Passport Office, Bhubaneswar was set up in 1979 to provide passport service to the people residing in Odisha. It caters to 34 districts. With the functioning of the office, thousands of people of the state have been able to obtain passport to go abroad for employment, studies, business, attending meetings, seminars, sports, medical treatments etc. The number of passport seekers have grown steadily to 50,000 in the year 2010 from few hundreds in 1979.
A-119 Unit-VIII, Nayapalli,
front of CBI Office, Bhubaneswar,
Odisha-751012
Voice: 0674 2563855, 2564470, 2563860
Fax: 0674-2564460
E-mail: rpo.bbsr@nic.in
Angul, Balangir, Balasore, Bargarh, Behrampur, Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar Urban, Boudh, Cuttack Rural, Cuttack Urban, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghapur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Kendujhar, Khordha, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nawaranpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Sundargarh.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 04/01/2015 | Mailad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-milad |
| 06/03/2015 | Holi |
| 02/04/2015 | Mahavir Jayanti |
| 03/04/2015 | Good Friday |
| 14/04/2015 | Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 04/05/2015 | Buddha Purnima |
| 18/07/2015 | Eid-Ul-Fitr |
| 17/09/2015 | Vinayaka Chaturthi(Ganesha Chaturthi) |
| 25/09/2015 | Eid-Ul-Zuha (Bakrid) |
| 21/10/2015 | Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) |
| 22/10/2015 | Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi) |
| 24/10/2015 | Muharram |
| 11/11/2015 | Diwali (Deepavali) |
| 25/11/2015 | Gurunanak's Birthday |
| 25/12/2015 | Christmas Day |
* Note: In addition, Passport Office will be closed on National Holidays i.e. Republic Day (26th January), Independence Day (15th August) and Gandhi Jayanti (2nd October).