GENERAL INFORMATION:

• Your passport is a valuable document. It should always be either in your own custody or in the custody of a person duly authorized by you. If lost or stolen, the fact and circumstances should immediately be reported to the local police station and police report obtained; and submit to the nearest Indian Mission.
• It is an offence under the Passports Act, 1967 to furnish false information in the application. Passport facilities can be denied on grounds of suppression of factual information, submission of false particulars, wilful damage of passport and for making unauthorized changes in the passport.
• Your passport can be impounded or revoked by the Government of India under the provisions of the Passports Act, 1967, in which event you will have to surrender the passport to the nearest Indian Mission.

o    The Consulate General of India offers Passport services as detailed here under. Please click on the desired service for details: 

1.        First Passport for a Child born in New Zealand.

2.      Reissue of passport for children under age of 15 years

3.      Reissue of passport for children aged between 15 to 18 years

4.      Reissue of passport for applicants over 18 year of age

5.      Reissue of passport in lieu of lost passport

6.      Reissue of passport in lieu of damaged passport

7.      Reissue of passport in case of change of appearance

8.      Reissue of passport for addition of spouse name on Passport

9.      Reissue of passport in case of marriage, remarriage or divorce

10.     Reissue of passport to the applicants in case name change  (except marriage, remarriage or divorce)

• A new passport can be applied for immediately on expiry, or up to one year before expiry, of any passport, which had an initial validity of ten years. The application for a new passport should be submitted along with the existing passport and the requisite fee of NZ$ 126/- for a 36-pages passport booklet and  NZ$167 for 60 pages passport booklet.
  
• A Minor up to the age of 15 years is issued with a passport of five years validity for a fee of NZ$ 86/-. The minor’s passport application must be accompanied with attested copies of parents’ passports.
  
• In case more than one year has lapsed since the expiry of the passport, the applicant will need to submit  a letter confirming "Denial of New Zealand Citizenship" (Please contact the Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand- www.dia.govt.nz)
  
• Normally, it takes upto 30 days to process and issue a new passport.  However, if the old passport is not issued by Consulate, it may take longer, subject to the clearance from the concerned authorities.
  
• The issuance of a new passport in lieu of a passport issued by passport issuing authority other than this Consulate General of India depends on the clearance from the passport issuing authority, from where the existing passport was issued.
  
• Change in appearance: Applicants may apply for re-issue of valid passport for change in appearance subject to personal interview with the passport officer, whenever required. This will also apply to SIKH applicants who intend to go for re-issue of valid passport, renewal of passport due to change of appearance from turbanised photograph to clean shaven photograph and vice versa.
  
• TATKAL Passport: This service has been suspended w.e.f. 25th November, 2015,  as foreign Governments/ Airlines may deny Travel, Visa or Entry to any person travelling due to strict enforcement of rules on Non Machine Readable Passports / Hand Written Passports.