Passport for Canadian-born child of Indian citizen

[tamtom]

An Indian citizen with a baby born in Canada recently told me his Indian consulate refused to give the baby an Indian passport! What! That can't be right!

I found the following on the websites of Indian consulates in Canada.

Ottawa:

http://www.hciottawa.ca/passports-0509.pdf

"New passport for a child" - so it looks like they do give passports to Canadian-born children.

Vancouver:

http://www.cgivancouver.com/passreg.html#Passport_for_children

"Only children with at least one parent being an Indian citizen are entitled to Indian citizenship and an Indian passport" - so it looks like they do give passports to Canadian-born children.

Toronto:

http://www.cgitoronto.ca/Passportservices/passportservices.htm

There is only "Passport for children on expiry of the existing one" but not "New passport for a child" - so it is not clear whether they give passports to Canadian-born children.

Does anyone have experience applying for an Indian passport for a child of Indian parents born in Canada? In particular, does anyone have experience doing that in the Toronto consulate?

Please post a response here or send me a private message or email.

Thanks,

Tamtom