Passport Office, Coimbatore started functioning from 14th of September 2008. It caters to six districts in the state of Tamil Nadu. The districts are Coimbatore, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Tiruppur and The Nilgiris. The office is located at Coimbatore.
Coimbatore, Coimbatore rural, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Salem rural, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur.
List of Officers
Name
Designation
Shri S Sasikumar
Regional Passport Officer
List of Holidays *
Date
Holiday
14/01/2014
Pongal/Id-E-Milad
31/03/2014
Ugadi/Telgu New Year
13/04/2014
Mahavir Jayanti
14/04/2014
Ambedkar Jayanti
18/04/2014
Good Friday
14/05/2014
Buddha Purnima
29/07/2014
Eid-Ul-Fitr
29/08/2014
Vinayakar Chaturthi
03/10/2014
Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)
06/10/2014
Eid-Ul-Zuha
22/10/2014
Diwali(Deepavali)
04/11/2014
Muharram
06/11/2014
Gurunanak's Birthday
25/12/2014
Christmas Day
* Note: In addition, Passport Office will be closed on National Holidays i.e. Republic Day (26th January), Independence Day (15th August) and Gandhi Jayanti (2nd October).
News and Announcements
The current opening time of appointments is 1:30 PM.
Online Payment has been made mandatory for booking appointments at Passport Seva Kendra(s) under this Passport Office. Click herefor details.
Categories of Applicants allowed as “Walk-In with ARN”
With effect from 1st November 2013, Following mentioned categories of applications will alone be allowed as “Walk-in Applicants”. Applicants falling under these categories need to register Online, fill in the online application form and generate Application Reference Number (ARN) at least one day in advance before visiting the PSK. Such applicants may visit the PSK with required set of documents in ORIGINAL and a copy of printed ARN sheet between 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Applications in respect of Physically challenged applicants with valid ‘Certificate of Disability’.
Applications for issue of Police Clearance Certificate (PCC).
Rest of all other categories is required to get online appointment for submission of passport applications.
Tatkaal Appointments With effect from 1st November 2013, applicants desirous of applying under Tatkaal need to visit the PSK with prior appointment. Tatkaal appointments for such applicants will be released 1 day prior to the date of service. For example, Tatkaal appointments will be released on 31st Oct 2013 at 1:30 PM for date of service 1st Nov 2013..
With effect from 21st Feb 2012, the applicants who are in urgent need of passports and have all the necessary documents to obtain passport, who are not able to get online appointments may approach the Passport Officer with necessary documents and with online registration number (ARN Number) for getting appointments. The appointments may be given based on the load and capacity of PSK on that particular day. The final decision will be taken by the Passport Officer on case by case basis and therefore decision once taken will be treated as final.
Public Visiting Hours at Passport Office, Coimbatore : 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM on all working days.
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