Web form - Passport Renewal Chicago Indian consulate

[looivy]

Hi All,

My passport expires in 2 months time. I checked Indian Consulate in Chicago website for passport renewal (Passport and Consular Services. _New_Passport
). It instructs you to fill out an online application at https://passport.gov.in/nri/OnlineRegistration.jsp

What I am confused is in the second field "Service Desired", what do I fill? I do not know which of these two options I should fill (a) Passport for children upto 15 years (b) Fresh Passport (c) Re-issue of passport (d) New passport in lieu of damaged or lost passport. Options (a) and (d) do not apply to me. Should I fill (b) or (c)?

These options are a bit confusing and I could not locate any instructions for this web form. The consulate phone number just keeps on playing a 5 minute generic recording.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[ebizash]

I had renewed my passport from Chicago Consulate couple of years ago. Their website is not the greatest and the forms were also very confusing. I had created a thread in this forum seeking some help but no one had any idea about which form to use.

As I lived in Chicago area, I just walked in the consulate, filled out the form, gave them the money and my passport and got it back in 3 days.

This may have changed but if your original passport was issued / renewed 10 years ago then you will need to get a new passport but if it was issued 5 years ago then they will just renew it.

Hope this helps!

[reddog]

You have to choose the option - Re-issue of passport.
Fresh Passport is in case your passport expired 6 months back or more.

Fill the form, print it, fill the rest of the applicable details in ink and send it.
As you are already sending your old passport along, it is not that big of a deal.