Indian citizens living abroad, renew passport in India
I am an Indian citizen living in Germany (with Residence Permit), I can renew my passport in Germany. But, I will be in India for 3 months and I can also easily renew my passport in India.
If I choose to do it in India, will this affect my entry back to Germany, given that I won't have the stamps while leaving Germany and stamps on entry to India?
PS: It is significantly cheaper to do it from India.
Best Answer
As long your passport is valid during your departure, you can renew it in India. You can apply for the renewal of the existing passport up to a year prior to the current passport’s expiry.
However, I strongly recommend carrying both passports with you while coming back to Germany. If custom control questions on your stamp, you can clearly show them the old one and the renewed one.
You can do online before visiting India too and then be there on time.
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Can I renew my Indian passport from abroad?
Yes. Indian passports can be renewed abroad by contacting the respective Indian consulate in your country of residence. However, every country will have slightly different processes, document requirements and charges. Therefore, it is advised to report the consulate directly or visit its website.How can NRI renew my Indian passport?
Essentially, the process for NRI Passport renewal is the same as applying for a new Passport: Apply online, Visit Mission or a Passport Seva Kendra (PSK \u2013 if in India), Police Verification, and then Passport delivery.How many months before I can renew my Indian passport?
What should I do? A: You can apply for a re-issue of passport up to 1 year before the expiry and not earlier. However, in case of any change of personal particulars, lost/damaged, Exhaustion of pages you may apply for re-issue of passport.Can you travel back to India with expired Indian passport?
Airline will deny you boarding with expired passport. Only thing you can do is go to nearest Indian embassy and renew the passport. It can take two weeks. If it is urgent to travel, you can directly approach the consulate and they will provide an emergency document that is valid only for returning to India.Renewal of Indian Passport from Abroad (Ireland) #Indianpassport #renewal #IndianembassyIreland
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Your new Indian passport will have old passport number (on the address page, at the bottom). Old passport will be canceled by cancel stamp on first page and it will be punched so that it can not be used in any machine readable device.
However, you HAVE to carry your old passport along with new one (specially when it has ongoing visa). Your ongoing visa will still be valid even if you renew your passport. It doesn't matter if you have entry stamps in old passport or new, as far as you have valid passport and valid visa, you can travel to respective country.
At the immigration gate, just present your ALL passports (new + old) to the officer and you are good to go.
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