You Can Now Get Your Passport Without Submitting Birth Certificate

The new passport rules simplify the process of application for single parents, orphaned children and sadhus.

On Friday, the government announced new passport rules aimed at simplifying and easing the process of issuing passport. The new passport rules simplify the process of application for single parents, orphaned children and sadhus.

To start with, eight different documents will now be accepted as proof of date of birth.

As per the existing provisions of the Passport Rules, 1980, all the applicants born on or after 26 January 1989, mandatorily submit the birth certificate as the proof of date of birth. The government has now decided that applicants can submit any of the following eight documents as the proof of date of birth while submitting the passport application.

• Birth certificate issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths or the Municipal Corporation or any other prescribed authority whosoever has been empowered under the Registration of Birth and Deaths Act, 1969 to register the birth of a child born in India.
• Transfer or school leaving or matriculation certificate issued by the school last attended or by the recognised educational board.
• PAN card issued by the Income Tax Department.
• Aadhaar Card or e-Aadhaar.
• Copy of the extract of the service record of the applicant (only in respect of government servants) or the pay pension order (in respect of retired government servants), duly attested or certified by the officer or in-charge of the administration of the concerned ministry or department of the applicant.
• Driving licence issued by the transport department of concerned state government.
• Election photo identity card issued by the Election Commission of India.
• Policy bond issued by the Public Life Insurance Corporations/Companies of the holder of the insurance policy.