New Delhi: Passport Seva portal will be down for five days starting from today (Thursday, 29 August 2024). Passport Seva official website has mentioned that as a part of planned maintenance, the portal will be down between 29th August 2024, Thursday 20:00 hrs IST to 2nd September, Monday 06:00 hrs IST.
During the maintenance timings, system will not be available during this for citizens and for all MEA/RPO/BOI/ISP/DoP/Police Authorities.
Passport Seva portal technical maintenance: What will happen to scheduled appointments?
Passport Seva official website has said that the already booked appointments for 30th August 2024 will be suitably rescheduled and informed to applicants.
“Passport Seva portal will be down for technical maintenance from 29th August 2024, Thursday 20:00 hrs IST to 2nd September, Monday 06:00 hrs IST. System will not be available during this period for citizens and for all MEA/RPO/BOI /ISP/DoP/Police Authorities. The already booked appointments for 30th August 2024 will be suitably rescheduled and informed to applicants,” the Passport Seva official website has mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs has said that many fraudulent websites and mobile applications are collecting data from applicants charging hefty charges for filling up the online application form and scheduling appointment for Passport and related services.
“It has come to the notice of the Ministry that many fraudulent websites and mobile applications are collecting data from applicants and also levying additional hefty charges for filling up the online application form and scheduling appointment for Passport and related services. Some of these fake website are registered in the domain name *.org, *.in, *.com such as www.indiapassport.org, www.online-passportindia.com, www.passportindiaportal.in, www.passport-india.in, www.passport- seva.in, www.applypassport.org and many other similar looking websites,” it added.
The ministry has advised all citizens applying for Indian Passport and related services that they should NOT visit to the above mentioned fraudulent websites or make payment related to passport services. The official website of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, for applying Passport services is www.passportindia.gov.in.
Alternatively, applicants may also use the official mobile App mPassport Seva which can be downloaded from Android and iOS application stores.