Port Blair, Dec 19: The process of application for Haj-2017 through Haj Committee of India (HCoI) shall commence on 02.01.2017. Booklet containing Guidelines and Haj Application Forms (HAF) shall be available free of cost from State / union Territory Haj Committee (SHCs) or can be downloaded from hajcommittee.gov.in Applicants must read the Guidelines carefully before filling up and submitting their HAFs. The filled up HAFs shall be accepted in the office of respective SHCs from 2nd January 2017 till 24th January 2017 during working hours. The applicants must have a machine readable valid Indian International Passport issued on or before 24.01.2017 and valid at least up to 28.02.2018.