Hi All, My Police verification was completed and then only I received my passport.
However getting the verification done was a huge task. No one got in touch with me or my parents who live in my hometown, Kolkata. For a month we tried calling our local police station but they said some other team is supposed to do that verification since they do not deal with NRI.
I emailed continuously to these passport.sf@mea.gov.in,cg.sf@mea.gov.in, passport2.sf@mea.gov.in but they did not help. Only repeated that I will get passport once verification is over.
My parents and I tracked down the person who was supposed to verify my address after a lot of research, running around and unnecessary hassle. Finally this officer agreed to come and get it verified after 1.5 months of trying. (Is it our job to track down people? Last time I checked, it was their job)
When he arrived he indirectly told my parents it’s up to him how fast I get my passport. If he gives a clear certificate then only my passport will be issue and that it comes at a cost. In other words he asked for bribe.
My parents who are both retired offered him 500rs, which he returned and told them he can only work with 2000rs and above since this is a US case. My parents had to pay since they did not want more drama and my visas were stuck due to this.
This whole process was a harassment for me and my parents. At their old age they had to run around from one police station to another to find who is supposed to come and verify. I was in US at that time and felt helpless that my parents are running around for this in this pandemic.
I hope this was only my bad luck and others don’t have to go through this.