Thank you very much for your detailed post on passport renewal. Wish I would have seen it earlier !.
We are trying to take printout of filled online application. Web reference number is 14 digits, where as on the website (Government Online NRI Passport Form Already Filled) Its accepting only 12 digits. We removed the first 2 alphabets US, but it still says please input valid number. My son (18 years old) passport expired one month back. We are still not able to take printout as digits are not being accepted. Please advise how do we get our filled online application form?
Thanking you in advance for all your help and keep up the good work.
If you started your application on CKGS (Private company that handles passport renewal), then that web reference number is only for CKGS website.
The web reference number for government website and CKGS are different.
If you are talking about only government application form, then you can quickly fill it up again and take the print-out.
When we just tried the government form creation, it shows us 15 digit web reference number:
Temporary ID: USASPXMMNZK17C (14 digit) is same as Web reference number form the website https://passport.in.ckgs.us/. Both emails I have pasted below. One when after filling up the form and second after they received payment. Thanks in advance for all your help.
Greetings from CKGS
Please take a note of your Temporary ID that will help you resume from where you last saved your application. This will also be handy in case you wish to complete your application later or get disconnected.
Temporary ID: USASPXMMNZK17C
With Regards,
The CKGS Team
Customer Service Department
Below after payment was made .
CKGS US - PAYMENT RECEIPT
CKGS PASSPORT APPLICATION SAN FRANCISCO,
225 Bush Street, Suite 390 (Level 3)
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone : 213-2135019
Date : Oct 29, 2017
PAYMENT RECEIPT
CKGS website might confuse you on this point, if you have already started the passport application and saved it. The only way to go back and see your saved documents is to use their web reference number on the box provided at the BOTTOM of their website.
thank you so very much Anil. Am extremely sorry…but I still cant see the filled form. Attaching the screen shot. thank you thank you thank you. please help.
The government online application form can be printed from government site.
Did you go to this link https://passport.gov.in/nri/Online.do
and filled up the form there? Please note that this link is different than CKGS website.
Please note that you have to complete both: CKGS application as well as the government NRI passport form (the link that I gave).
The NRI government application form can be filled up at government website only.
Apologies for delayed reply. It was past midnight so didnt message you. My son did fill that form on other website and now we have 12 digit web reference no. i still have a few doubts. Will message you. Thank you for all your help. It was not possible without your help. Thank you once again.
Accha ab lagta he bete ne shayad galti kar di he…online india form wale mai…address Us ka daal diya he…and I think CKGS wale pe India ka diya he…Mujhe samajh nahi araha he…what should I do ? If I want to give USA address to be printed on passport, so is it some notary or paper work he has to do ? Or his california drivers license is enough ? M so grateful to you, you cant even imagine. Lots of duaas for you and your family for doing this good deed.
I would suggest to re-start the application on CKGS website and follow their steps.
In one of the steps, they will ask you to go to government’s website and fill the form there.
This way, all values (addresses) can be synced.
Please note that if there is any discrepancy in the data between CKGS application and government online form, they might ask you again to re-do it or delay your application.
If your concern is only about address proof, then for printing US address on passport, these are the valid proofs:
USA Address proof – Any utility bill (Electricity/gas – not older than 3 months) or driving license or Rental lease agreement or Home Mortgage bill or State ID.
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Im currently having an issue with the already filled registration form.,I don t know which one to send with the application ckgs and I am unable to retrieve the registration form for my passport renewal applicaiton.
IM NOT SURE if this is the right number and how to get the number,this number is what i got from
im have done the process on the ckgs website itself,but i cant seem to find the number to get the goverment reference number to put on the ckgs website
Hi, I have filled the entire form as per the process given on CKGS website but while trying to complete the last step “clicking on the Already filled NRI Passport form” the website does not accept my Government web reference number.
I get the following error msg
I am pretty sure I am filling in the right 12 digit number (ARN) that I received on submitting the passport form on government website. Can you please help me with this issue?
