The
Government has already put in place a liberal policy for issue of passports to
children of single parents whereby they can obtain passports for their minor
children by furnishing an affidavit in the form of Annexure ‘C’ in case of
children disowned by other parent or children born out of wedlock; or Annexure
‘G’ in all other cases. There is, therefore, no need felt for any further
modification in the present policy.
ANNEXURE ‘C’
SPECIMEN AFFIDAVIT TO BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION OF A PASSPORT TO A MINOR CHILD BY A SINGLE
PARENT OF THE CHILD BORN OUT OF WED-LOCK
(To be executed on non-judicial stamp paper of
minimum value)
I,
…………….(name of single parent) resident of ………………..............………
….............……….solemnly declare and affirm the following :-
1. That I am the mother/father of
………………(name of the child) who is minor and on whose behalf I have made an
application for his/her passport.
2. That no legally valid marriage
ever existed between me and father/mother of the minor child.
OR
3. The father/mother of
…………………..(name of the child) has deserted me after conception/delivery.
That
…………………(name of the child) is exclusively under my care and custody since
birth.
Place:
Date:
DEPONENT
Aadhaar
Card No…………………………………..; or
Voter ID
Card No………………………………..…; or
Passport
No. ...............................................
VERIFICATION
Verified
on …………… (date) at …………. (place) that the contents of the above mentioned
affidavit are true and correct and nothing material has been concealed.
DEPONENT
Attestation with stamp
Note: Affidavit
to be sworn before/attested by Judicial Magistrate /Executive Magistrate/Oath
Commissioner/Notary Public.
ANNEXURE ‘G’
SPECIMEN AFFIDAVIT/DECLARATION BY APPLICANT’S PARENT
OR GUARDIAN FOR ISSUE OF PASSPORT TO MINOR WHEN ONE PARENT HAS NOT GIVEN
CONSENT
(To
be executed on non-judicial stamp paper of minimum value)
I/We
……………………………………….. (name of the parent / guardian applying
for passport) resident of ………………………………………………..solemnly declare and affirm as
under :-
(I)
That I/we am/are the mother/father/parents/guardians of ………………….(name of
the minor child) who is minor and on whose behalf I/we have made an application
for his/her passport.
(II)
Signature/consent of Shri/Smt……………………….(name of the father/mother) who is
the father/mother/parents of the child has not been obtained by me for the
following one or more reasons:-
(a)
The
father/mother of the minor applicant is travelling abroad/is on sea/travelling
in India and unable to file consent; or/and
(b)
The
father/mother is separated and no court case is pending before the court
regarding divorce/marital dispute/custody of the child; or/and
(c)
The
father/mother has deserted and the whereabouts are not known; or/and
(d)
There
is an ongoing court case for divorce/custody of the minor child and the court
has not given any order prohibiting the issue of passport without the consent
of father/mother; or/and
(e)
There
is a court order for the custody of the minor child with a parent who is
applying for the passport and consent of other parent (who has visitation
rights) is not available or he/she is refusing to give consent/the other parent
is not availing the visitation rights and his/her whereabouts are not known;
or/and
(f)
The
parents are judicially separated and custody of the minor child has not been
defined in the court’s decree; or/and
(g)
The
father/mother of……………………..(name of minor child) has deserted me after the
conception/delivery. That…………………(name of minor child) is exclusively under my
care and custody since separation/delivery.
(III)
That I/we only am/are taking care of ……………………….(name of the minor child)
and he/she is exclusively in my/our physical custody.
(IV)
I/we also affirm that in the case of a court case arising due to issue of a
passport to the minor child ……………..(name of the minor child), I/we would be
solely responsible for defending the case and not the Passport Issuing
Authority.
Signature
of the parent(s)/
Guardian(s)
applying for the Passport
Place:
Date:
Name(s):…………………………………………………..
Aadhaar
Card No……………………………….…..; or
Voter
ID Card No……………………………………; or
Passport
no…………………………………………..
Attestation
with stamp
Note:
Affidavit to be sworn before/attested by the First Class Judicial Magistrate or
the Executive Magistrate.
The
Minister of State for the external Affairs Gen. Dr. V. K. Singh (Retd.)
provided this information in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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YSK/Uma