and redo verification if told to. See application on hold or rejected.
Incomplete
Something was missing, often because you couldn't be reached. Contact the police station to find out what's needed.
Before or after the passport is issued?
The passport officer decides. In our experience a first Normal passport is usually verified before issue, Tatkaal usually after, and a renewal depends on your record. Don't plan travel around it.
Delay or a demand for money
- No call in 7–10 days? Visit or phone the police station with your file number.
- Still stuck: complain to the district SP or SSP office, your passport office, or through the Passport Seva grievance system or CPGRAMS.
- Asked for a bribe: complain to the state vigilance or anti-corruption agency. Keep the file number, dates, station name and any evidence.
A complaint doesn't guarantee faster processing, but it creates a record.
Frequently asked questions
Is police verification done before or after the passport is issued?
It depends on your case, and the passport officer decides. A first Normal passport is usually verified before issue; Tatkaal is usually verified after.
What if I live on rent or moved recently?
Fill both present and permanent addresses and list every address of the last year. Never hide an address; verification may be done at each.
Is the mPassport Police app used?
Not at RPO Dehradun yet, in our experience; verification there is still done offline.
Sources
- Passport Seva: official portal (status and grievances).
- CPGRAMS: public grievance portal.
- Our passport help desk in Dehradun: applicants assisted since 2019 (answers recorded Oct–Nov 2026).