Hyderabad Passport Seva Kendra

How to Apply for Passport at Passport Seva kendra (PSK) under Tatkal or Normal Quota:

Approach 1 :

1. Register as a new user on the Passport India website.

2. Login with the user name and password selected at the time of registering.

3. Fill the web form on the website , as per your requirements.

4. Submit the application

5. Upload the required passport documents

6. Schedule a appointment online.

7. take the print out of the same along with originals and copies of all documents to the passport seva kendra.

8. Reach before time , as you need to take token again even if you have the scheduled time.

Approach 2 :

1. Download the E-Form

2. Register as a new user

3. Login with the credentials.

4. Fill the Passport E-Form and scan then upload it again.

5. Upload the requried passport documents

6. Schedule an appointment

7. take the print out of the same along with originals and copies of all documents to the passport seva kendra.

8. Reach before time , as you wil need to take token again inspite of having the scheduled time.

The PSK will function from 9.50 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all days except Saturday and Sunday and holidays.Currently 3 Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) is operational at Hyderabad, address is as follows:

1.Begumpet - Door No: 1-8-368 to 372, Gowra Trinity, Sardar Patel Road, Begumpet, Hyderabad-500016. ( Near Chiran Fort and US Embassy ) .

2.Tolichowki - 8-1-305/306, Beside McDonalds , Anand Silicon Chip, Shaikpet Nala, ToliChowki, Hyderabad-500009.

3. Aditya Trade Centre, Ameerpet, Hyderabad-500038


As per the Passport call center officials , slots for appointments are being released daily at 18:00 IST.


Do post your issues and comments below and also check out my latest article to on how to improve your chances booking a slot online :  http://hydengg.blogspot.in/

Hyderabad Aircraft Crash

An aircraft on Indian Navy Sagar Pawan crashed into residential area of Hyderabad on 3 th march 2010 just couple of minutes before the noon. The pilot and co polit of the aircraft lost his life in this accident and the building in the caved. According to latest inputs 7 persons have been injured. A Large smoke cloud was seen from the crash site and anxious crowd was seen standing near the crash spot and taking pictures of the crashed site. Crashed site is said to be a building at Bowenpally near begumpet airport. The indian navy aircraft hit the top floors of the building which resulted huge damage to the building and a car parked outside the building was also damaged. This airport was no longer used daily air traffic and was used only for air shows and VIP's arrivals and departures.

The plane crashed during the formation that was part of the airshow organised at old international airport located at Begumpet area of Hyderabad. Many fire extinguishers were rushed to the spot and the area is currently being cordoned off.

It will be intresting to see whether the 5 day India Aviation 2010 air show will be continued or will it be called off. If you have also witnessed this accident , do leave your comments below.

US Consulate @ Hyderabad starts VISA service

US consulate after much delay finally has started visa issuing services from 4 th March 2009 at Paigah Palace which located at Begumpet locality of Hyderabad , India . Interview appointments for all visas began from 4 th march 2009 according to the local news papers . And it is expected to process around 100 visas per day and gradually increasing to 400 visas per day. Currently these services will be only for the people from Andhra Pradesh.

According to unconfirmed reports maximum number of students who aspires to go to USA for further studies are from Andhra Pradesh. Moreover Hyderabad is turning out to be a major IT destination which has presence of many top US based companies like Microsoft , Yahoo , cognizant and others . Many of employees of these companies needs to visit frequently to US based on the requirements and starting of these consulate services is of much relief to them and are saved from travelling to Chennai for obtaining Visas .

A permanent US Consulate service is expected to start its services from at Gachibowli , AP state government has promised to allocate 10 acres of land for this purpose . For more details u can visit the US consulates official website which is given below.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT HYDERABAD'S US CONSULATE WEBSITE

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