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VFS Passport renewal - SFO
Hi all,
I have submitted my Kids passports for renewal and everything was going good until the status as 'Printing has been Initiated'
For my Son's application status it has changed to 'Printing has been completed.'
But for my Daughter's application status has been changed to 'Passport application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate.' Does any one has this situation ? and would this impact in getting the passport ? What could be the reason for this ? Please advise if you have had the same situation and what is the action that needs to be taken on this.
Thanks all in advance.
I have submitted my Kids passports for renewal and everything was going good until the status as 'Printing has been Initiated'
For my Son's application status it has changed to 'Printing has been completed.'
But for my Daughter's application status has been changed to 'Passport application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate.' Does any one has this situation ? and would this impact in getting the passport ? What could be the reason for this ? Please advise if you have had the same situation and what is the action that needs to be taken on this.
Thanks all in advance.
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PP Renewal - NY - Normal Processing - Pending case with USCIS
Finally received my passport after 45 days. Previous Passport was issued in NYC too.
02/23 - Fedex delivered the application package
03/04 - Received SMS and email - We have ‘Received’ your Application and your application is now ‘Under Process’ at New York.
(Note: only then you will be able to track status in their website. Otherwise, it will say invalid input)
03/08 – Your Application is in transit to Embassy/Consulate
03/09 – Your Application has reached Embassy and is now under process/review
Tracking in Government Website:
03/10: Your Application is under Review
03/16 – Print Initiated
03/16 – Police Verification initiated email received.
03/18 – Passport Printed.
The status remained the same until 03/23. I called the VFS and asked why my passport status has not progressed and if it because of my Police Verification. They said it is not necessary that PP is always issued only after verification. He also said sometimes it takes 4-5 business days
Nobody called my parents back home and they went to the PS to ask if they have received any info about my PP. They said it might take 20 days. Haven’t received any call so far. May be coz due to election going on there right now.
03/24 – Passport is Printed and will be dispatched shortly (around 12 noon)
03/24 - Passport has been handed over by the Embassy/Consulate to the OSP executive for further dispatch to the applicant. (around 3 PM)
NY VFS closed on 03/25 and opened on 03/30
04/05 – Called VFS again as to why my tracking in VFS still shows my Application is in Review with Embassy and why they are not dispatching. They said VFS NY is operating under limited capacity and to wait as they cannot escalate. I read in twitter that there is only one person working in NY VFS office lol.
04/06: Received email from Fedex with Tracking number at 7 AM. They stated the estimated delivery date as 04/07. (if you have opted for their return service)
04/06: VFS tracking showed they dispatched my Passport using the courier service I opted. The Fedex tracking did not update all day.
04/07: Fedex tracking Updated that my Package was picked up at 5:10 PM.
04/08: Received Old & New PP around 2:30 PM.
Couple of things I observed:
Even if you dont opt for their SMS service you will still receive SMS whenever there is a movement in your case at VFS. The email and SMS arrives at the same time.
The tracking in VFS gets mostly updated after 7 PM.
The tracking on Govt Website gets updated mostly around 12 noon and 3 PM
Even when the VFS website updates that they have dispatched your PP, they might take a day or few to actually hand over the PP to Fedex.
Overall it was very anxious time to wait as Customer Care will do nothing to assist apart from what you can see online.
If you are in hurry opt for Tatkaal specially for NYC coz they will just shut down the office citing Covid any time.
02/23 - Fedex delivered the application package
03/04 - Received SMS and email - We have ‘Received’ your Application and your application is now ‘Under Process’ at New York.
(Note: only then you will be able to track status in their website. Otherwise, it will say invalid input)
03/08 – Your Application is in transit to Embassy/Consulate
03/09 – Your Application has reached Embassy and is now under process/review
Tracking in Government Website:
03/10: Your Application is under Review
03/16 – Print Initiated
03/16 – Police Verification initiated email received.
03/18 – Passport Printed.
The status remained the same until 03/23. I called the VFS and asked why my passport status has not progressed and if it because of my Police Verification. They said it is not necessary that PP is always issued only after verification. He also said sometimes it takes 4-5 business days
Nobody called my parents back home and they went to the PS to ask if they have received any info about my PP. They said it might take 20 days. Haven’t received any call so far. May be coz due to election going on there right now.
03/24 – Passport is Printed and will be dispatched shortly (around 12 noon)
03/24 - Passport has been handed over by the Embassy/Consulate to the OSP executive for further dispatch to the applicant. (around 3 PM)
NY VFS closed on 03/25 and opened on 03/30
04/05 – Called VFS again as to why my tracking in VFS still shows my Application is in Review with Embassy and why they are not dispatching. They said VFS NY is operating under limited capacity and to wait as they cannot escalate. I read in twitter that there is only one person working in NY VFS office lol.
04/06: Received email from Fedex with Tracking number at 7 AM. They stated the estimated delivery date as 04/07. (if you have opted for their return service)
04/06: VFS tracking showed they dispatched my Passport using the courier service I opted. The Fedex tracking did not update all day.
04/07: Fedex tracking Updated that my Package was picked up at 5:10 PM.
04/08: Received Old & New PP around 2:30 PM.
Couple of things I observed:
Even if you dont opt for their SMS service you will still receive SMS whenever there is a movement in your case at VFS. The email and SMS arrives at the same time.
The tracking in VFS gets mostly updated after 7 PM.
The tracking on Govt Website gets updated mostly around 12 noon and 3 PM
Even when the VFS website updates that they have dispatched your PP, they might take a day or few to actually hand over the PP to Fedex.
Overall it was very anxious time to wait as Customer Care will do nothing to assist apart from what you can see online.
If you are in hurry opt for Tatkaal specially for NYC coz they will just shut down the office citing Covid any time.
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Passport Renewal - NY (Normal Processing)
Hi, I had fedex'ed by daughter's passport for re-issue on 3/10. Package was delivered to VFS office on 3/11 and received a confirmation SMS. Post that no tracking information nor any updates.
Contacted VFS call center & via email but of no use, they are telling VFS NY office is working with limited capacity due to COVID. Anyone else in the same situation?
Contacted VFS call center & via email but of no use, they are telling VFS NY office is working with limited capacity due to COVID. Anyone else in the same situation?
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Re-Issuance of Indian Passport ( Normal ) SFO Embassy
Here's the timeline for my experience for change of Name after marriage
Feb 23: Sent the Documents using prepaid label from Fedex (Sender's location: San Jose)
Feb 24: Package arrived at VFS SFO offince in the morning
Feb 25: Received notification from VFS that the documents for passport renewal has been received
Feb 26: (Same message sent again) Received notification from VFS that the documents for passport renewal has been received
Feb 27: (Same message sent again) Received notification from VFS that the documents for passport renewal has been received
Unable to track the application on VFS portal for quite some time, Called and Mailed VFS regarding the tracking issues on VFS portal.
Mar 03: Received response from VFS that now you can track your application on VFS portal
Mar 04: Your application is 'under processing' at VFS India Consular application center
Mar 06: Application has been processed at VFS and is in-transit to the Embassy/consulate for decision making
Mar 07: Application has been received by embassy.
Mar 08: Passport Application is Under Review at indian Embassy
Status Remains the same till Apr 02. (Mailed embassy in the last week to inquire what is the hold that is making the process go so slow, recevied very lame response back that the passport has been received only in the first week of March)
Apr 02: Print has been initiated for the passport.
Apr 04: (Today) status remains the same.
Feb 23: Sent the Documents using prepaid label from Fedex (Sender's location: San Jose)
Feb 24: Package arrived at VFS SFO offince in the morning
Feb 25: Received notification from VFS that the documents for passport renewal has been received
Feb 26: (Same message sent again) Received notification from VFS that the documents for passport renewal has been received
Feb 27: (Same message sent again) Received notification from VFS that the documents for passport renewal has been received
Unable to track the application on VFS portal for quite some time, Called and Mailed VFS regarding the tracking issues on VFS portal.
Mar 03: Received response from VFS that now you can track your application on VFS portal
Mar 04: Your application is 'under processing' at VFS India Consular application center
Mar 06: Application has been processed at VFS and is in-transit to the Embassy/consulate for decision making
Mar 07: Application has been received by embassy.
Mar 08: Passport Application is Under Review at indian Embassy
Status Remains the same till Apr 02. (Mailed embassy in the last week to inquire what is the hold that is making the process go so slow, recevied very lame response back that the passport has been received only in the first week of March)
Apr 02: Print has been initiated for the passport.
Apr 04: (Today) status remains the same.
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Passport Renewal - NY - Normal Processing
My renewed Passport was handed over to VFS New York last Wednesday 03/24. The VFS website still says my Application is in review at the Embassy. I understand they were closed from 03/25-03/30. But still they havent updated their tracking nor dispatched it yet. Extremely worried. Called VFS and they said they are working in limited capacity and wont be able to escalate. Anybody facing the same issue? Please update.
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Re issue Indian passport
It’s been 7 months since I applied for my parents re issue of Indian passports through ckgs but haven’t received them yet. I know that cases were transferred to PRAMIT in October but haven’t received any news on the update. I keep sending queried very week and sometimes get a revert “ under administrative process”.
Anyone faced similar issue , don’t know who to contact and get a status on the application.
Anyone faced similar issue , don’t know who to contact and get a status on the application.
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Passport Renewal - Normal - New York - Received Passport in 5 weeks
02/23 - Shipped application via Fedex (labels purchased from VFS)
02/26 - Received by VFS 02/26 - Email/SMS confirmation that package was received
03/06 - Email/SMS confirmation that Application under process in VFS
03/08 - Application In transit to embassy. After this we should check status on the government's portal https://porta14.passportindia.gov.in/Online/index.html
03/11 - Embassy received passport application
03/18 - Print has been initiated for passport
03/20 - Passport has been printed
03/23 - Passport is printed and will be delivered shortly
03/24 - Passport has been handed over by the Embassy/Consulate to the OSP executive for further dispatch to the applicant
03/24 - Received email from VFS - Your Application has been reviewed by the Embassy of India/ Consulate General of India & will be dispatched using the courier service you had opted.
03/24 - Received email from VFS - Your document (s) is dispatched using the return label purchased or sent by you.
03/30 - Received email from Fedex that package has been picked up
03/31 - Both Old and New Passport delivered by FedEx
The VFS office was closed from 03/25 to 03/30 due to COVID restrictions, because of that reason the passport was not handed over to FedEx till 03/30.
Overall a very satisfactory experience with VFS. Hope this helps.
Thank You.
02/26 - Received by VFS 02/26 - Email/SMS confirmation that package was received
03/06 - Email/SMS confirmation that Application under process in VFS
03/08 - Application In transit to embassy. After this we should check status on the government's portal https://porta14.passportindia.gov.in/Online/index.html
03/11 - Embassy received passport application
03/18 - Print has been initiated for passport
03/20 - Passport has been printed
03/23 - Passport is printed and will be delivered shortly
03/24 - Passport has been handed over by the Embassy/Consulate to the OSP executive for further dispatch to the applicant
03/24 - Received email from VFS - Your Application has been reviewed by the Embassy of India/ Consulate General of India & will be dispatched using the courier service you had opted.
03/24 - Received email from VFS - Your document (s) is dispatched using the return label purchased or sent by you.
03/30 - Received email from Fedex that package has been picked up
03/31 - Both Old and New Passport delivered by FedEx
The VFS office was closed from 03/25 to 03/30 due to COVID restrictions, because of that reason the passport was not handed over to FedEx till 03/30.
Overall a very satisfactory experience with VFS. Hope this helps.
Thank You.
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Passport Renewal - Normal New York
I applied for my passport renewal from New York. It's been one month since the passport reached the Consulate (2/27/2021). The status on the govt portal has been "Under Review" for 3 weeks. There's no response to my query on PRAMIT and VFS says they can't do anything. How long could I expect it to take? Please advise. Thank you
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SFO Passport Renewal - Normal processing
01/31 - Shipped application via Fedex (labels purchased from VFS)
02/02 - Received by VFS
02/04 - Email/SMS confirmation that package was received
02/11 - Emailed VFS support about status and received a response they are working on applications received on Jan 25th. They asked me to wait for 5-6 days.
02/19 - Email/SMS confirmation that Application under process in VFS
02/20 - Application In transit to embassy. After this; we should check status on the government's portal https://portal4.passportindia.gov.in/Online/index.html
02/22 - Embassy received passport application
02/24 - File number generated
03/16 and 03/17 - Tweeted CGISFO about application status but received no response
03/18 - Print initiated and received email that police verification has been initiated
03/22 - Passport has been printed and will be delivered shortly
03/23 - Received email from VFS that passport will be dispatched with courier
03/23 - Received email from Fedex that package has been picked up
03/24 - Passport delivered
03/27 - Police called family in India and asked them to visit station with my photo id to verify the address. My brother went to the station and provided this information.
02/02 - Received by VFS
02/04 - Email/SMS confirmation that package was received
02/11 - Emailed VFS support about status and received a response they are working on applications received on Jan 25th. They asked me to wait for 5-6 days.
02/19 - Email/SMS confirmation that Application under process in VFS
02/20 - Application In transit to embassy. After this; we should check status on the government's portal https://portal4.passportindia.gov.in/Online/index.html
02/22 - Embassy received passport application
02/24 - File number generated
03/16 and 03/17 - Tweeted CGISFO about application status but received no response
03/18 - Print initiated and received email that police verification has been initiated
03/22 - Passport has been printed and will be delivered shortly
03/23 - Received email from VFS that passport will be dispatched with courier
03/23 - Received email from Fedex that package has been picked up
03/24 - Passport delivered
03/27 - Police called family in India and asked them to visit station with my photo id to verify the address. My brother went to the station and provided this information.
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Passport Under Review From past 2 weeks
Hello,
I sent my passport to SFO for renewal under NORMAL process. It has been stuck at "Passport application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate.".
Not sure its almost 11 days on status. The process was started on mar-1 for VFS , after a month still under review .
Planning to go to India in month of may. Can we change the process from NORMAL to TATKAL online for passport renewal ?
Thanks
I sent my passport to SFO for renewal under NORMAL process. It has been stuck at "Passport application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate.".
Not sure its almost 11 days on status. The process was started on mar-1 for VFS , after a month still under review .
Planning to go to India in month of may. Can we change the process from NORMAL to TATKAL online for passport renewal ?
Thanks
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