{"id":617,"date":"2026-08-23T06:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T06:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/?page_id=617"},"modified":"2026-08-23T06:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T06:17:18","slug":"psp-division","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/?page_id=617","title":{"rendered":"PSP Division"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"617\" class=\"elementor elementor-617\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d40e87 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-b5e94aa \" data-id=\"2d40e87\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"2d40e87\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-647845b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"647845b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, provides Passport services through the Central Passport Organization (CPO) and its network of Passport Offices, Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs); and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs). Consular, Passport and Visa services to overseas Indians\/Foreign nationals are provided by the PSP Division through the Indian Missions and Posts abroad.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Central Passport Organization (CPO) was created in 1959 as a subordinate office of the Ministry of External Affairs and is headed by Joint Secretary (Passport Seva Programme) and Chief Passport Officer, who also acts as the Appellate Authority under the Passports Act,1967 and the Head of Department under the Delegation of Financial Powers Rules 1978. The Head Quarter of the CPO is in the Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Division of the Ministry. The Division works under the supervision of Secretary (CPV &amp; OIA). Joint Secretary (CPV) is responsible for the issue of diplomatic and official Passports, consular and visa matters.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a36bf e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-fc0f22c \" data-id=\"60a36bf\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"60a36bf\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-076ef98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"076ef98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passportindia.gov.in\/psp\/pspDivision\">\nImportant Documents &amp; Links<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5109dc8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5109dc8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d43fd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d43fd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passportindia.gov.in\/psp\/PassportAct\">Passport Act 1967<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, provides Passport services through the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-617","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/617\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/training27.persistenttechnology.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}