Steps to apply for passport through Tatkal

1. Visit Official web site of Chennai passport office
http://passport.tn.nic.in/

2. For application of passport under the tatkal scheme, visit
https://passport.gov.in/cpv/TatkalScheme.htm

3. It is advisable to carry atleast 4-6 id card size photographs of the applicant.

4. Do carry both DD and cash of the required amount as a safe backup.

5. It is a good idea to take ration card, elector's card, pan card, birth certificate and their respective copies for verification.

6. The online registration is mainly to go to the passport office on that particular day, but it is better to be there well ahead of the alloted time (say a couple of hours ahead). There is always a rush and you would not want to miss your turn.

7. If you apply through an agent, you would still have to stand in line on the appointed day for the passport application.

8. When applying through tatkal, it takes about a week to 10 days for you to receive the passport.

9. It comes via registered post, so the applicant will have to personally be there to receive it, otherwise it is sent back. You would then have to follow it up. Need I say that won't be easy.

10. When applying for minors, you will have to take the child along with you. Do take their birth certificate and its copies. Also originals and copies of the parent's passports.

11. For older children, you can obtain a bonafide certificate from school as one reader correctly mentioned.

12. ALL THE BEST :)