If you are looking to get your passport made it is important to know the process, which entails
carrying around a hefty stack of papers and forms to the nearest Passport Sewa Kendra. They include your application, receipts, original identify and address proof documents/cards, any other supporting documents, along with copies of all the above. However, there is a more convenient way now with the integration of DigiLocker App. With its help, it will not only be easy for you to get a passport made, there will be no need to carry documents along with you. But the question arises, how? Below is what we know:
The Government of India had changed the rules last year. Now you can upload the mandatory documents for making a passport online on the Digi Locker App. Documents stored on the DigiLocker app do not require the original’s hardcopy for authentication. This means you will not need to get any document photocopied or physically carry it along. Not only this, you can show all the necessary documents with the help of Digi Locker to the authorities.
What is Digi Locker?
Launched by the Government of India, it is a virtual locker and you can easily upload all the documents on it. In this you can upload all the documents including the driving license and matric certificates. If you store documents here then you do not need to keep the originals.
What will be the process?
It is pertinent to note that there has been no change in the process of obtaining the passport. It still requires booking an appointment at the Passport office, and displaying the documents. However, due to the easy access to the relevant document, the process has certainly become more convenient. Such steps are taken for easy passport access for citizens. Aside from Passport, you can also use DigiLocker to show documents during verification for other government tasks as well.