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After failure in police verification for passport, you will receive a SCN (show-cause notice) within 1 month mentioning the reason for failure.
Whether you can wait to receive the notice or you can directly go to RPO (regional passport office). You will be notified there about the reason for failure in verification.
Submit an application to passport officer mentioning your reason, they will ask for fine of Rs 500 to 5000, depending on your reason.
After submitting the application and fine amount, your PV will be re-initiated within 15 days.
On what grounds could the police file an adverse report?
Police may submit an adverse report in the following cases
● If they do not find you at home when they come for physical verification
● If your place of birth doesn’t match with your current address
● If they are not satisfied with any of your documents
What should you do if you get a letter from the passport office blaming you for suppression of facts, asking you to explain why your passport should not be impounded?
On receiving a showcause notice, you could opt for either of the two options
● If you are clueless why the police might have submitted an adverse report against you, visit the RPO to know the reason why you have been showcaused.
● If you are certain why an adverse report has been generated, you could send an application through registered post to the RPO explaining why police submitted an adverse report.
If the RPO finds your reply satisfactory, your letter would be treated as a request to reinitiate the police verification process. You could track the status of your case online through your file number.
Even after submission of application or documents, is there a chance that your passport would be impounded?
Your passport could be impounded if the ministry of external affairs finds that you have suppressed certain facts.
To the best of your knowledge, you did not suppress any information. But this showcause notice alleges you suppressed facts. Why is that so?
According to sources at the Calcutta RPO, it is a generic letter formatted to cover all probable offences as it is apparently impossible to mention individually to each of the applicant the exact reason why police submitted an adverse report.
Getting this letter doesn’t mean that your passport is going to be impounded. The impounding process begins if any suppression of fact is proved.
What can you do to avert this situation?
The best option, after you receive a Tatkal passport, is to contact the police in your area with relevant documents and get yourself verified before you leave the country.
That would save you the compulsion of being at home when the cops turn up for verification and avert the harassment of getting a showcause notice in case the police submit an adverse report for not finding you home.
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