SMS STATUS ENQUIRY:
SMS “ppt <fileNo>” to 57272.
All the mobile and landline phone holders,who have SMS facility, could get their passport application status on their phone from now on. All they need to do is message "Ppt < FileNo >" and send to "57272". In addition,CDMA numbers of MTNL and Airtel mobile users can use "55352" to avail of SMS passport status enquiry.
File number always contains an "English Alphabet" followed by eight digits. For eg: A00018009, The Cash receipt contains only an Alphabet and six digits. Therefore, one needs to add two more digits which represent the year in which he/she applied. For eg, if the year of application is 2007 add 07, 2008 add 08, 2009 add 09 and so on.