Indian nationals in Kuwait are hereby informed once again that the new Indian passports can be issued the same day under the ‘Tatkal’ Scheme in cases such as damage / loss of passport, near exhaustion of all blank pages in passport, near or expiry of passport etc. Applications for new passport issued under urgent or emergency circumstances are received in the Embassy Consular Wing and passports issued within a short span of 6-8 hours on payment of ‘Tatkal’ fee of KD 46/- in addition to the normal passport fee.
The Embassy, in a press release, informed that the passport fees under the ‘Tatkal’ scheme are Ordinary passport (36 pages): KD 69.50, Jumbo passport (60 pages): KD 77.50 and Passport in lieu of damaged/ lost passport: KD 92.50 for ordinary and KD 100.50 for Jumbo passport
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