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No. VI/40L lt I t2l2otg Government of India Ministry of External Affairs CPV Division Patiala House Annexe, Tilak Marg, New Delhi, February 19, 2OI5 OFFICE MEMORAI.{DUM Subject: Acceptance ofbank passbook as proofofaddress for Passports. ***** As per the existing provisions, Passbook/Statement of running bank account of Public Sector Banks is accepted as one of the valid documents for proof of address for submitting a Passport application. The Ministry has been receiving references for inclusion of photo passbook issued by the Scheduled Private Indian Banks as well as Regional Rural Banks in addition to Scheduled Public Sector Banks. 2. The matter has been examined in the Ministry and it has been decided that henceforth ptroto pa$sbooks of the following categories of banks authorized by the Reserve Bank of India may be accepted as proof of address and photo identity: (a) Scheduled Fublic Sector Banks; (b) Scheduled Private Sector Indian Banks; and (c) Regional Rural Banks. 3. The indicative list of above three categories of banks is enclosed. In case of any doubt about the status and name of any particular bank, the same may be ascertained from the updated website of the Reserve Bank of India. Encls. a/a A11 PIAs in India and abroad 0n-b. (Muktesh r. Pai6eshi) Joint Secretary(PsP) & Chief Passport Officer
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  • No. VI/40L lt I t2l2otgGovernment of India

    Ministry of External AffairsCPV Division

    Patiala House Annexe, Tilak Marg,New Delhi, February 19, 2OI5

    OFFICE MEMORAI.{DUM

    Subject: Acceptance ofbank passbook as proofofaddress for Passports.*****

    As per the existing provisions, Passbook/Statement of running bankaccount of Public Sector Banks is accepted as one of the valid documents forproof of address for submitting a Passport application. The Ministry has beenreceiving references for inclusion of photo passbook issued by the ScheduledPrivate Indian Banks as well as Regional Rural Banks in addition to ScheduledPublic Sector Banks.

    2. The matter has been examined in the Ministry and it has been decidedthat henceforth ptroto pa$sbooks of the following categories of banksauthorized by the Reserve Bank of India may be accepted as proof of addressand photo identity:

    (a) Scheduled Fublic Sector Banks;(b) Scheduled Private Sector Indian Banks; and(c) Regional Rural Banks.

    3. The indicative list of above three categories of banks is enclosed. In caseof any doubt about the status and name of any particular bank, the same maybe ascertained from the updated website of the Reserve Bank of India.

    Encls. a/a

    A11 PIAs in India and abroad

    0n-b.(Muktesh r. Pai6eshi)Joint Secretary(PsP) &Chief Passport Officer

  • 4NIIEXIJFE

    List of Banks for the purpose of Proof of Address andPhoto identity for Passport Application

    A. PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS Baroda Gujarat Gramin BankBaroda Rajasthan KshetriyaGramin BankBarodaUPGraminBankBihar Gramin BankCentral Madhya Pradesh GraminBankChaitanya Godavari GrameenaBankChhattisgarh Rajya Gramin BankDeccan Grameena BankDena Gujarat Gramin BankEllaquai Dehati BankHimachal Pradesh Gramin BankJharkhand Gramin BankJammu And Kashmir Gramin BankKarnataka Vikas Grameena BankKashi Gomti Samyut Gramin BankKaveri Grameena BankKerala Gramin BankLangpi Dehangi Rural BankMadhyanchal Gramin BankMaharashtra Gramin BankMalwa Gramin BankManipur Rural BankMarudhara Rajasthan GraminBankMeghalaya Rural BankMizoram Rural BankNagaland Rural BankNarmada Jhabwa Gramin BankPallavan Grama BankPandyan Grama BankPaschim Banga Gramin BankPragathi Krishna Gramin BankPrathama BankPuduvai Bharathiar Grama BankPunjab Gramin BankPurvanchal BankSaptagiri Grameena BankSarva Haryana Gramin Bank

    34.35.

    1. Allahabad Bank2. Andhra Bank 36.3. Bank of Baroda 37.4. Bank of India 38.5. Bank of Maharashtra6. Canara Bank 39'7. Central Bank of India8. Corporation Bank 40'g. Dena Bank 4l'42.10. Indian Bank 4g.1 1. Indian Overseas Bank 44.12. Oriental Bank of Commerce 45.13. Funjab National Bank 46.14. Funjab & Sind Bank 47.15. Syndicate Bank 48.L6. Union Bank of India 49.17. United Bank of India 50.18. UCO Bank 51'19. Vijaya Bank 52'20. IDBI Bank Ltd. 53'2I. State Bank of India 34'22. State Bank of Bikaner & JaiPut :92g. State Bank of Patiala 5b'24. State Bank of HYderabad 57.25. State Bank of MYsore Sg.26. State Bank of Travancore 59.

    60.B. LIST OF REGIONAL RURAL BANKS 61.

    27. Allahabad UP Gramin Bank 9?28. Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas ::

    Bank 64'29. Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank 9730. Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank 9231. Gramin Bank of Aryavart 67 '32. Assam Gramin Vikash Bank 9:33. Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank 2?70.

  • 7L.72.73.74.75.76.

    77.78.79.80.81.82.

    Sarva UP Gramin BankSaurashtra Gramin BankSutlej Gramin BankTripura Gramin BankUtkal Grameen BankUttar Banga Kshetriya GraminBankUttar Bihar Gramin BankUttarakhand Gramin BankVananchal Gramin BankVidharbha Konkan Gramin BankOdisha Gramya BankMadhya Vihar Gramin Bank

    87. Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd.88. Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd89. Karnataka Bank Ltd.90. Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.91. City Union Bank Ltd.92. Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.93. Nainital Bank Ltd.94. Ratnakar Bank Ltd.95. South Indian Bank Ltd.96. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd.97. ING Vysya Bank Ltd.98. ICICI Bank Limited99. Axis Bank Ltd.100. Induslnd Bank Ltd.101. Yes Bank Ltd.IO2. SBI Commercial and International

    Bank Ltd.103. HDFC Bank Ltd.1O4. DCB Bank Limited105. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

    C. LIST OF SCHEDULED PRIVATEBANKS

    83. Bank of Rajasthan Ltd.84. Bharat Overseas Bank85. Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd86. Federal Bank Ltd