[Resolved]  Regional Passport Office — Bribing

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu

There are lot of bribing corruption happening in The reional passport iffice, chennai.

Once my friend went the pasport office for re-issue of passport as his passport expires after 10 years. He applied on line tatkal regsitration and went to the counter on the date of appointment. The srutnizing officer has informed that his passport got damaged and has to pay Rs 5000 and come on some other day. But his passport was not all dmaged and in fact it looks like new one. he asked the reason why he syas that it was damaged , but officer informed that no need to give the reason and he is authoritive to say whether it is damaged or not. Also he asked for three adress proofs for change of address. My frined presented the gas receipt bill, staement of running account for the past one year and a letter from my company stating his reseidentail adress. But the officer refused to accept the same and asked him to get a letter from his bank manager on his letter pad.

In the passport office website it was mentioned that one adress proof is sufficent. ( as mentioned below)

(a) Proof of address (attach one of the following):
Applicant’s ration card, certificate from Employer of reputed companies on letter head, water /telephone /electricity bill/statement of running bank account/Income Tax Assessment Order /Election Commission ID card, Gas connection Bill, Spouse’s passport copy, parent’s passport copy in case of minors. (NOTE: If any applicant submits only ration card as proof of address, it should be accompanied by one more proof of address out of the above categories).


The officer did the smae thing for many applicants on that day. However has accepted the application form from few approached through travel agents, inspite of incomplete application form and incomplete attachments.

Immediately when my friend came out of passport office, a travel agent approached him and promissed him to finsih the work today itself, provided he pay Rs2300 as his commision.

Many genuine application forms getting rejected for no reason in chennai passport office. To get the passport sure many in passport office recomend to approach Mr. Senthur Vel. They say we will defiently get the passport if he approach through him. He charges Rs 2700/ extra for that service.