Apply in Person

1. To apply for Tourist Bus vehicle permit in Punjab the applicant has to approach the RTO office to which his area belongs to.
   
2. Please follow our “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page to get details of the RTO offices. Link for RTO (Suwidha Centre) contacts: Contacts link
   
3. Application form can be downloaded using the following link: Link for Forms And Parivahan Forms Link
   
4. Make sure you have completed respective application form obtained directly from respective RTO
   
5. Application forms can be obtained from the appropriate RTO offices that can be completed and presented with appropriate fee
   
6. Please make sure you have all the documents that are listed down under the “Required Document” section of this page.
   
7. Present the completed application forms in one of the counter and pay the appropriate fee where the officials would start processing your application.
   
8. After checking the vehicle for its correctness and other appropriate requirements the application will be processed. Important verifications for the permit include Vehicle condition, seating arrangements etc. will be carried by authorities.
   
   

1. Form for the permit
   
2. Registration Certificate of the vehicle.
   
3. Fitness Certificate of the vehicle.
   
4. Proof of payment of tax for the current quarter.
   
5. Insurance Certificate.
   
6. Payment of green tax wherever applicable.
   
7. Affidavit Sworn by the applicant before an Executive (or) a First Class Judicial Magistrate (or) Notary Public
   
8. Passport size photo-2
   
9. Pollution under control certificate
   
10. PROOF OF ADDRESS (any one of the following to be produced)
    
    • Ration Card
      
    • Aadhaar Card
      
    • Electoral Roll
      
    • LIC Policy
      
    • Passport
      
    • Pay slip issued - Govt. Office (or) a Local Body
      
11. Age Proof (any one of the following)
    
    • School Certificate
      
    • Birth Certificate
      

List of RTO offices in Punjab
State Transport Commissioner
SCO 177-78, 1st , 2nd, 3rd Floor,
17G, 17C, Sector 17,
Chandigarh 160017, Punjab.
Mobile : 096468 61487
Phone : 0172 2702575/2771183
Fax : 0172 2706943
More contact information :Contacts Link

• You should be the owner of the vehicle.
  

• Fee related details are provided under the following link: Parivahan Fees details And Link for fees
  
• RTO officials would provide more information on fees
  

• Permit is valid for 5 years
  
• The age of the vehicle is also considered to restrict the validity of the permit
  

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• 5 working days to get permit
  

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

• Tourist Bus means any motor vehicle constructed to carry allowed number of passenger on rental basis from one place to another place
  
• The need for Permit arises with the requirement to use the Motor vehicle which carries passengers for hire
  
• On a time basis with reference to any place
  
• From one place to another place
  
• One cannot operate his bus without this permit
  

• The type and seating capacity of each such vehicle for Bus should be notified to the authorities
  
• FC (for clearance) is a process meant for reviewing the condition of the vehicle by the RTO authorities
  

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.