IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Due to technical reasons, Consulate General of India, Chicago is unable to accept Tatkal Passport Applications.
Hence, CKGS will not be in a position to accept Tatkal Passport Applications until further notice.

‘Due to technical issue with the online merchant services, there is a temporary stop on all online and credit card payment services’.

Applicants are requested to submit ‘Money order or Cashier’s check’ until further notice.

Please DO NOT call the contact center as we will not have any additional information about the timelines. Kindly refer to https://passport.in.ckgs.us/ for latest updates.

Please note: All applicants who have paid on the CKGS website online and do not want to send the application can cancel their application by clicking on the link below. https://www.passport.in.ckgs.us/payment/refund-claim
You can raise your refund request on our feedback page after you cancel your application - https://www.passport.in.ckgs.us/feedback/.

Welcome to CKGS Indian Passport Application Center

We are happy to announce that CKGS is the only authorized Service Provider for the Embassy of India and its Consulates across the USA for the Indian Passport Services with effect from May 7, 2016.

Applicants based on their jurisdiction can submit their applications to the 6 CKGS Indian Passport Application Centers at Washington DC, New York, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Atlanta.


Passport Application Guide

It is very important that you apply on the CKGS website and follow the due process. Do not go directly to the Government of India Online NRI Passport website.

For USA applicants, the CKGS website has been customized so that the website, documents, forms and letters requirements are as per the requirements of Embassy / Consulates of India in USA.

The rules on our website will identify your passport category, type, fees, document checklist, payments, track your application and FAQS to  help avoid errors. Further to assist you, many forms and letters that have repetitive information will get auto populated and you only have to fill in the missing fields.

You will be directed from the CKGS website at the appropriate step to the Government of India Passport website to fill your online NRI passport application form.

PASSPORT

Excellent Customer Service - who guided me in processing my Tatkal Passport. Great job Cox and Kings, SFO.

Kristie D.

Service was excellent, with courteous and helpful representatives.

Maurali

5 star service for tatkal passport. The office staff are courteous and helpful. Positive experience.

Dhananjay K.

I got my passport renewed here. Process is very stream lined and responses to queries are quick. Website is self explanatory. They have a nice tracking system of the status.

C.B. Arangi

Thank you for extraordinary service. I applied for my passport renewal and my daughter’s renewal. It was extremely easy to do the process. I was getting real time update and very prompt process. It’s really a fantastic process and I totally appreciate well.

E. Narasimhan

My passport service was quick and efficient. CKGS staff is amazing.

Krupaben

Great work!

P. Sharma

Process is smooth, clear and does not hang up.

A. Desai

NY office is great place. Staff is so helpful & knowledgeable.

V. Sameer

Service was too fast, we have no even stayed in the service counter for even 5 minutes, our job was done in 3 minutes and we eventually got our receipt.

Senthil
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Questions regarding Applications submitted to BLS International.

Applicants are advised to ensure that their postal applications reach CKGS IPAC ONLY ON OR AFTER 9th May 2016 (Monday).

CKGS will NOT be able to answer any questions regarding applications submitted to BLS International Application Centre.

  • Please do not send BLS applications to us, as we will not be able to process them.
  • Please do not send or redirect applications addressed for BLS to CKGS.
  • Please do not send us the same documents that you enclosed when you were applying through BLS.
  • We will not be able to process these applications out of our system as all applications have to be tracked and audited in CKGS system as per the instructions of the Embassy and Consulates of India in USA.
  • All applicants have to re-apply only through CKGS website.
For further information / clarification on applications at BLS International, applicants may send an email to the following email addresses (as per your jurisdiction) with the subject head ‘Transition’.
Jurisdiction Email
Washington consular@indiagov.org
New York helpline@indiacgny.org
Atlanta cons.atlanta@mea.gov.in
Jurisdiction Email
Chicago pic@indianconsulate.com
Houston passportcgihouston@swbell.net
San Francisco sfvicecon@cgisf.org
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