Surrendring Indian passport

[frankfrida]

My timeline for Surrender Certificate
1 Adult & 1Minor
Mode of application: Personal, VFS Victoria, London
Date of application: 19/07/2011
Date received by Indian high commission: 20/07/2011
Date passport revoked: 25/07/011
Date of receipt of SC: 29/07/2011 by courier
Fortunately, No errors in both certificates. Also recieved revoked Indian Passports
Excellent service recieved SC's in 7 working days intotal. very very satisfied
I entered into final phase............OCI

Hello pbs6vas,
Just need to knw abt minor passport surrender application
Wt type of documents do I need to attach with the application?

regards

[qaziji]

My timeline for Surrender Certificate
1 Adult & 1Minor
Mode of application: Personal, VFS Victoria, London
Date of application: 19/07/2011
Date received by Indian high commission: 20/07/2011
Date passport revoked: 25/07/011
Date of receipt of SC: 29/07/2011 by courier
Fortunately, No errors in both certificates. Also recieved revoked Indian Passports
Excellent service recieved SC's in 7 working days intotal. very very satisfied
I entered into final phase............OCI

Hello pbs6vas,
Just need to knw abt minor passport surrender application
Wt type of documents do I need to attach with the application?

regards

I just surrendered from Indian Passport ....

[xyz123]

about to apply for our surrender certificates. What fees are applicable? is it Rs 7000, as mentioned on their website and if so then what currency conversion rate shall be considered?

Does anyone know what happens if you change your name after acquiring british citizenship? My indian passport and naturalisation certificate have one name. I made a minor change of name and british passport is in the new name. This was done through a deed poll. Question is what happens with the certificate and subsequent OCI card etc!

Thanks a lot

[sll100]

Can anyone point recent application timelines for Surrender of Passport. I read on some posts that the VFS site does not provide the correct update. So, any pointers on timelines would help. I have surrendered the passsports in person yesterday, so will only make a trip to VFS with the responses in mind

Thanks

[drwho]

My postal application reached VFS london on a Monday and I got the surrender certificate by saturday.( This was in feb)

My colleague did the same last week. His application by post reached the VFS office on tuesday and he got the surrender certificate by friday by post!!!

[blueygrey]

1 Adult
Mode of application: Personal, VFS Hayes
Date of application: 15/03/2012
Date received by Indian high commission: 15 or 16/03/2012
Date passport revoked: 16/03/2012
Date of receipt of SC: 19/03/2012 Collection from Hayes

Total working days 3

Impressive on both VFS and HCI. Waiting time at Hayes while submitting application was 15 minutes and while collection 1 minute. Hayes VFS also has a car park next door at Quality Foods. 2 pounds for 2 hours which one can get cash back if you purchase goodies worth 5 quid from Quality foods.

Thanks Drwho for your comments as well.

Journey for OCI begins, will post update in the OCI post for the timelines there.

[MJo]

Hi guys,

New to this forum so might be posting this in the wrong place but hope someone can help. I recently became a naturalised British citizen and surrendered my Indian passport at VFS Victoria last week.

However, on tracking my application online, I found that the High Commission were trying to charge me the penalty for travelling on the Indian passport post naturalisation though I have not travelled on it since well before I became a British citizen.

I went to the VFS office in London and the guys spotted the mistake the High Commission had made straight away but he said he could not do anything but resubmit the application for free with a covering letter written by me.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Will this delay my surrender certificate massively? It would be good to know what to expect.

Thank you!

[newdawn]

Mode of application: Postal
Date of application: 26/03/2012
Date received by Indian high commission: Don't know
Date passport revoked: 28/03/2012
Date of receipt of SC: 31/03/2012

[Rana123]

Hi MJo,

I am very keen to understand the resolution.

I too applied for this Surrender Certificate just this week. Yesterday I received an email (from VFS) asking me to submit my 'latest passport' issued in 1999. I responded back saying that my latest passport was valid till 2002, attached with the application and no other passport was issued since 1992 (10 year validity). The attached passport pages would also show that I have numerous visa and stamps well beyond 1999 and till 2001 when I obtained my first British passport.

I guess it is either a mistake on HCI's part or the email was meant for someone else. However, I will not be surprised if it becomes my responsibility to prove that the error is on their side.

Thanks,

Rana

Hi guys,

New to this forum so might be posting this in the wrong place but hope someone can help. I recently became a naturalised British citizen and surrendered my Indian passport at VFS Victoria last week.

However, on tracking my application online, I found that the High Commission were trying to charge me the penalty for travelling on the Indian passport post naturalisation though I have not travelled on it since well before I became a British citizen.

I went to the VFS office in London and the guys spotted the mistake the High Commission had made straight away but he said he could not do anything but resubmit the application for free with a covering letter written by me.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Will this delay my surrender certificate massively? It would be good to know what to expect.

Thank you!

[valluvan]

Sorry not sure if this is the right place for this question

We had applied for a UK passport for my Child 3 weeks back and since we were promised to get it within 2 weeks of submission, I had booked our tickets to India on 29th Jul. The plan was to apply for a Indian visa for my daughter once the UK passport comes.

Does anyone know how long CGI b'gham take to issue an Indian Visa. Becoming concerned as the British passport has not yet come and we have only 6 working days before our travel.

Another twist is that me and my daughter(wife is still on ILR) aquired BC only a month back and we have not yet surrended/cancelled our Indian passports yet. I don't know if this will come to haunt us when we apply for a Indian Visa for my daughter.

Any thoughts/Suggestions?

Cheers
Val

[valluvan]

Sorry not sure if this is the right place for this question

We had applied for a UK passport for my Child 3 weeks back and since we were promised to get it within 2 weeks of submission, I had booked our tickets to India on 29th Jul. The plan was to apply for a Indian visa for my daughter once the UK passport comes.

Does anyone know how long CGI b'gham take to issue an Indian Visa. Becoming concerned as the British passport has not yet come and we have only 6 working days before our travel.

Another twist is that me and my daughter(wife is still on ILR) aquired BC only a month back and we have not yet surrended/cancelled our Indian passports yet. I don't know if this will come to haunt us when we apply for a Indian Visa for my daughter.

Any thoughts/Suggestions?

Cheers
Val

Applied for the surrender certificate today. Any idea how long CGI bgham take to issue it?

Apparently they stopped accepting surrender and Indian Visa applications at the same time. We were told to come back to apply for the Indian visa once we get the indian passport surrender certificate

[valluvan]

Sorry not sure if this is the right place for this question

We had applied for a UK passport for my Child 3 weeks back and since we were promised to get it within 2 weeks of submission, I had booked our tickets to India on 29th Jul. The plan was to apply for a Indian visa for my daughter once the UK passport comes.

Does anyone know how long CGI b'gham take to issue an Indian Visa. Becoming concerned as the British passport has not yet come and we have only 6 working days before our travel.

Another twist is that me and my daughter(wife is still on ILR) aquired BC only a month back and we have not yet surrended/cancelled our Indian passports yet. I don't know if this will come to haunt us when we apply for a Indian Visa for my daughter.

Any thoughts/Suggestions?

Cheers
Val

Applied for the surrender certificate today. Any idea how long CGI bgham take to issue it?

Apparently they stopped accepting surrender and Indian Visa applications at the same time. We were told to come back to apply for the Indian visa once we get the indian passport surrender certificate

Good news. Got the surrender certificate today. All in all 4 days for the certificate. Really impressed.Appplied for the Visa today. Hoping to get it before friday as the flight is in the weekend. Anyone how long in CGI bgham takes for a Visa for a Child?

[valluvan]

Sorry not sure if this is the right place for this question

We had applied for a UK passport for my Child 3 weeks back and since we were promised to get it within 2 weeks of submission, I had booked our tickets to India on 29th Jul. The plan was to apply for a Indian visa for my daughter once the UK passport comes.

Does anyone know how long CGI b'gham take to issue an Indian Visa. Becoming concerned as the British passport has not yet come and we have only 6 working days before our travel.

Another twist is that me and my daughter(wife is still on ILR) aquired BC only a month back and we have not yet surrended/cancelled our Indian passports yet. I don't know if this will come to haunt us when we apply for a Indian Visa for my daughter.

Any thoughts/Suggestions?

Cheers
Val

Applied for the surrender certificate today. Any idea how long CGI bgham take to issue it?

Apparently they stopped accepting surrender and Indian Visa applications at the same time. We were told to come back to apply for the Indian visa once we get the indian passport surrender certificate

Good news. Got the surrender certificate today. All in all 4 days for the certificate. Really impressed.Appplied for the Visa today. Hoping to get it before friday as the flight is in the weekend. Anyone how long in CGI bgham takes for a Visa for a Child?

For the benefit of others:

We got the visa today. Timelines below

Surrender Certificate applcation Submission: 26-Jul-2012
Surrender Certificate Ready for collection: 31-Jul-2012
Indian Visa Application: 31-Jul-2012
Indian Visa ready for collection: 2-Aug-2012

It took 4 working days for surrender and 3 days for Visa. Notificed that around 10.30 A.M the status for online tracking the application changes and the text/sms gets sent out at 1.30PM

[manoj123]

My timeline for Surrender Certificate
1 Adult
Mode of application: Personal, VFS Victoria, London
Date of application: 03/08/2012
Date received by Indian high commission: 06/08/2012
Date passport revoked: 07/08/012
Date of receipt of SC: 08/08/2012 by DXcourier

[barnsley11]

My timeline for Surrender Certificate
1 Adult
Mode of application: Postal ,
Date of application: 20/09/2012
Date received by Indian high commission:
Date passport revoked:
Date of receipt of SC:

[disdil4u]

Do you have any update from VFS?
Thanks

My timeline for Surrender Certificate
1 Adult
Mode of application: Postal ,
Date of application: 20/09/2012
Date received by Indian high commission:
Date passport revoked:
Date of receipt of SC:

[welcome321]

Has any one applied the Surrender Certificate applcation in Birmingham? how long it is taking these days??

[t1seeker]

Has any one applied the Surrender Certificate applcation in Birmingham? how long it is taking these days??

Can someone please advise the same for London in-person applications. Thanks!

[PG1983]

I'm about to apply for surrender certificate for myself. The photocopies of Indian passport, Uk Passport, Naturalisation certificate have to be self-attested. Does this mean just sign and date or do I need to add some words as well?

[t1seeker]

I'm about to apply for surrender certificate for myself. The photocopies of Indian passport, Uk Passport, Naturalisation certificate have to be self-attested. Does this mean just sign and date or do I need to add some words as well?

sign + full name + date

[PG1983]

One more question please and please excuse my ignorance but I've never applied to VFS by post before. Can I just send a normal A4 envelope with my postal application for return of documents or does it need to be a special Royal mail envelope? Same with sending the application?

[welcome321]

Mode of application: Inperson@Manchester,
Date of application: 09/10/2012
Application Received@Birmingham and Sent to CGI: 10/10/2012
Date received by Indian high commission: 11/10/2012
Date passport revoked: 16/10/2012
Date of receipt of SC:17/10/2012

[gidoc]

>>One more question please and please excuse my ignorance but I've never applied to VFS by post before. Can I just send a normal A4 envelope with my postal application for return of documents or does it need to be a special Royal mail envelope? Same with sending the application?>>

Its not rocket science, reflect on how you would want to send valuabale documents

[welcome321]

I have applied for sc in VFS 2 weeks back and I have paid only SC certificate fees. , I do know I need to pay penalty for using passport but VFS didn’t collected the penalty from me. Till now I have not got any call from VFS and no update. Do anyone know how long will it take? And what process likely to be?

[sunflower]

Mode of application: Inperson@Victoria,
Date of application: 19/10/2012
Application Sent to CGI: 19/10/2012
Date received by Indian high commission: 21/10/2012
Date passport ready for collection: 23/10/2012
Date of collection of SC:TBD