1.
Introduction
Digital Locker, one of the key initiatives under the Digital India initiative, is aimed at eliminating
the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents with Passport Seva via
a mechanism to verify “authenticity” of the documents online.
2. How to share documents from DigiLocker to Passport Seva?
You can share the documents issued by Central/State Government from your DigiLocker
account to Passport Seva system while filling the passport application form. The same can be
done at Self Declaration screen and Upload Supporting Documents screen.
Note:
Documents or certificates issued by Central/State Government departments integrated
with DigiLocker can be shared with Passport Seva
You are not required to carry the original documents with you while visiting
PSK/POPSK/Passport Office, if a particular document is already shared through
DigiLocker.
The following documents can be shared with Passport Seva from DigiLocker.
S. No. Document Description
1 Aadhaar Card
2 Driving License
3 Voter ID Card
4 PAN Verification Record
5 Issue of Arm License
6 Birth Certificate
7 Caste Certificate
8 Ration Card
9 Pension Certificate
10 Insurance Policy Certificate- Life
11 Class X Passing Certificate
12 Electricity Bill
13 Telephone Bill
2.1 Share document from Self Declaration screen
In self-declaration screen for Fresh/Re-issue Passport application form, you will get an option
to share your DigiLocker uploaded documents for “Proof of Birth” and “Proof of Present
Residential Address”.
You need to follow the below steps:
a) In the self-declaration screen, a button “Grant DigiLocker Access” will be displayed in
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case the selected document can be share via DigiLocker.
Figure 1: Grant DigiLocker Access Button on Self Declaration screen
b) On click of the button “Grant DigiLocker Access”, a DigiLocker login screen will pop-up.
Figure 2:Sign in pop-up for DigiLocker
c) If you already have a DigiLocker account, you can Sign in and give your consent after
successful login to share your documents to Passport Seva by clicking on “Allow” button.
If you click on “Deny” button, document will not be shared from DigiLocker to Passport
Seva. In case you don’t have a DigiLocker account, you can register by clicking on “Sign
Up” link.
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Figure 3: Consent to Fetch Documents from DigiLocker
d) After giving consent, you will be redirected to Passport Seva, consent message will be
displayed along with a button “Fetch from DigiLocker”. Click this button to share the
fetched document.
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Figure 4: Fetch From DigiLocker Button after login in DigiLocker account
e) Once the document is shared, the success message will be shown as “The document
from DigiLocker has been uploaded successfully”.
Figure 5: Success message at Self Declaration screen
f) If the selected document is not present in your DigiLocker account, then you will receive a
message “Selected document is not present in your DigiLocker Account. Document
could not be Uploaded!”
You can visit the official website of DigiLocker (https://digitallocker.gov.in) to know how to
add documents in your DigiLocker account.
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Figure 6: Document not present message on Self Declaration screen
2.2 Share documents from Upload Supporting Documents screen
In “Upload Supporting Documents” screen, after successfully submitting the passport
application form, you can either share document from DigiLocker account or can upload the
document manually. The following steps need to be performed:
a) Based on the selected “Attachment Type” and “Attachment Description”, you will be
displayed “Grant DigiLocker Access” button along with “Browse & Upload” option to
upload the document in Passport Seva.
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Figure 7: Grant DigiLocker Access button at Upload Supporitng Documents screen
b) On click of the “Grant DigiLocker Access” button, a DigiLocker login screen will pop-up
(same as Figure 2).
c) If you already have a DigiLocker account, you can Sign in and give your consent after
successful login to share your documents to Passport Seva by clicking on “Allow” button.
If you click on “Deny” button, document will not be shared from DigiLocker to Passport
Seva. In case you don’t have a DigiLocker account, you can register by clicking on “Sign
Up” link. (Please refer Figure 3)
d) Based on the selection, you will be displayed the consent message along with “Fetch from
DigiLocker” button to share the document to Passport Seva.
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Figure 8: Fetch from DigiLocker button at Upload Supporting Documents screen
e) Once the document is shared, the success message will be displayed as “Document has
been uploaded successfully”.
Figure 9: Success message at Upload Supporting Document screen
f) If the selected document is not present in DigiLocker Account, then you will receive a
message “Selected document is not present in your DigiLocker Account. Please
Choose File to upload the document. Document could not be Uploaded!”
You can visit the official website of DigiLocker (https://digitallocker.gov.in) to know how to
add documents in your DigiLocker account.
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Figure 10: Document not present message on Upload Supporting Documents screen
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