Regional Passport Office Chennai
Regional Passport Office Chennai was first established in 1955 in Chennai which was a joint passport office of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and also the neighboring states of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka later it became a separate Regional Passport office and started functioning from 1978. It is primarily responsible for issuance of passports to Indians who came in its jurisdiction. It also offers services like address change in passport, addition of pages, name change, additional endorsement regarding Emigration Check Not Required (ECNR), Police Clearance Certificate, etc.
To check out all the details of RPO Chennai, its Nearest PSK address, contact number, Timings etc, you must go through this page. Currently, the districts which came under the jurisdiction of Chennai Passport Office are:
- Chennai
- Coimbatore
- Cuddalore
- Dharmapuri
- Erode
- Kancheepuram
- Karaikkal
- Krishnagiri
- Namakkal
- Nilgiris
- Pondicherry
- Salem
- Thiruvallur
- Thiruvannamalai
- Villupuram
- Vellore
Regional Passport Office Chennai
| Address | Contact | Website | |
| Shastri Bhavan Annexe, Haddows Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600006 Landmark: In Shastri Bhavan |
044 – 28252767, 044 – 28203593, 044 – 28218844 | passport.tn.nic.in | rpo.chennai@mea.gov.in |
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Passport Seva Kendra and Laghu Kendra
| PSK/PSLK Name | City | PSK/PSLK Address | ATM Facility |
| PSK Aminjikarai | Chennai | Navins Presidium, No. 103, Nelson Manickam Road, Aminjikarai, Chennai | Available |
| PSK Saligramam | Chennai | No. 1, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Road, Saligramam, Chennai | ATM Facility Coming Soon |
| PSK Tambaram | Chennai | Claret Complex, Duraisamy Reddy Street, Tambaram, Chennai | ATM Facility Coming Soon |
Official Contact Number of Passport Office Chennai for All General Inquiries
| Inquiry Number | 096775 81920 |
| General Support Number | 04066720567 |
| Supplementary Contact Number for Inquirie | 1800-258-1800 / +(91)-44-28513639 |
| Passport Office Chennai | 04066720567 / 096775 81920 / + (91)-44-28513639 |
Office Timings of RPO Chennai
| 10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. | Status Enquiry Help Counter |
| 10:00 A.M. – 01:00 P.M. | For application form submission (both general and Tatkal streams) |
| 10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. | For issues related to various other services |
| 02:30 P.M. – 04:30 P.M. | Issue of passport submitted for various services |
| 04:30 P.M. – 05:30 P.M. | Issue of passports (which have been assured by the officials) |
| The Appointment Opening Time for RPO Chennai is 2:30 pm. In case of PSKs the timings are same for Appointment. | |
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List of Holidays
The Regional Passport Office Chennai remains closed on the following occasions (few exceptions, concerned person are advised to enquire first before heading for the RPO)
| Date (2016) | Holiday |
| Jan 1 | New Years Day |
| Jan 15 | Pongal |
| Jan 16 | Thiruvalluvar Day |
| Jan 17 | Uzhavar Thirunal |
| Jan 26 | Republic Day |
| Mar 25 | Good Friday |
| Apr 1 | Annual Closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks |
| Apr 8 | Telugu New Years Day |
| Apr 14 | Tamil New Years Day and Dr. B.R Ambedkar Birthday |
| Apr 19 | Mahaveer Jayanthi |
| May 1 | May Day |
| Jul 7 | Ramzan |
| Aug 15 | Independence Day |
| Aug 25 | Krishna Jayanthi |
| Sep 5 | Vinayakar Chathurthi |
| Sep 13 | Bakrid |
| Oct 2 | Gandhi Jayanthi |
| Oct 10 | Ayutha Pooja |
| Oct 11 | Vijaya Dasami |
| Oct 12 | Muharram |
| Oct 29 | Deepavali |
| Dec 12 | Milad-un-Nabi |
| Dec 25 | Christmas |
All the necessary information related to Regional Passport Office Chennai, Passport Seva Kendra, Timings, Contact Number, and Holiday list is provided in this page. With the hope, that it will be beneficial for you.
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