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Renewal Of Indian Passport In Australia - FAQs
A passport is due for renewal – one year before the expiry.
e.g. If passport expiry date is 01.11.2019 then this passport will be eligible for renewal wef 01.11.2018 onwards.
On Emergency Certificate (EC).
EC is a one way travel document which can be issued by the consulate with fee of A$25. The applicant has to get its passport renewed in India. It can only be issued during business days.
However travelling on EC is not advisable and the applicant should not be advised unless visiting India is unavoidable.
There are instances- when people travelled on EC got stuck in India and struggling to get their passport for more than six months (particularly from Punjab).
EC is mostly use for repatriation or deportation.
Travelling on EC is sort of negative remarks for traveller. Fresh police verification will be issued before getting passport in India as well as clearance from the issuing mission of EC will be required.
The laminated cover of my passport has been removed slightly.
Stamp or ink sign is faded in passport
Damaged page/ any page have got cut etc
Protection visa – Someone who has life threatening problem in the country of nationality (India) can apply for protection visa in Australia.
Generally passport of applicant who has applied for protection visa is not getting renewed. Applicant can make effort to get its renewed. In exceptional cases short validity passport (one to two years) is given to the applicant.
Ideally, after obtaining foreign citizenship one should not travel on Indian Passport as India does not permit dual citizenship. Travelling on Indian passport will incur penalty of approx AUD 250 which will be collected at the time of surrendering the Indian Passport or submitting application of OCI.
It means one can travel on Indian passport but have to penalty at later stage.
The authority (Consulate/VFS) checks last immigration stamp on Indian Passport. If it is later than the date of issuance of foreign citizenship than penalty will be imposed.
Your passport is due for renewal a year before the expiry date. You should have a valid reason to renew your passport now like change in signature, change in name, adding spouse name, exhausting passport pages, change in appearance etc. Otherwise your passport will be treated as Damaged.
Processing time of passport renewal is 4-6 weeks.
You have to intimate immigration department IMMI WEBSITE . Update the new passport number there.
There are some airlines like Singapore Airlines, Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines etc basically routed through Singapore and Malaysia that are a bit strict for 6 months passport validity which is in compliance with ICAO guidelines. If you are going through Air India or via Bangkok, Hong Kong there should not be any issue as what we have seen in the past- the Indian immigration does not create any issue so long as the passport is valid(even less than six months). So basically in your case (Since passport is valid for less than six months) we can advise you not to travel through Singapore, Malaysia. Now while coming back to Australia, Australian immigration does not have any issue with less than six month validity so long as you have a valid visa/PR. It is always recommended to renew your passport to avoid any inconvenience at the time of traveling.
Your passport is due for renewal before the year from expiry date. For renewing before one year should have valid reasons like- passport pages are full or damage or change in name, photo, signature etc.
If you don’t have any such reason then it may not be accepted as renewal if it is valid for more than one year.
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