Working of the Regional Passport Office in Kolkata
The working hours of the Regional Passport Office in Kolkata begins from ten in the morning and continues till six in the evening. The passport form submission related issues are dealt till 1:30pm. During this time, people can buy forms, make necessary inquiries and seek for a meeting with the public relation or the passport officer. For the application of passport, certain important documents, such as school leaving certificate and birth certificates are required. After 3:30 pm, passports are delivered to those who had applied for the same and whose application has been sanctioned by the passport officer.
The Regional Passport Office of Kolkata is responsible for issuing passports to twenty other districts of West Bengal, other than the city of Calcutta. It is not necessary for the residents of these districts to travel all the way to the office in Kolkata. They can even submit their passport application at the various District passport office and the recognized speed-post centers. These districts include:
- Hoogly
- Howrah
- North Dinajpur
- South Dinajpur
- South 24-paragana
- North 24-paragana
- East Medinipur
- West Medinipur
- Bankura
- Sikkim
- Birbhum
- Maldah
- Murshidabad
- Purulia
- Coochbihar
- Tripura
- Jalpaiguri
- Nadia
- Burdwan
- Darjeeling
