Identity Certificate (IC):

Identity certificate (IC) is issued under the Indian passport Act of 1968. All Identity certificate (IC) holders are to take due care that it does not get damaged, mutilated or lost. Identity certificate (IC) is a valuable document and should not be sent out to any country by post. It should always be kept either in the custody of the holder or in the custody of a person duly authorized by the holder. The Identity certificate (IC) is issued for the sole purpose of providing the holder with identity papers in lieu of a national passport.

Loss of Identity certificate (IC) should be immediately reported to the nearest police station and to the nearest passport office/Indian mission. Identity certificate (IC) holder shall be responsible for the misuse of the Identity certificate (IC), due to non-intimation of loss to the concerned passport office/Indian mission. Identity certificate (IC) is the property of the Government of India and should by surrendered when demanded in by any passport issuing authority.

Section 1: General Information

How to apply:
1. Application forms are available at the Bureau of H.H. The Dalai Lama, New Delhi.
2. Details of supporting documents required for IC application are listed below under respective heads.

Section 2: Supporting Documents

A) NEW IDENTITY CERTIFICATE (IC):
a) An original approval letter from the kashang Secretariat, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala.
b) Registration Certificate (RC): (3 sets of attested copies)
• First page with the individual details, second page with the photo and the last page with tits valid extension.
• In the care of Minor, TC copies of father/Mother should suffice. The minor applicant as well as the father/Mother should sign on the undertaking form.
• Minor applicants, whose parents are settled abroad, will have to submit his/her legal guardian’s RC (three sets of attested copies) along with affidavit of legal guardian’s status.
c) Proof of Date of Birth: (3 sets of attested copies of any one of the following)
• Birth certificates issue by Municipal Authorities.
• Matriculation Certificate issued by school boards,
• School bonafide certifying date and place of birth.
• Affidavit sworn before a Magistrate/Notary stating nationality, date of birth and place of bith. This is not applicable to these who are born on or after 26.01.1989. (Original affidavit should be submitted along with two sets of attested photocopies.)
d) Nine colored passport size photograph with plain background.

B) ADDITIONAL BOOKLET:
1. Latest original Identity certificate (IC) with two sets of attested copies for page1 to 7 of the same.
2. Four colored passport size photographs with plain background.
3. If the latest Identity certificate (IC) is issued by a Foreign Mission, the must also submit tow sets of attested copies of the last Identity certificate (IC) issued by the Regional passport office (RPO), New Delhi.

C) LOST CASE:
1. Police FIR in original with one attested copy.
2. Court Affidavit affirmed before a First Class Magistrate bearing the number of the lost Identity certificate (IC) with one attested copy.
3. Four colored passport size photographs with plain back ground.
4. Copies of lost Identity certificate (IC). (Optional)

D) RENEWAL CASE/ENDORSEMENT:
1. Two original Identity certificate (IC) with two sets of attested copies for page 1 to 7 of the same.
2. Two sets of attested copies of RC’s first page with the individual details, second page with the photo and the last page with its valid extension.
3. If the latest Identity certificate (IC) is issued by the Foreign Mission, the applicant must also summit tow sets of attested copies of the first IC issued by the Regional Passport Office (R.P.O.) New Delhi.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
1. As per MEA’s circular, Birth Certificate issued by the Welfare Officer/Settlement Officer is not accepted w.e.f. 1st October, 2005.
2. Copies of documents should be attested by CTA Official of the rank of Joint Secretary and above or Representatives/Tibetan Welfare Officer or Gazetted Officer, GOI or Notary Public.
3. All photographs should be identical and must be signed by the individual applicant at the reverse side.

SECTION III – Application Fee, Cost Of Form And Mode Of Payment

1. New I.C - Rs. 350/-
2. Additional Booklet - Rs. 340/-
3. Lost I.C. - Rs.700/-
4. Renewal Rs. 50/-
5. Endorsement Rs. 320/-

NOTE:
A) Application fee can be paid either by cash or by bank draft in favour of Bureau of H. H. The Dalai Lama, New Delhi.
B) Application fee once paid are not refundable under any circumstances.

Section IV: Instruction And Guidelines For Filling Up The Application Form

Following instructions must be followed strictly as IC application form is machine-readable and scanned on computer.
• Use capital letters only. Particulars given in the form will reflect in the Identity certificate (IC)
• Do not fill the form with pencil or ink-pen. Use black/blue ball pen only.
• The particulars given in all the documents should match with each other. If any information supplied is found incorrect or incomplete, the application will stand rejected.
• Place of Birth and Country should be mentioned. Place of Birth means town, village or province followed by the country.
• While filling up the boxes, kindly leave one box blank after each completed word.
• Signature and thumb impression should be strictly within the box without touching the boundaries.
• Write clearly within the boxes without touching the boundaries. Adjust the infomration to fit within the number of boxes given and avoid over writing.
• Recent passport size 3.5 c.m. colored photograph showing frontal view of full face against a plain background. Photographs with colored/dark glasses or in uniform or computer prints will not be accepted.

DELIVERY OF IDENTITY CERTIFICATE (IC):
The applicant should appear in person to claim the IC. In absence of the applicant, the person receiving the IC on behalf of the application should produce an authoriszton letter, bearing the signature of the apllicant. The signature on the IC apllication form must tally witht eh one on the authorizaton letter.

For any further infommation, please contact:
Bureau of H.H.The Dalai Lama, 10-B Ring Road, Lajput Nagar, New Delhi-110024
Phone No. 26218548,26439745, 26443600
Fax No. 26461914 Email: bdl@airtelbroadband.in

Official website: www.TibetBureau.in

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