Do you need Passport urgently? 

You require a Verification Certificate as per the specimen in Annexure 'G' in the Information Booklet attached to the application form. 

AUTHORITIES COMPETENT TO ISSUE VERIFICATION CERTIFICATES 

 i)    A Deputy Secretary/Director/Joint Secretary
       /Addl.Secretary/Spl.Secretary/ Secretary/Cabinet
       Secretary to Government of India
 ii)   A Joint Secretary/Addl. Secretary/Spl Secretary/Chief
       Secretary to a State Govt
 iii)  A  District Superintendent of Police/Range 
       DIG/IG/DGP of district of residence of applicant
 iv)  A Colonel and above or its equivalent in   Air Force
       and Navy 
 v)  Officer not below the rank of  General Manager of  a 
       Public Sector Undertaking of the Government of India.
vi)  District Magistrate. 
vii) All members of any All-India Service or Central Service
       who are equivalent to or above the rank of a Deputy
       Secretary to the Government i.e., in the pay scale of
       Rs.12,000 - Rs.16,500 or above
viii)Resident Commissioners of all State Government based
      in Delhi.

 A Photograph of the applicant must be pasted on the Verification Certificate and signature of the verifying officer should be partly on the photograph and partly on the Verification Certificate. An out-of-turn passport is issued only in cases of specified emergencies on production of documentary evidence.

The Verification Certificate should be on official letter head of
Issuing Authority  with office seal and  should also bear
reference number of  Issuing Authority.  The  applicant's
personal appearance before  Officers in Regional Passport
Office is required to apply under Tatkaal  scheme. 

Passports/services can be issued on out of turn basis under
Tatkaal Scheme on payment of additional fee as  prescribed
for various services. 
 

The additional fee for Out of Turn (Tatkaal) Passports would 
be as follows:

i)   For issue of fresh out of turn (Tatkaal)
     Passport within 10 days of the date of
     application                                                            Rs.1500/-

     For issue of Fresh out of turn (Tatkaal) 
     Passport  between eleven to twenty 
     days of the date of application                          Rs.1000/-

ii) For issue of duplicate out of turn (Tatkaal)
    Passport  in lieu  of an ordinary passport 
    where it has been lost, stolen / damaged

iii)  In all re-issue of  passport after expiry of    10/20 years'  validity where the passport is to be re-issued out of turn (Tatkaal) Passport 

Tatkal fee is Rs.1,500/-(within 5 days of the date of application)