Regional Passport Offices, RPOs, including Passport Seva Kendras, at several places across the country, will remain open today as a part of the government's passport mela programme to meet the high demand for passport services. The places are Jaipur, Kolkata, Patna, Cochin, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Ambala.

An External Affairs Ministry release said, an applicant can fill up new application form available on the website – www.passportindia.gov.in – for passport services and can visit the concerned Kendra between 10 AM and 2 PM along with a self-attested copy of each of the requisite documents.