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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.

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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.
The matter has been examined in the Ministry and it has been decided
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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.

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.

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Joint Secretary(PsP) &
Chief Passport Officer
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in India and abroad

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List of Banks for the purpose of Proof of Address and

Photo identity for Passport Application
A. PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
g.

Allahabad Bank
Andhra Bank
Bank of Baroda
Bank of India
Bank of Maharashtra
Canara Bank
Central Bank of India
Corporation Bank
Dena Bank
10. Indian Bank
1 1. Indian Overseas Bank
12. Oriental Bank of Commerce
13. Funjab National Bank
14. Funjab & Sind Bank
15. Syndicate Bank
L6. Union Bank of India
17. United Bank of India

34.
35.
36.
37.
38.

Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank

Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya
Gramin Bank

BarodaUPGraminBank

Bihar Gramin Bank

Central Madhya Pradesh Gramin
Bank
39' Chaitanya Godavari Grameena
Bank
40' Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank
4l' Deccan Grameena Bank
42.
Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank
4g. Ellaquai Dehati Bank
44. Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank
45. Jharkhand Gramin Bank
46. Jammu And Kashmir Gramin Bank
47.
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
48. Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank
49. Kaveri Grameena Bank
Kerala Gramin Bank
50.
51'
Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank
18. UCO Bank
52' Madhyanchal Gramin Bank
19. Vijaya Bank
Maharashtra Gramin Bank
53'
20. IDBI Bank Ltd.
34' Malwa Gramin Bank
2I. State Bank of India
Manipur Rural Bank
22. State Bank of Bikaner & JaiPut :9
5b' Marudhara Rajasthan Gramin
2g. State Bank of Patiala
Bank
24. State Bank of HYderabad
57. Meghalaya Rural Bank
25. State Bank of MYsore
Mizoram Rural Bank
Sg.
26. State Bank of Travancore
59.
Nagaland Rural Bank
Narmada Jhabwa Gramin Bank
60.
BANKS
RURAL
B. LIST OF REGIONAL
Pallavan Grama Bank
61.
Pandyan Grama Bank
27. Allahabad UP Gramin Bank
9?
Paschim Banga Gramin Bank
28. Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas ::
64' Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank
Bank
Prathama Bank
29. Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank 97
Puduvai Bharathiar Grama Bank
30. Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank 92
Punjab Gramin Bank
67 '
31. Gramin Bank of Aryavart
Purvanchal Bank
32. Assam Gramin Vikash Bank
9: Saptagiri Grameena Bank
33. Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank
2?
70.
Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank

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72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.

78.
79.
80.
81.

82.

Sarva UP Gramin Bank

Saurashtra Gramin Bank
Sutlej Gramin Bank
Tripura Gramin Bank
Utkal Grameen Bank
Uttar Banga Kshetriya Gramin
Bank
Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank

Uttarakhand Gramin Bank

Vananchal Gramin Bank
Vidharbha Konkan Gramin Bank
Odisha Gramya Bank
Madhya Vihar Gramin Bank

C. LIST OF SCHEDULED PRIVATE

BANKS

83.
84.
85.
86.

Bank of Rajasthan Ltd.

Bharat Overseas Bank
Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd
Federal Bank Ltd

87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.

Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd.

Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd
Karnataka Bank Ltd.
Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.
City Union Bank Ltd.
Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.
Nainital Bank Ltd.
Ratnakar Bank Ltd.
South Indian Bank Ltd.
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd.
ING Vysya Bank Ltd.
ICICI Bank Limited
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 Limited
105. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.