Indian Passport

Hi I am trying to login through Indian passport seva website to get the ARN number, the website is shitty and wont let me login and if it lets me login it wont let me process any other steps.

Any help is appreciated, my passport expires in a month.

Please help

Hi,

I received below email from VFS on 28th Jan. Since then, there is no update. My UPS return label tracking ID doesn't show any status.

Anyone on the same boat?
I am not sure if it makes any sense to call their customer center, there are no concrete answers from them. On top of that, they charge $2.5 per minute!!

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Dear Applicant,

Your Application has been reviewed by the Embassy of India/ Consulate General of India & will be dispatched within 24 – 48 business hours provided you had purchased or sent the return label.

Please note this is an auto - generated email. Kindly do not reply to this email.

Regards,

VFS Global

I have been worst impacted by the inefficiencies of both India Consulate and USCIS .
I would need some help in making a decision for my scenario. Any help or advise would help. Thank you.

My wife and son finally got their biometrics appoint from USCIS after so many expedite request for their H4 visa extension and EAD.
Filled - 2nd March 2020
Biometrics - 22nd Feb 2021 (Scheduled)

To attend Biometrics we would need a passport which has been with VFS/ and Now Indian Embassy since Nov 16 2020.
I had raised a pramit query on Jan 24 and have not received any response.

The current status is "Passport under review at the consulate" since Jan 18.
It has been 14 days and there has been no update. I have checked with the police station and they have not received any verification from the consulate.

I do not want to reschedule the biometrics with USCIS that took 11 months for a reschedule.

1) Can I contact the consulate in any other way to expedite this ? Is 18 days sufficient for getting the passport back
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2) How can i get the old passport back from the consulate ? Is there any way ?

3) Is NYC embassy open for in person ? It is drive of 8 hours for me but i am willing to make the trip if i can get either my old passport or new passport back ?

Any response/advise is helpful .

I have been trying to submit passport renewal application for 2 days and getting following error. I just completed 1. Passport Type 2. Application Details 3. Family Details 4. Applicant Address Details steps and started getting below error in step 1, 2, 3 in random fashion. Sometime I am not able to login. I tried different browser, clear cache and different laptop but still problem persist. I am planning to create different account to check if it would help.

Is anybody faced, facing same problem?

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My timeline for normal Passport renewal at SFO:
12/21 - Fedex delivered passport to VFS
12/30 - Email from VFS that they received the application.
1/1 - Email from VFS "Processed at the ICAC and In Transit to the Embassy"
1/4 - Reached the embassy
1/5 - Under review at the embassy
2/1 - the status changed to "Print has been initiated for the passport"
2/2 - "Initiation of police verification" email. Police verification happened same day in India
2/5 - No change in status.

I changed the Indian address in the passport. Everything else was the same. Last passport was also renewed in the US.
I have emailed the SFO consulate twice without any reply.
Is there any way to upgrade the application to Tatkal now as I have travel planned soon?
This is really depressing. I mailed the application on 19th december thinking I would get it back in time to travel to India at the end of February.
It looks like I will have to cancel and rebook.

Below is my passport renewal timelines at NY

My Application (Normal)
Jan 19: Sent package via Fedex. Tuesday EOD
Jan 20: Packaged delivered by 9:30 AM
Jan 21: Email and SMS from VFS that package received
Jan 28: We have ‘Received’ your Application and your application is now ‘Under Process’ at New York.
Jan 29: Your Application has been ‘Processed’ at the VFS India Consular application Centre and currently is ‘In-Transit‘ to the Embassy of India/Consulate General of India for decision making.

I applied for a Tatkal passport renewal and now the passport is with Indian embassy. I found that i have made a mistake in filling my fathers name in passport application form.
Anyone know what happens next.. Will they return the passport to fill a new form or the passport might get printed with wrong name?

Jan -11: Package sent through FedEx.

Jan -12: FedEx delivered the package to VFS and signed it by D.Deepa.

But no acknowledgement & updates from VFS yet. Does just wondering have anyone facing a similar delay from VFS?

I had sent my Indian passport renewal application to VFS New York center.

My application was delivered by FedEx on January 20.

I received an email and SMS on January 21 "Dear Customer, your package has been received at the VFS application center. Our current processing times are longer than usual. Your application will be reviewed with 48-72 business hours. You are requested to track the status of your application after 2-3 business days"

It has been one week and I haven't received any email or SMS regarding the status of my application.

Is this within the normal processing time for VFS NY application center?

Thank you.

My Passport Status still 'Print has been initiated for passport' since 1 Week? Any idea why it is not moving to next status ?

Also I have not received any email for Police Verification or anything else. The VFS tracking shows 'Reached to Embassy' which is obvious.

Thanks !