Renunciation Procedure using VFS

[Aditya1412]

Thank you for your help much appreciate

[arkaa]

Thats good that you got your that quick . I was asking you should i print renunciation certificate manually with my name listed in indian passport ? And send them ? Or usa passport name ? Which was emailed to me by vfs when i paid application fee ?

I sent both - two copies of the pre-filled certificate that VFS emailed, and two copies of the manually filled certificate that was linked to in the checklist. As a general rule, if you have any doubt about sending a document or not, just send it (unless it is an original). If they do not need it they will just ignore it, but if they need it and you do not send it, your application will be delayed.

On the manually filled certificate, write the name as it is in the Indian passport. If you see the renunciation checklist, under the name change section they mention it "The name as on the Indian Passport will appear on the Renunciation Certificate since it is a surrender of an Indian passport." Anyway, looks like they will ignore both and send their own version of surrender certificate.

BTW, I do not think my application was quick. They are supposed to process renunciation in 6-7 days, but they took 19 days for mine. I sent them an email after 14 days, and they responded that I will get it within the next week. IMO, they only processed it after I emailed them. See user 0xim's timeline with DC Consulate at the top of this page - submitted same time as I and got it 10 days before me.

Good luck with your renunciation.

[Aditya1412]

Thats good that you got your that quick . I was asking you should i print renunciation certificate manually with my name listed in indian passport ? And send them ? Or usa passport name ? Which was emailed to me by vfs when i paid application fee ?

[arkaa]

Renunciation time-line at Houston, TX Consulate.

05/04: Sent documents by FedEx
05/05: "Received" by VFS
05/06: "Processed" by VFS and "In-Transit" to the Consulate
05/07: "Reached" the Consulate and "under review"
05/26: "Reviewed" by the Consulate
05/26: "Dispatched" from VFS
05/27: FedEx delivery - Received passport and surrender certificate

Total time:23 days - VFS:2 days & Consulate:19 days

I got a the "Surrender Certificate" printed on some good quality bond paper with a bar code at the top, (not the pre-filled renunciation certificate that was submitted with the application).

Next step, to apply for OCI. Plan to send that out in the next couple of days.

[Aditya1412]

Thank you so much i will submit this document along with other document . And hope it works . Pls update when yours get successfully accepted and you get your renunciation certificate. And also i wanted to know should i manually type renunciation with indian passport given name on certificate?? And send two copies ?? As the email i received from vfs after paying the fees has also renunciation certificate attached and had my us passport name . What do you suggest ? Please help . Thanks in Advance .

[arkaa]

I am applying for Renunciation certificate however in my Indian passport my name has my middle name in given name . When i got Us passport it just has my first and my last name is it considered name change ? As on the check list it says it has to match or else submit name change documents but technically I haven't change my name just my middle name is not added in us passport. Can anybody please help how should i proceed ? And also when filing the form it says renunciation certificate should match Indian passport name .

It is not a name change, but the Indian Consulate considers it a name 'variation'. And they require you to submit a notarized affidavit explaining the difference in how your name is recorded in the Indian Passport vs US passport.

See this pdf for details - https://visa.vfsglobal.com/one-pager...-affidavit.pdf

I had a similar issue - in the Indian passport my name was written as "middlename firstname" under given names, while in the US passport it is written as "firstname middlename". I submitted the following notarized affidavit (feel free to modify and format it to your needs). VFS reviewed it and submitted to the consulate, still under process at the consulate.


AFFIDAVIT
TO DECLARE VARIATION IN NAME

I, ___________________________ , born on _____________ and residing at ______________________ , do hereby solemnly affirm and declare :

1. That, in my Indian Passport (No. X1234567) my name is recorded as ______________ (surname) _______________________ (given names) while in my U.S. Passport (No. 123456789) my name is recorded as ________________ (surname) ______________ (first name) _____________ (middle name)
2. That, I am the same individual stated in both the Indian & US passports
3. That, only the order of words in my name is different
I swear or affirm that the above statements are true, correct and complete to the best of my information, knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed therein.

DATED this ______ day of May, 2021 ______________________________
Signature of Affiant

============================================================ ======
STATE OF _____________
COUNTY OF ________________

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) on this ______ day of __________, 20_____,
by __________________________________ , whose identity was proven to me.


______________________________
Signature of the Notary Public <seal of notary>

[Aditya1412]

I am applying for Renunciation certificate however in my indian passport my name has my middle name in given name . When i got Us passport it just has my first and my last name is it considered name change ? As on the check list it says it has to match or else submit name change documents but technically i havent change my name just my middle name is not added in us passport. Can anybody please help how should i proceed ? And also when filing the form it says renunciation certificate should match indian passport name .

[bloxer]

Washington, DC renunciation

I got the surrender certificate, not the renunciation certificate that was mailed with the application.

Surrender cert = Renunciation cert.

Yes it is true they create their own cert paper and give that so I don't really get why do they bother us for sending 2 original copies of dummy renunciation cert in the first place. I stressed over the format of the cert which I sent, wasn't sure if I sent the correct version, just to realize that they don't give a damn about it.

[0xim]

Washington, DC renunciation

05/04: Sent documents by FedEx
05/05: Received by VFS
05/07: ‘Under Process’ at VFS
05/08: ‘Processed’ at the VFS, ‘In-Transit‘ to the Embassy
05/08: Reached Embassy, under review process (online status)
05/14: Reviewed by the Embassy
05/14: Dispatched
05/17: Received passport and surrender certificate
Total time:13 days. VFS:3 days, Embassy:6 days, In transit:4 days.

I got the surrender certificate, not the renunciation certificate that was mailed with the application.

[bloxer]

Any one applied for renunciation recently (Apr 2nd half/May) at SFO? Trying to understand how long is VFS taking before forwarding the docs to Embassy, it used to take 3 weeks in March.

[arkaa]

Applying for new OCI to send to VFS SFO. The checklist no longer mentions to send original US passport. Only mentions to include self-attested copy. So we no longer need to send original US passport but send self attested copy of it only?

Yes, no need to send in the original US passport - that's a relief.

[we-shall-overcome]

Applying for new OCI to send to VFS SFO. The checklist no longer mentions to send original US passport. Only mentions to include self-attested copy. So we no longer need to send original US passport but send self attested copy of it only?

[we-shall-overcome]

SFO Renunciation update:

03/12/2021 - Sent physical
03/15/2021 - Received fedex
03/16/2021 - VFS recv ack (Email)
04/01/2021 - VFS under process (Email)
04/01/2021 - VFS processing done, ready to send to Mission (2 hours later SMS)
04/02/2021 - Sent to mission
04/05/2021 - In-process at Embassy
04/28/2021 - Processed at Embassy, In-transit to VFS
04/28/2021 - Ready to dispatch from VFS

I also got the notification few minutes back that its ready for dispatch. Total process took almost 8 weeks

[bloxer]

SFO Renunciation update:

03/12/2021 - Sent physical
03/15/2021 - Received fedex
03/16/2021 - VFS recv ack (Email)
04/01/2021 - VFS under process (Email)
04/01/2021 - VFS processing done, ready to send to Mission (2 hours later SMS)
04/02/2021 - Sent to mission
04/05/2021 - In-process at Embassy
04/28/2021 - Processed at Embassy, In-transit to VFS
04/28/2021 - Ready to dispatch from VFS
04/28/2021 - Dispatched
04/29/2021 - Received

Done with renunciation, on to OCI.

[we-shall-overcome]

For me, VFS took 3 wk, it is waiting at embassy for 3+ wks now.....embassy says ~30 days processing time, so i am just gonna wait for 30 full days and then blast emails to them.

Its 4 weeks today at embassy for me. Total 7+ weeks since I sent to VFS SFO........not sure whats going on