Passports
Passport services require appointments, which are available for American citizens Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. We are closed on the last Wednesday of every month and on American and Indian holidays.
Please arrive fifteen minutes before your appointment to clear security. Mobile phones, electronic devices other restricted items are not permitted inside the Embassy.
Online application tips:
- Complete the address fields completely. If you are in India, your passport will not be sent back to the United States. When you drop off your application, you can designate if you wish to pick it up or have it sent to you by registered mail to an address in India.
- If completing an application without a social security number, you may enter all zeroes as a placeholder.
- Expedite fee: You do not need to select the "expedite fee" option; passports printed for citizens abroad are automatically expedited.
- Please fill out the emergency contact information even though it is not required to submit the application.
- Print the form but please do not use two-sided printing.
- Unless renewing by mail, only sign the forms in the presence of a consular officer.
Passport applications should be printed and supporting documents prepared before you come to your appointment.
For more information on required documents and the application process, choose your service:
- Lost or Stolen Passport
- Adult Passport Renewals (over 16 years old)
- Passports for Minors (under 16 years old)
- First-Time Adult Passport (over 16 years old)
- Passport Amendments (includes adding pages)
- Report the Birth of an American Citizen Abroad
Passport Documents.
A complete list of passport documents is available here.
Fees
Complete fee information is available here. If applying in person, you may pay with cash dollars, cash rupees (at the current exchange rate), demand draft or a major U.S. credit card. Personal checks are not accepted.
Passport Processing Time
Except in emergencies, passports are printed in the United States and take approximately 7-10 days. Please consider this timeline when renewing or applying for passports. You will receive an automated email when your passport is ready.
Passport Delivery or Pick Up
If you opt to pick up your passport, you may do so between 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding the last Wednesday of the month and American and Indian holidays. You do not need an appointment to pick up your passport.
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to provide courier delivery services for U.S. passports, effective January 17, 2012. This service will allow for timely tracking and fast delivery of your passports. Please read carefully the instructions below so as to arrive at your appointment prepared.
- At the Embassy, you will be asked to purchase a courier envelope from the VFS agent in the lobby for INR 166. The fee may be paid by cash or demand draft in favor of "VFS GLOBAL SERVICES PVT. LTD." payable at Delhi. Drafts can be drawn on any nationalized or foreign bank. Drafts of co-operative banks are not accepted. You need to also complete the VFS Courier Slip and send it to us with the demand draft.
- Once your U.S. passport application is processed, the ACS Unit will return the sealed courier envelope containing your U.S. Passport to VFS. The same will be couriered to the address provided by you or to a Blue Dart (Hold-at-Location), if the delivery address is not serviceable.
- Once your passport reached VFS, you will be able to check the status of your passport by entering your old passport number at the VFS website. Please click here to track your passport.
- You will receive a receipt from VFS with the return of your passport.
Questions?
Please email acsnd@state.gov
General information about U.S. passports is available here.
