Hello Anoop / Krishna, I need some help here , applying for re-issue of passport for my son and got confused with all the details.
Annexure D-Notarized (with Stamp and Notary Signatory) - Is the text should be on plain paper and get it Notarized or do we need it on Stamp paper - if so where do we get that. I am in Jersey city. regards Address if we provide US address for passport what documents we need to provide to them.
any help is appreciated.
How much time embassy took for you to re-new the passport?what are option to follow up with them except Pramit
One month.VFS wasted 16 days.
SoâŚin total 46 after submitting applicationâŚin my case VFS wasted 1 month.
Currently application under review with embassy.
It will go to Police verification after this?? Or this stage only police verification happens
plain paper .with you and your spouse signature and passport numbersâŚand then get it notarized
One month in total. Of which 16 days taken by VFS.
Here are my passport renewal timelines. Once in a day I use to check the status in both VFS website and Govt. website. Hope this helps.
Finally, I have received my renewed passport from Indian Embassy SFO.
Below are timelines for My Normal passport renewal application via Indian Embassy/Consulate SFO .
Total time taken is 39 days(5 Weeks+4days) including shipping + holidayâs + 1 week delay at VFS Global SFO for no reason + 2 weeks of wait time in Indian Embassy SFO with no progress after application is received.
12/03 â Dropped shipment in Nearest Fedex office, missed same day slot as i dropped late evening.(Better to drop before noon so that Fedex will send overnight and it will be received by VFS Global next day EOD).
12/04 â Application sent on nextday from Fedex office to SFO .
12/05 â Fedex delivered the application to VFS Global SFO address (Tracking package status is showing delivered and received by VFS Global SFO.)
12/07 â Expected VFS Global will update the status to Documents are received (But no change in status till 12/14).
12/14 â Received confirmation from VFS Global SFO saying (We have âReceivedâ your Application and your Application is now âUnder Processâ at ICAC in Consulate General of India, SFO).
12/14 â Not sure why VFS Global took 1 week to update the status as documents received(This is an unnecessary delay of 7 days).
12/16 â Sent to India Embassy SFO ( Your Application has been âProcessedâ at the ICAC and âIn Transitâ to the Embassy for decision making.)
12/17 â File number created in Passport portal under the application table of Gov reference number and Passport application status got changed to âunder review at Indian Embassy/Consulateâ .
12/17 â Application status is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate till 12/30 with no progress. If some information is required from Applicantâs end they can respond back . Not sure why it is unnescessarily kept at their end saying under review (2 weeks of time we can still consider it as 9 working days as 25th is holiday).
12/31 â Application Status updated to 'Print has been initiated for passport.
01/01 â Police verification mail received.
01/02 â Police verification happend at local police station given in application. ( Local police passport verification department called to the number given and reached the address given for futher identification and informed my parents that i have to call verification officer. I have reached him on same day, police officer shared list of documents required for police verification.I have shared requested documents to their email and some chai-pani stuff-- This may vary in your case).
01/04 â Passport is printed.
01/05 â Passport is printed and will be delivered shortly.
01/06 â still waiting for the status to be updated from âPassport is printed and will be delivered shortlyâ in Govt Portal , and at VFS Global portal(It is still showing as âYour application has reached the Embassyâ) Expected it will reach to VFS Global office on 01/06 not sure what is going on even when passport is printed and for whom it is unnescessarily waiting there. Even am tracking Fedex return Shipping label which i have. I dont see any progress which is quiet wierd, even though passport is printed am not understanding why it is still sitting in India Embassy/Consulate and what is the use of of being there from last 2 days.
01/07 â Status changed in VFS Global -Global-PassportTracking to âYour application has been dispatched from Embassyâ
01/08 â Your application has been dispatched via courier, VFS Global SFO received Passport and Dispatched package to Fedex.
01/11 â Fedex package received , finally rececived Renewed passport.
Over all 1 week (12/07 to 12/14 it was simply lying in VFS Global SFO office this is truly negligance from VFS Global SFO. If all documents are correct they can finish validation in 1-2 days.
From 12/17 to 12/31 - 2 weeks of time taken by Indian Embassy SFO to process Applicaition not sure why it took 2 weeks to process application when all documents are in place and nothing is required from applicants end.
Fedex is doing pretty good job as to and fro shipping are being done in 2-4 days considering if sunday may fall in middle.
Note :
If all necessary documents are provided by applicant, even the normal passport renewal process can be done in 2-3 weeekâs (Consider shipping weekendâs/holidays and everything). If every one(VFS Global/Indian Embassy work properly ontime, even normal process can be done in 2-3 weeks. considering 2 weeks of unnecessary wait time for no reason in my case).
In my assumption VFS Global/Indian Embassy want to prove to applicantâs that normal passport renewal process will take time and forcing applicantâs to opt tatkal processing for no reason , where VFS Global/Indian Embassy can squeeze more dollars in the name of tatkal process.
If everyone works as per the policies and guidelines there is no point of opting for tatkal process(unless there is any emergency case) and we can get renewed passport in 2 weeks including holidayâs even in normal process.
Must do something about this. This issue has been causing stress and anxiety for most of the people who need to undergo this meaningless and delayed useless process.
Itâs looks like VFS global delays on purpose to update status the first time to create anxiety among people who sent their passport forcing them to make paid phone call. Every person will have anxiety when there is no update for weeks. I assume this is a low scum strategy applied by VFS to extract money from people.
NY Indian embassy, itâs absolute shame on this consulate for never responding to even a single PRAMIT request raised, showing itâs pathetic attitude towards Indian Citizen. As said earlier if a consulate in a country like US behaves this way and has such an indifferent attitude. I feel sad for people in India who are less priveledged and has to fight such a rotten government system.
For me it took 46 days. My passport was submitted on 24th Nov and I received renewed passport on 01/11. Pathetic experience.
Passport renewal process @ VFS in New York.
Nov 12 - VFS received my renewal passport application + pasport.
Nov 18 - VFS reviewed and forwarded to Indian Embassy in New York.
-----Silence----
Jan 12 - I checked the status in PRAMIT where it changed from Pending to Replied.
I do not understand what is happening with my application and why a delay of almost 2 months? Please share your understanding. Thx
That is so true. In fact, VFS is a redundant unnecessary evil in this process and it is clearly a product of the corrupt mindset that Indian bureaucrats have inherited from having passport agents in India. This way VFS has been imposed on us as a compulsory âpassport agentâ that we are forced cough out money on the top of regular passport fees. We pay $ 75 as a passport renewal fees for being in the US and it already includes the cost of processing the papers and being responsive to applicants.
Comparing it with the fee charged in India, this is already much higher fees. On the top of it we end up paying VFS in multiple ways approximately $20 to $100 (processing fee+calls, even if we exclude delivery charges).
Going into the roots of this issue, we see that qualified and smart candidates find it difficult to enter into the Indian government jobs. In stead, lazy and corrupt minded people find it easy to make their way into government jobs. So no surprise we see the shameful state of affair in passport renewal.
This issue has to be publicized widely as reviews.
So, no police verification happened in your case. is that correct?
Yes, think so. I did not get any info about that. Not sure if that happened or not.
this detailed update is helpful.
My passport reached vfs on 1st dec and 15th dec reached embassy for review and now it has been a month no update. Looks like passport is still in embassy. And now VFS SF is closed so update or answer from there side. any idea what i can do ?
Hello All,
My passport reached VFS on 06th Jan and reached Consulate, Houston on 11th Jan. Consulate handed over the new passport to VFS agent on 12th Jan. As per VFS, it was shipped on 13th Jan to my address, with the FedEx label generated by me and sent to them. But, I am not able to track it in FedEX site with the tracking number mentioned in the label. Still it shows, â Label Generatedâ. I sent mail to VFS, there is no response.
Can someone throw some light how we can track it now? I dont have any clue. Please help.
@amreth Thank you for maintaining this blog, passport discussion portal. Itâs very helpful!!!
I have received my sonâs passport (minor passport) today (01/16/21) under a regular scheme from VFS, SF. Overall it took ~9 weeks (including holidays). In my case, VFS asked for a few more documents.
Timelines of the âRe-issuance of normal minor-passport/10-years from VFS-San Francisco
11/16 â I sent the passport application package to VFS, San Francisco.
11/17 â [FedEx update]: VFS received the application package.
11/23 â [Email from VFS]: VFS requested a couple more documents (Notarized Annexure-D form).
<**** Thanksgiving holidays ****>
11/30 â I sent the additional requested documents to VFS.
12/01 â [FedEx update]: VFS received the additional documents.
12/11 â [Email from VFS]: Passport is in transit to Consulate/Embassy of India.
12/15 â [Govt. website update]: Application is under processing at Consulate.
12/19 â [Email from Embassy]: Police Verification Request has been initiated.
12/22 â [Update from parents@Indian address]: Police came and verified at Indian address.
12/23 - [Govt. website update]: Print has been initiated for passport.
<**** Christmas and New Year holidays ****>
01/07 - [Govt. website update]: Passport is printed and will be delivered shortly.
01/11 - [Email from VFS]: Passport is received from Embassy and will be shipped in 24-48 hours.
01/12 - [Email from VFS]: Fedex tracking is enabled with a duplicate tracking number.
01/16 â [FedEx Tracking] Received the passport!!!
I am also on the same boat - My wife casse is the passport printed and delivered back to VFS on 12th Dec and no updates after thatâŚI paid so far $150 dollar to talk to customer support and getting the same answerâŚwe will escalate, but I never get any response and next time someone else pick the calls and same answersâŚI never faced such a worst customer support in my lifeâŚWhat is the next nextâŚwe need the passport for an urgent travel purpose and the whole processing starte don Nov 24th and even in taktal by paid additional $150
This is with VFS Global New York
Rathna,
I would suggest you to please visit the VFS and provide them details of reference and collect it personally. Maybe they would have misplaced somewhere and would be struck there in their office.
Dont waste your time. This is whats happening with the immigration processes too.
We have a great system in this technological world, but if people do not match with the system we are helpless and such technologies are useless in emergent situations