How to Apply For Passport Online at Home?
Annoyed by the line for passport making? Then good news for you! DigiLocker app ‘Made in India’ eliminates all the hassle of showing original documents to create a passport. Besides, with the help of this app, you can also apply for Passport online. Recently, Union Minister B Muralitharan announced that from now on, digital copies of important documents must be uploaded in the DigiLocker app to create a passport.
Important Required Documents:
- Aadhaar card
- driving license
- voter ID card
- PAN verification record
- birth certificate
- ration card
- pension certificate
- insurance policy certificate etc.
How to open an account in Digilocker?
* First you need to go to the DigiLocker website. Digilocker can be accessed by visiting digilocker.gov.in. It also has an app that you can download to your smartphone from the Google Play Store or App Store. DigiLocker account can be opened using your Aadhaar number by going to the website or app. But before that, you must make sure that your phone number is linked with the Aadhaar number.
* Now click on the ‘Sign Up’ option. Enter your full name, date and year of birth, mobile number (registered with Aadhaar number). Create a security PIN and enter your email ID there.
* Give your Aadhaar number. As soon as you enter the 12 digit Aadhaar number there, you will be shown two options. One Time Password (OTP) or Fingerprint – you can choose to go to the next step.
* If you want to pass the above steps correctly, you need to create ‘Username’ and ‘Password’. Now enter your desired ‘Username’ and ‘Password’ and click on the sign-up button. Once the account is successfully opened, the ‘Dashboard’ screen will appear on your DigiLocker account first.
How to upload documents in the DigiLocker app?
Any of your documents, be it secondary to higher secondary or undergraduate level mark sheets or Aadhaar, you can upload any urgent document starting from voter card. For that, you first need to go to the home screen of the Digilocker app. Once there, you will get specific options for the document you want to upload. Tap there. You will be asked to provide all the important information there and then the document will be fetched. For example, to upload a driving license, you need to enter a DL number.
How to submit all documents with the help of DigiLocker in Passport service?
* First of all you need to make sure that all the important documents for your Passport are uploaded in DigiLocker app. Now log in to Passport Seva. Provide all the emergency information. Once they are provided, you will be taken to another page, from where you can upload documents.
* As soon as you reach the Self-Declaration screen, you will be shown ‘Grant DigiLocker Access’ just before ‘Proof Of Birth’. That’s where you have to click. After clicking on this option, you have to go to DigiLocker with your mobile number, name, and Aadhaar card number.
* Pay with OTP and get permission from Passport Seva to go to DigiLocker.
* Now you will be shown the ‘Get From DigiLocker’ option. Clicking on this option will show you that all documents have been successfully uploaded.
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