Regional Passport Office in Kolkata is located in 4, Brabourne Road Kolkata-700 001. The Passport Application Collection Center is located in 2, Ballygunge Park Road, Kolkata- 700 019. The Passport office of Calcutta is among the first five to be set up in India. It commenced work in 1955.
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:
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- 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
Holidays of the Regional Passport Office in Kolkata
The Passport Office Kolkata remains closed on Saturdays and Sundays and all government holidays. The government holidays include Independence Day, Republic Day, Idu’l Zuha, Good Friday, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, Buddha Purnima, Christmas Day, Diwali, Moharram, Janmasthmi, Gudi, Padwa and Mahashivratri.
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