Passport office in Chennai

Passport office in Chennai Tamil Nadu state was established in George Town in the year 1955.(Chennai formerly known as Madras) In the year 1966, it was shifted to the Govt. owned premises of Shastri Bhavan located at 26, Haddows Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600006, where a number of other Central Govt. Offices are also located.

Initially, RPO, Chennai was catering to the needs of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in addition to the neighbouring States of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. In 1976 separate passport offices for these three states were established. In the year 1983, RPO, Chennai was again bifurcated and a separate office was established at Trichy with its own jurisdiction. Passport Office, Chennai is primarily responsible for issuance of Indian Passports to the Citizens of India who are residing within its jurisdictional area. In addition to issue of passports, various other miscellaneous services like change of address in passport, additional endorsement regarding Emigration Check Not Required, Police Clearance Certificate, etc. are also being rendered by this office irrespective of the fact that the original passport is issued by Passport Office, Chennai or not, provided they stay in the area of jurisdiction of RPO Chennai.


Passport office Chennai Districts Covered below


Chennai , Chennai Sub Urban , Cuddalore , Dharmapuri , Kanchipuram , Karaikal , Krishnagiri , Puducherry , Tiruvallur , Tiruvannamalai , Vellore , Viluppuram.



Regional Passport Office Address

Name of RPO: Shri P K Ashok Babu

Passport office in ChennaiAddress
Royala Towers No. 2 and 3, IV Floor,
Old No. 785, New No. 158, Anna Salai,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600002

Telephone No.
044-2851 3640

Fax
044-2851 3637

E-mail Id
rpo.chennai@mea.gov.in


Passport Seva Kendra

PSK Aminjikarai

Address of PSK:
Navins Presidium,
No. 103, Nelson Manickam Road,
Aminjikarai, Chennai

PSK Saligramam

Address of PSK:
No. 1, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Road,
Saligramam, Chennai

PSK Tambaram

Address of PSK:
Claret Complex, Duraisamy Reddy Street,
Tambaram, Chennai

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