Passport is a valid identification document and a proof of citizenship in a country. In India the issuance, re-issuance and renewal of passport is carried out by the Passport office under the Ministry of External affairs, Govt. of India. Any citizen of India can apply for the issuance of a passport. The application for the issue of passport can be either done online or by collecting the application forms from the nearest regional passport offices located at various states.
The application form along with the requisite documents is to be submitted to the regional passport officer for the issuance of a passport. The address of the regional passport office can be availed from the official website of the passport office of India. If one wishes to apply online, then one can download the application form from the official website and fill it up accordingly and submit it to the regional passport office.

Indian Passport Application
To fill up an Indian passport application form, one needs to fill it up according to the instructions given in the application form. One needs to use only capital letters for filling up the form with a blue or a black pen. Along with the application form one needs to submit any of the three identification documents from the list of 14 documents that are accepted by the Passport office.    

Bangalore Passport Application
The citizens of Karnataka need to submit their application with the RPO, Bangalore. The address of the regional passport office Bangalore is Regional Passport Office, 8th Block, 80 Feet Road, Koramangala, Bangalore 560095. One can apply for the passport renewal also and it is applicable for the people who already hold a valid passport issued by any of the RPO’s in India. The renewal takes place only in the case of expiry of the valid passport.

The issuance or renewal of a passport is a time consuming affair, so any applicant who is in an urgent need of a passport can apply under the Tatkaal scheme. The Tatkaal scheme allows quick issuance of passport and an extra fee is charged for the same. Under the Tatkaal scheme one can easily get a passport within a week or a two and that also without any hassles.

An applicant needs to wait for at last 30 days to check the status of their application. The status of an application can be checked logging on to the website and entering the necessary information pertaining to the application. One needs to enter the birth date and the application number to check the status of their application. The website is updated from time to time, so there won’t be a big problem regarding the status check. 
For the facility of the general public, the Indian passport offices have begun speed post centers, district passport cells and passport collection centers for the submission of applications. These collection centers tend to expedite the issuance, renewal and re-issuance of passport. Now, the days of standing in long queue outside the regional passport is gone and hassle free submission of application is possible.