By Vipul Jain
If you're an Indian Citizen residing in the USA, and you want to change the address on your Indian Passport. At VFS Global, we can change the name or address for the passport in the USA. The process is the same as we filled out the application for Indian Passport Renewal in USA. You can change the address of your Passport by post and filled the VFS Application form.
If you want to change the name and address you can apply either by filling online application form or by post. In this guide, we tell you about all the required information including the documents list, fees, and the procedure for changing the address in the passport.
If you recently changed the address, or you see any mistakes in your name in the current passport. so you need to apply for the Re-Issue of your Indian passport after filling out the online application form.
1. We need to change of address for your passport if you move to another address. In this case, you don't need to make any corrections to your current passport according to the US Department.
2. You can enter your new address on page 4. It is very easy to change the address.
3. If your renewed passport is currently in progress, and you apply for a new one and you need to change the address, in this case, you send an email to NPIC@state.gov.in.
4. You Should change the address of your name on your Indian passport in the USA If your residential address is now changed and you change your name due to marriage.
5. In All of these cases, You need to update your all personal information again with a recent passport-size photo.
6. If your passport is nearing its expiration, so you must update your details and check the procedure of How to renew Indian Passport in USA.
Change in Name:
If you recently married, divorced, or due to a court order. You must update your Indian passport by filling out an online form for the re-issue of your Indian Passport in the USA.
Change in Address:
It's not mandatory to update the address but we advise if you move to another address, you must update the address because sometimes a passport is required as address proof.
Process:
Change of Name and Address in Indian Passport, the applicant must fill out a passport re-issue application.
The Indian passport is also a necessary document for address proof and is used in many KYC-related procedures. At VFS Global, they provide many services like OCI Card Renewal, Passport, and Visa Services. Below, we provide the steps to apply for a change of address to an Indian Passport in the USA.
Step 1: Visit the Indian Embassy's Website and select the country and your jurisdiction.
Step 2: Login if you're already registered, or create your VFS Global profile first and log in with credentials. At VFS, you can also check OCI Card Application USA Services, if you need an OCI Card in the USA.
Step 3: Enter the information and choose your nearest Passport Seva office.
Step 4: You will receive an email containing an activation link. In this case. you need to click on the link for Re-Issue of Indian Passport.
Step 5: Fill Our your application, and update your new address or name.
Step 6: Pay the Fees for changing the name or address in your Current Passport.
After completing all these steps, the Indian Embassy will dispatch the updated passport through the mail.
Here we provide the Indian Passport Renewal in USA Checklist For 2024, gather all these documents listed below for the re-issue of passport.
VFS Application Form
Photocopy of the Online Application
Two Recent Passport Size Photos
Current Passport
Notarized Copy of Valid US Visa.
Copy of Fee Receipt
Current Address Proof
Marriage Certificate, Divorce in the case of changing name
A Photocopy of the Bank Passbook
Photocopy of Front two and last two pages of your passport.
Note: If you're looking to visit the United States, you can check the procedure of How to Apply For US Visitor Visa.
1. Driving License
2. Electricity, or Gas Bill, Rental Agreement
3. Mortgage Bill
4. Phone Bill
5. Applicants whose age is above 60, so they can show State ID.
Note: Residing in the United States and your Visa is expired, so you must come back to India and apply for US Visa again.
In the table, we provide the Fee structure.
| Reissue or Fresh passport of 36-pages | US$75 |
| Reissue or Fresh passport of 60-pages | US $100 |
| Tatkal Service | US $150 |
In Conclusion, reissue your passport in case of your address or change of name. There is a variety of documents you require depending on the reason for re-issue. This blog has discussed different documents that are required in different situations. Explain different reasons when and why there is a need to make changes in the Indian passport USA. You need to look for each document very carefully and follow the steps mentioned in this blog for changing the address in your passport.
Yes! You can change the address by apply for re-issue of passport through vfs global under the miscellaneous service.
No! You don't have to update, but it's advisable to update all the details.
Just fill out the online application form create a VFS Global profile and pay the fees.
Applicants need to pay $92.90 for re-issue of Indian passport.
You need to fill the both the address, your United States and Indian address.
The procedure of changing address and name in Indian passport in USA takes around 3 to 4 weeks once you submit the application. For a faster process, you can pay an additional amount. The time is required for 3 to 4 weeks for the update same as the processing time for OCI Application USA.
_1727440183.jpeg)
