Verdict
passportindia.gov.in appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official Passport Seva portal (Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India) providing passport application, appointment booking, tracking, schemes (Tatkaal), notices, and contact information. The site includes Login/Register, service descriptions, and public notices. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 17 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 20101224 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2010.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
Passport Seva is an Indian government public-service portal operated under the Ministry of External Affairs, presenting passport applications, appointment booking, application tracking, Tatkaal services, notices, helpdesk information, and citizen account functions. Its apparent purpose is non-commercial government service delivery rather than retail, investment, or other commercial activity.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No phishing, impersonation, blacklist, malicious-content, or conflicting-identity indicators were observed. The site’s stated Ministry of External Affairs ownership, government-service functionality, long registration continuity, sustained archival presence, and clean external reputation are mutually consistent with an established public-sector portal. The real-world operator is not independently verified by this assessment, so the on-page institutional identity should be treated as evidence-consistent rather than conclusively proven.
- The homepage and service pages identify “Passport Seva” as a Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India service and provide passport application, appointment, tracking, Tatkaal, and public-notice functions.
- The domain was registered on 2009-04-17 and is approximately 17.33 years old.
- Web-archive records contain 1,224 snapshots spanning 2010–2025, covering 16 tracked years.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with no blacklist or phishing finding; the domain has a global traffic rank of 15485.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The portal presents a clear governmental service purpose and identifies the Ministry of External Affairs across its public-facing content. No commercial license claim or license number is presented, which is consistent with the stated public-service model but does not independently establish the legal operator of the specific web service. The registration record lists the Ministry of External Affairs and National Informatics Centre as registrar, providing supportive administrative context; identity verification remains incomplete. No broker-reputation match was identified, and the absence of a commercial regulatory profile is not a regulatory finding against this type of government portal.
- The homepage and About Us/service navigation identify the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and describe passport administration rather than a commercial offering.
- The domain registration record lists National Informatics Centre as registrar and Ministry of External Affairs as the organization.
- The site’s transport certificate is an OV certificate issued by GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 to “Ministry Of External Affairs,” valid through 2026-11-13.
- The service is served through AS4755, identified as TATACOMM-AS – TATA Communications formerly VSNL is Leading ISP, IN.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment-related interaction, an organization should independently confirm that the intended service address is the official Passport Seva route, use contact details obtained through an authoritative government channel, and confirm that any fees, appointment instructions, and return or cancellation conditions correspond to the relevant official service process. Any request to redirect credentials, payment details, or identity documents to a different domain should be treated as outside the assessed service path.
- The homepage provides a National Call Center number, 1800-258-1800, alongside Login, Register, Contact Us, and service-navigation functions.
- The site exposes two account-related forms categorized as login and registration, with no untrusted form destination or externally posted password form detected.
- Observed browser behavior showed no hidden forms, wallet activity, clipboard-hijacking behavior, suspicious inline scripts, or cloaking classification.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate government service website and supports a high-trust, low-risk posture. No contradictions were observed, although the connection between the web service and its real-world operator is not independently verified by this assessment.
Infrastructure Integrity
Infrastructure records resolve the service to four likely origin IPs with no edge IPs and no detected CDN or WAF vendor. The hosting record identifies AS134888, PSPV2-AS-IN – CPV Division, Ministry of External Affairs, IN; this governmental network association is a contextual mitigating signal, not proof of legitimacy, and the observed infrastructure fragmentation is not independently treated as a threat indicator.
Closing Assessment
Normal service use is proportionate to the assessment, subject to ordinary independent confirmation of the official service route and payment-protection arrangements before sensitive transactions.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-13 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
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| Identity score | 55/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 60% |
- Identity verified on page
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of passportindia.gov.in.
- The request stayed on passportindia.gov.in. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under National Informatics Centre. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by gov.in, across 6 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-04-17. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2010-05-15. Clear
- It is hosted on TATACOMM-AS, from a server in IN. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | National Informatics Centre |
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| Hosting | TATACOMM-AS - TATA Communications formerly VSNL is Leading ISP, IN |
| Country | IN |
| Server IP | 203.200.247.12 |
| Name servers | ns1dc3.passportindia.gov.in, ns1dc1.passportindia.gov.in, ns2dc1.passportindia.gov.in, ns2dc3.passportindia.gov.in, ns1dc2.passportindia.gov.in, ns2dc2.passportindia.gov.in |
| SSL issuer | GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-13 |
| Domain age | 17.33 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-04-17 |
| Archive first seen | 2010-05-15 |
| Archive snapshots | 1224 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about passportindia.gov.in at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.