Process :

• Prescribed Online Passport Application; In the ‘service desired’ box choose option ’New Passport in lieu of Damaged/Lost Passport'

• Complete online application (see guidance)

• Attach the following to the application:
  • Photocopy of the lost passport
  • Four (4) copies of Personal Verification Form
  • Six (6) photographs (paste two (2) on the online passport application; and one (1) each on the four (4) copies of the Personal Verification Form
  • Two (2) proofs of residential address
  • Proof of Status
  • If a student, current school/college/university ID, and Letter from school/college/university in the USA
  • Proof of stay in the USA, from the date mentioned in the application by the applicant
  • Indian Photo Identify Card – including Driving License, Ration Card, Election Commission ID, PAN card, or any other document containing photo and indicating Indian nationality of the applicant
  • Birth Certificate
  • Matriculation/Higher Secondary/School Leaving Certificate or any other school records from India or the USA
  • If Married and you wish to include spouses name in your passport, then please furnish the following:
    • Original Indian passport of both spouses.
    • Copy of marriage photographs and marriage invitation card;
    • Indian marriage certificate (with official translation, if in a language other than English)
    • an affidavit signed and notarized by both spouses
• If you wish to avail of additional service/s,  please follow process in the service/s concerned

• If the lost passport had already expired beyond a period of six months, submit the notarized affidavit

• Notarized affidavit from two Indian passport holders, who have valid residential status in the USA (they should not be short term visitors)

• Original Police Report lodged with the Police about loss of passport

• A letter on a plain paper addressed to the Consulate General of India, San Francisco, explaining the circumstances of the loss of passport

• Proof of Status:
  • Paste (not staple) photos in the spaces provide
    Signature/Thumb Impression
    • Present hard copy of on-line application with fees and supporting documents on or after the appointment date generated on the application.
    • If you wish to avail of additional service/s,  please follow process in the service/s concerned

    FEE :

    • Non-refundable fee of $ 125 (one hundred and twenty five)
    • Fee once paid is non-refundable even if service is refused/delayed.
    • Fees should be paid through money order or cashiers’ cheque drawn in favour of the ‘Consulate General of India, San Francisco’.  Personal cheques, credit cards or other banking instruments are not accepted.
    • The Consulate is now accepting Debit Cards with a service charge of $3.00 (three) at the counter.

    Processing Time:

    • Processing time for lost passport cases is 30 business days from the date the application is accepted at the Consulate.