Passport Office was established in George Town in Chennai (formerly Madras) in the year 1955. In the year 1966, it was shifted to the Govt. owned premises of Shastri Bhavan located at 26, Haddows Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600006, where a number of other Central Govt. Offices are also located. Initially, RPO, Chennai was catering to the needs of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in addition to the neighbouring States of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. In 1976 separate passport offices for these three states were established. In the year 1983 and 2008 RPO, Chennai was again bifurcated and a separate office was established at Trichy and Coimbatore with its own jurisdiction. Regional Passport Office, Chennai is primarily responsible for issuance of Indian Passports (fresh and re-issue) to the Citizens of India. In addition to issue of passports, Police Clearance Certificate, Surrender of Passport, Global Entry Program, No Objection Return to India, etc., are also being rendered by this office irrespective of the fact that the original passport is issued by Passport Office, Chennai or not, provided they stay in the area of jurisdiction of RPO Chennai.

Chennai, Chengaluptu, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Vellore, Villupuram, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Cuddalore, Chidambarm, Kallakurichi & Puducherry.