Passport Fees from 1 July 2026: Official India Rates

The official Passport Seva fee structure and Gazette G.S.R. 516(E) dated 25 June 2026 (Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2026) should control your payment. The revised Schedule IV applies from 1 July 2026. Passport Seva’s live table lists an additional Tatkaal fee; the Gazette column is Tatkaal fee (inclusive of normal fee). Both descriptions produce the same payable total: adult 36-page Tatkaal is ₹5,000, not ₹7,500.

For the Tatkaal process, use how to apply for a Tatkaal passport (ignore any pre-hike fee figures there). Track issue on passport status check or start from how to apply for a passport.

Figures below are India (₹) rates from Schedule IV as substituted from 1 July 2026. Missions abroad charge the dollar column in the same Schedule; this page is the domestic table.

Minors aged 15 to 18 may apply in the adult 36- or 60-page category if they choose that validity. Use the official calculator for the exact age. Child-consent disputes: child passport consent / NOC.

Until 30 June 2026 the ordinary adult fees were ₹1,500 (36 pages) and ₹2,000 (60 pages); Tatkaal totals were ₹3,500 and ₹4,000. Budget from the new column, not from an old receipt.

Replacement charges are higher than an ordinary reissue. Use lost or duplicate passport for the document path; this table is only the fee.

A damaged, lost or stolen passport is not an ordinary address-change reissue. Extra documents or police steps can still apply; the higher fee does not skip verification. Delays: RTI for stuck police verification or printed but not dispatched.

Passport Seva’s official table lists the Tatkaal charge as additional to the application fee. Gazette Schedule IV lists a Tatkaal fee inclusive of the normal fee. Calculate the total the same way:

• adult 36-page application: ₹2,500 + ₹2,500 additional = ₹5,000 Tatkaal total;
• adult 60-page application: ₹3,500 + ₹2,500 additional = ₹6,000; and
• minor 36-page application: ₹1,750 + ₹2,500 additional = ₹4,250.

Do not add the Gazette Tatkaal total on top of the ordinary fee (that would wrongly produce ₹7,500 for a routine adult 36-page Tatkaal). Tatkaal does not skip eligibility or police verification. ECR/ECNR is separate: ECR / ECNR status.

Passport Seva and G.S.R. 516(E) state that fresh passport applications (not re-issue) for these applicants receive a 10% rebate on the basic passport fee:

1. minors aged eight years or below; and
2. senior citizens aged above 60 years.

The rebate wording matters: it applies to the basic fee, not automatically to the additional Tatkaal charge. Do not calculate from an old fee table. Enter the applicant’s date of birth and service in the official fee calculator and use the amount generated for that application.

The revised fees took effect on 1 July 2026. Passport Seva’s live application and payment flow should show the payable amount for a current application. If an application was created, paid or scheduled around the change, do not rely on a screenshot from another applicant. Check the payment status and fee advice in your own Passport Seva account or ask the official help channel to clarify whether any balance is due.

Never pay a “difference” to a personal account or QR. Genuine payment shows against the application on the official portal. Grant-pending files: application stuck / grant pending.

1. Open Passport Seva’s Fee Calculator from the Information Corner.
2. Select fresh passport, reissue, replacement or PCC correctly.
3. Choose booklet pages and validity offered for the applicant.
4. Enter age details accurately for a minor or senior-citizen rebate.
5. Select normal or Tatkaal only after checking eligibility.
6. Save the calculator result and compare it with the payment page.
7. Pay only through the modes offered in the authenticated Passport Seva flow.

The calculator is preferable to manually combining categories because a reissue reason, age or validity choice can change the payable fee.

Passport-fee payment is linked to the application process. Read the official fee-and-payment FAQ before assuming that a cancelled appointment, duplicate payment or rejected application produces an automatic refund. Preserve the application reference number, payment receipt, bank reference and appointment record.

If the bank shows a debit but Passport Seva shows payment failure, do not immediately pay repeatedly. Use the portal’s payment-status and support process, keep both records and wait for reconciliation guidance. A failed-payment issue is different from disagreement about the statutory fee.

Ask for the exact service selected and compare it with the official table. An agent’s service charge is not a government passport fee and must not be described as one. You can apply directly through Passport Seva; never share your account password or OTP with an agent.

Report a fake fee site through official cybercrime and bank channels. For a silent RPO, draft RTI with the AI RTI drafter and the citizen RTI playbook.

• “Tatkaal costs ₹2,500 total.” Incorrect for an adult 36-page application; ₹2,500 is the additional Tatkaal component, and the payable Tatkaal total is ₹5,000.
• “Tatkaal is ₹5,000 plus the ₹2,500 ordinary fee.” Incorrect. That double-counts. Gazette Tatkaal is inclusive; the portal additional fee is added once.
• “Every child gets another 10% off.” The published rebate is for fresh applications by minors aged eight or below; age and application type matter.
• “Senior means 60 or above.” The official fee page uses “above 60 years”; enter the date of birth in the calculator.
• “PCC can be Tatkaal.” The current fee table shows no additional Tatkaal fee for PCC (or for surrender / GEP verification).
• “Paying Tatkaal guarantees issue.” Tatkaal does not remove eligibility or verification requirements.

The basic fee is ₹2,500 for a fresh or reissued 36-page passport with 10-year validity. Tatkaal total is ₹5,000 before any applicable basic-fee rebate.

The basic fee is ₹3,500. The Tatkaal total is ₹6,000.

The official table lists ₹1,750 for a 36-page passport with five-year validity or until age 18, whichever is earlier. Use the portal for any permitted validity choice or exception, including a 15–18-year-old applying in the adult category.

On Passport Seva, ₹2,500 is the additional Tatkaal component added to the basic fee. On the Gazette table, the Tatkaal column is already the inclusive total (₹5,000 for adult 36 pages). Do not add the Gazette Tatkaal figure on top of the ordinary fee.

The current fee is ₹750. The same miscellaneous row also covers a Surrender Certificate and Global Entry Program verification. The table does not list a Tatkaal fee for these.

G.S.R. 516(E) and Passport Seva list minors aged eight years or below and senior citizens above 60 for a 10% rebate on the basic fee for fresh applications, not re-issue.

Use the current fee-structure page effective from 1 July 2026 and the live calculator. Record the inconsistency through official support if the payment page still differs.

No. Pay the government fee only through the authenticated official process. Any private service fee must be separate, transparent and optional.

• Passport Seva — current fee structure
• Passport Seva — Information Corner and fee calculator
• Passport Seva — notifications, including G.S.R. 516 dated 25 June 2026
• Passport Seva — fee and payment FAQ
• Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2026 — Schedule IV reproduction

• How to apply for a Tatkaal passport
• How to apply for a passport
• Passport status check
• Lost or duplicate passport
• RTI for delayed passport police verification
• Passport printed but not dispatched
• Application stuck / grant pending
• ECR / ECNR passport status
• Child passport consent and NOC
• AI RTI drafter
• Citizen RTI playbook
• The RTI Playbook

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