If you are on a short visit to the UK or a work permit holder or a student and have lost or damaged your original passport, you can approach the High Commission for either a short validity passport or an Emergency Certificate. You will need to fill out the relevant application form along with 8 recent passport size photographs. You also need to enclose a duly completed 'L' Form, provide a Police Report regarding lost or stolen passport, and a sworn affidavit in the prescribed format. The affidavit can be sworn at the High Commission itself for an additional fee of �8.00 pounds and you do not need to go to a notary public provided you are able to furnish documentation to support your above mentioned status. You may also provide a photocopy of your lost passport/expired previous passport, or any other document proving your Indian nationality.
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In case you are resident in UK, you will, in addition, have to supply the affidavit from the notary public and a letter from the British Home Office certifying non-acquisition of British nationality. Proof of legal stay permission in UK is also required. The fee for an ordinary, 36 page passport is �84.00 and �94.00 for a 60 page, Jumbo passport. The fee for Emergency Certificate is �4.00.
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Working Hours
Application forms for the passport services can be submitted to the High Commission on working days between 9.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.
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Passport services are also available at the Birmingham and Edinburgh Consulates of the High Commission of India, London. Please contact the Consulates directly for their requirements and working hours for Passport services
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