Indian Passport

Hi, I submitted my passport for renewal to VFS NY and its stuck in "Your application is being verified and currently under process at the VFS Indian Consular Application Centre" status since one week. Does anyone how long does VFS take to forward it to to consulate?

Hi guys, so after three and a half months my passport application was granted on pre police verification basis. Police verification was initiated last week. My question is that I dont have aadhar card. I have been continuously living in USA for 11 years. What happens in police verification? What questions do they asks? What documents are required and how long does it take? My father living in India visited the local police station. The constable took 2000 rupees from my father and called him back in two days with aadhar card and pan card. What happens if I dont have either documents? I have my state ID and work permit here and my old passport is already expired. I had provided electricity bill of my father's address in India. Can anyone give some insight?

Hi,

I submitted my passport for renewal to update the date of birth according to my birth certificate. VFS received the application on August 20 and forwarded it to the New York consulate on August 23.

The application has been "under review" since that date, and I've been unable to reach the consulate team by phone or email.

I'm seeking advice on how to get updates on the current status and whether any additional information might be needed to move the process forward.

Any experiences or input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help.

Sent my dad's passport for renewal to VFS, current passport was issued at SF. VFS SF received application on 06/15/2024 and since 06/20 Application is under review @ Embassy/Consulate. He was admitted to hospital in emergency and now he needs to travel to Indian ASAP to continue his medical treatment. I have sent emails to [email protected] & [email protected] and haven't received any response. It's been 2 months now, how can I talk to someone in order to figure out what is going on? Police Station in India never received a PV request. Does anyone have any idea how to go about this?

Applied on July 2nd 24. July 3rd passport was sent to consulate. Kept calling VFS for status but nothing, it just said “under review “. On July 31st got email about Police Verification. Kept calling Police station and in few days they approved it on August 2nd. Today it is August 6th and still no passport. Upcoming travel in 2 days. Went to consulate about passport and they said printing machine is broken. It has been 5 weeks in my case and no passport yet.

7/1/2024 - Submitted application.
7/2/2024 - Application delivered via Fedex.
7/11/2024 - VFS Received Application email along with additional document request. Submitted requested document online portal same day within an hour.
7/16/2024 - Called VFS since I didn't receive any confirmation within the 72 hours of submitting the additional document. Got escalated.
7/19/2024 - Called VFS again, since no response received for the escalation within the 72 hours. Reached out via Twitter handle as well.
7/23/2024 - Called VFS again since there was no response again. Also messaged them on Twitter. One of these triggered VFS SFO to review and verify my application. Immediately within the next couple of hours I got the VFS email that "...will be submitted to the Mission for decision making"
7/24/2024 - VFS email "..In-Transit to the Embassy". On Embassy website, it showed "Under Review"
7/29/2024 - Embassy site showed "Passport printed and will be delivered shortly"
7/30/2024 - Couple of emails from VFS confirming they will be dispatching the passport via Courier.
7/31/2024 - Passport delivered via Fedex

Seems like VFS processing is slow, Embassy hardly took 4-5 days in my case.

Good luck everyone!

Family member's health condition critical, hence I applied in Tatkal on July 8th as on the website it said 5 business days to process: https://www.cgisf.gov.in/page/tatkaal-passport-services/#:~:text=Five%20(;5)%20working%20days

- I sent in my application on July 8th and it was delivered to SF VFS on July 9th and I received the email confirmation saying the VAC had opened it on July 11th.
- It was notified to me that I needed to upload 2 documents: 1. updated passport photo 2. lease agreement with landlord's signature
- I uploaded both of these documents on the same day, July 11th itself. But since then I've not received any update in status on my application. My application is still saying it's on hold.
- I reached out over email on July 16th to VFS since no update was there and I did not receive any response to this followup email.
- I called VFS to escalate the issue on July 17th but didn't get any response or update on my application.
- I reached out to VFS again on July 26th but still no update on my application.

It's been 20 days since I sent my passport in and no update/status yet.

I've sent an email to [email protected] but no reply yet.

Any way to reach out to VFS to get my old passport back at least if not renewed ?
I would like to travel to India immediately given the situation and can try getting it renewed there.

Hi All,

I have submitted my documents to VFS for renewing my Indian passport in US IN SF. The documents were delivered via FedEx on June 26 but since then while tracking on VFS Global website (https://visa.vfsglobal.com/usa/en/ind/track-application);, it says invalid input and I have not received any email confirmation from VFS.

Even when looking at status on Indian passport website (https://portal3.passportindia.gov.in/Online/index.html); under Track Status, it says Passport application form has been submitted.

I have read/heard that usually the status is updated on VFS Global tracking link within a couple of days but as it has been 7 calendar days with no update. I have already contacted them from the website form for which I am not expecting to hear back. Is there any email ID or phone number that I can use to contact them to track status?

Appreciate your help and pointers on how to navigate this situation.

Hello everyone, so I sent my passport renewal application on May 16th 2024. One week later I received acknowledgement from VFS. They messaged me that on May 29th they have forwarded my application to the Indian embassy. On government website the status changed to "Your passport application is under review". Since then it is stuck at the same status. Though at granular level this is what my status is stuck for more than two weeks now.

 "EVENT_DESC": "",
                "EMP_ACTION": "Sent To Go",
                "STATUS_TRACKING_PK": 1853846503,
                "LAST_MODIFIED_DATE": "2024-05-30T00:00:00",
                "STATUS_DESC": "Granting Initiated",
                "STATUS_ID_FK": 5099,
                "FILE_NO": "US4075253159124"

Does anyone know what does this status mean? Can anyone please share their timeline? My passport is already expired more than three years and also I have change in appearance.

I sent passport reissuance application to vfs san francisco. Now they emailed and asked for additional consent letter for the same address as old passport to be printed on new passport. The printable address on passport has been mentioned on the application which is signed and all other documents are Notarized. Is this normal or they are doing this for gaining more money !!! All this is nerve wracking !!@