Authority Letter for Submission of Passport Application Form

Authority letter is a letter from a person addressed to another person/organisation authorising someone else to do something on his behalf, as he is unable to attend to that on that particular date and time because of some other important work to be attended to.

Here, in this case, a passport applicant is authorising another person to submit his/her application form at the Passport office.

During the visit to the passport office, the representative must carry his original identity document bearing his/her photograph. This will be verified by the concerned official at Passport office during submission of application and authority letter. A copy of identity document should also be attached along with authority letter. Identity proofs viz. Driving license, social security card, taxation identity card, etc.

Please note the Authority letter can be given only in case of submission of passport application. However, on the date of appointment at Passport office for application and supporting documents verification, the applicant has to be personally present. He can not authorise anyone else for this purpose.

The format of the Authority letter is as follows. You may refer Passport office website for a specimen copy of such authority letter, if there is any prescribed format already.

FORMAT

Authority Letter

Date:.....................

To

The Passport Officer

..... Passport Office

(City name)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am hereby authorizing Mr./Ms. ................. (Full name of the authorized representative) son/wife/daughter of ...….........., resident of ......…............., whose signature is attested below, to submit, on my behalf, my passport application form along with other original documents at the passport office.


Kind request to your goodself to accept my passport application form from the above mentioned authorized representative of mine.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

  (signature)

(Name of the applicant)

Signature of authorized representative: ..................

Name of the authorized representative: ......................

Above name and signature verified by:

Signature of the applicant: .......................
Name of the applicant: .................................