Indian Passport

Hi,

For CKGS passport renewal cashiers check option, what should be entered in place of issue? Is it the branch name on the check or the city name, state name?

Is CKGS responding to the queries sent by email or through their feedback portal?

if they are responding, how long they are taking?

Hi,

I’m trying to renew my passport with CKGS Houston but my address is not being recognized as residential by FedEx and hence not able to use their courier process. I have reached out to CKGS but they haven’t replied.

My questions are as below
1. I am assuming I need to send the return shipping label with an envelope
2. How will UPS pick up from CKGS, since they said they will not drop off at provider since it’s not FedEx.

Any help on this would be super helpful.

Thank you

I forgot to stick the barcode on passport application envelope. I followed up by writing to passportusa@ckgs but got no response. I am worried about the application getting misplaced/delayed due to that. Does anyone has any experience with that or know the impact of it?

I applied for my passport renewal and sent all the documents to Houston ckgs application center on 26th May, the Fedex status says the parcel has been delivered, but still till today ckgs portal don't show the status as received. do any one on the same boat?

Thanks
Chandan

Below is my overwhelmingly positive experience at Atlanta Indian Consulate for Indian Passport Renewal

Passport picked up by me just now... Took exactly 1 week for new passport to reach my hand, after the old passport left my hand...

May 22, 2020 - Friday01:05 pmPassport picked up by FedEx.

Your AWB Number is **** **** *

To track the ‘Progress of Your Shipment’, log onto the site of FedEx and enter your AWB Number.
May 22, 2020 - Friday12:06 pmPassport ‘Received’ at the CKGS application centre and is at the ‘Sorting Facility’ where it is being processed for delivery.

Please continue tracking your application status online.
May 22, 2020 - Friday12:01 pmApplication 'Reviewed' by Consulate and ‘In Transit’ to CKGS Application Centre.
 
Please continue tracking your application status online.
May 21, 2020 - Thursday10:26 amApplication is 'Under Process' at Consulate for decision making.

Please continue tracking your application status online.
May 21, 2020 - Thursday10:23 amApplication is 'In Transit' to the Consulate.

Please continue tracking your application status online.
May 21, 2020 - Thursday09:42 amApplication is ‘Under Process’ at CKGS.

Please continue tracking your application status online.
May 20, 2020 - Wednesday12:27 pmApplication Verification is ‘Complete’. Processing of your application will continue.

Full payment received and payment receipt sent to your registered email ID.

The Consulate may request for further documents over and above those already submitted as per the Document Checklist.

Please continue tracking your application status online.
May 19, 2020 - Tuesday05:14 pmApplication ‘Received’ by CKGS and 'Not Verified'.

You will receive an E-mail advising you of the outcome of the verification process.

So my to my pleasant surprise, my Passport has been renewed within a week and shipment sent out to my home through FedEx.

To my shock I am seeing

"Shipment exception
Delay beyond our control" in Atlanta GA, with no timeframe as to when the package will be delivered.

Not sure what in the world is happening at FedEx Atlanta GA, I hope FedEx doesnt lose both my old and new Passports..

Anyone ever faced this issue with FedEx? Not just for Passport, has anyone ever faced the "Shipment exception
Delay beyond our control" with FedEx for any other items... I have never faced this issue with any couriers in the past.. so am a bit nervous..

Thoughts/Advice are welcome..

Hi Everyone,

With all this COVID thing going on I scrambled to send in the application to renew my Indian passport as soon as I could when the Atlanta consulate opened last week and a half ago.

I need my Passport renewed by end of August 2020 to not affect my client work.

I FedExed my Passport yesterday and today the CKGS My Account status showed up as

May 19, 2020 - Tuesday 05:14 pm Application ‘Received’ by CKGS and 'Not Verified'. (it is now May 19th 10:35pm EST)

I noticed that most of folks on this forum especially everyone from Atlanta posted "Verified" by CKGS almost the next minute after CKGS received their application

I also noticed that there was an input box in the side bar in My Account page asking for a Reason for my Address Change, which I didnt notice before(Maybe I missed it in all the hurry), I filled the reason for Address Change, immediately the input box changed to "You have sent the request for address change." this was all probably around 2 hours ago around 8:30pm EST....

so not sure if I missed something that wouldve caused CKGS to not complete the verification of my application immediately the next minute.

I maybe a little too early asking this, but anyone went through a similar situation as me for CKGS taking a few days to complete the verification of their application, instead of doing the verification almost immediately?

Also did anyone get the input box on the left panel asking for the reason for address change?

I think the best thing to do now is to wait, any advice is much appreciated, I would rather be over cautious instead of missing something and causing a delay.

My passport is expiring early June, and I have tried contacting the Indian consulate at SF (and other places) for a month now only to receive
template emails asking me to wait until "shelter in place is lifted". Did anyone have any luck? did you send a copy of the passport's expiration page?

anyone in a similar boat? what did you do to get their attention? Is anyone successful in getting their passport on time?

If the passport is expiring in May 2020, is it considered emergency situation and application can be filed citing emergency? Does the legal status change if the Indian passport expires?

Anybody else on similar boat?