Surrendring Indian passport

hd · Post by hd » Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:54 pm

My timeline for Surrender Certificate
Mode of application: Personal, VFS Victoria, London
Date of application: 3/8/2011
Date received by Indian high commission: 3/8/2011
Date passport revoked: 10/8/2011
Date of receipt of SC: 13/8/2011

1664 · Post by **1664** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:54 pm

Guys I have a question.
Do I need to go in person to surrender my passport or can my wife this on my behalf?

thank you

gidoc · Post by **gidoc** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:59 pm

I am sure it can be surrendered in person by a person authorised by you.

pbs6vas · Post by **pbs6vas** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:15 pm

1664 wrote:Guys I have a question.
Do I need to go in person to surrender my passport or can my wife this on my behalf?

thank you

Iam sure that somone can do it on ur behalf. But just email vfs to be on safe side
cheers

hd · Post by hd » Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:08 am

1664 wrote:Guys I have a question.
Do I need to go in person to surrender my passport or can my wife this on my behalf?

thank you

Your wife can surrender your passport

My wife surrendered my passport on 3/8/2011, without any authorization letter

1664 · Post by **1664** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:23 pm

hd wrote:
1664 wrote:Guys I have a question.
Do I need to go in person to surrender my passport or can my wife this on my behalf?

thank you
Your wife can surrender your passport

My wife surrendered my passport on 3/8/2011, without any authorization letter

Thanks guys

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:36 am

Timeline for Surrender of Indian Passport

Method - Postal, to VFS Hayes
Date Received by VFS - 12.07.11
Date Passport and surrender certificate received - 22.07.11

The surrender certificate had an error and so I had to post it back along with copies of Indian and British Passport

Date sent for correction - 26.07.11
Received corrected certicate back on - 09.08.11

n_sharma50 · Post by **n_sharma50** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:07 pm

Hi Guys, I m in process of applying oci and have following questions.

1) Do you get the original Indian passport back with surrender certificate

2) Do you have to submit all old/expired passport also or just the last valid passport. My ILR stamp was on the passport which had expired.

Lastly, is in person surrender any quicker then postal?

Scorpion

hd · Post by hd » Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:02 pm

Mode of application: Personal, VFS Victoria, London
Date of application: 3/8/2011
Date received by Indian high commission: 3/8/2011
Date passport revoked: 10/8/2011
Date of receipt of SC: 13/8/2011

vipul1981 · Post by **vipul1981** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:14 am

Mode of application: Personal, VFS Barbican, London
Date of application: 02/09/2011
Date received by Indian high commission:
Date passport revoked:
Date of receipt of SC:

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:39 pm

vipul1981 wrote:Mode of application: Personal, VFS Barbican, London
Date of application: 02/09/2011
Date received by Indian high commission:
Date passport revoked:
Date of receipt of SC:

Hello vipul1981..was there a big queue when you went to the VFS, how long did it take overall at the VFS office?

vipul1981 · Post by **vipul1981** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:55 am

rnr70,

I went to VFS Barbican on Friday 2nd September 2011. Reached there at around 8.45. Was out by 9.30. There were only 3 people ahead of me. Very straight forward.

Recommend to carry all originals including British passport and expired Indian passports (if any)

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:25 pm

vipul1981 wrote:rnr70,

I went to VFS Barbican on Friday 2nd September 2011. Reached there at around 8.45. Was out by 9.30. There were only 3 people ahead of me. Very straight forward.

Recommend to carry all originals including British passport and expired Indian passports (if any)

thanks Vipul1981..i am bit relieved that dont have to take a day off for surrender application...and good luck

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:08 pm

Mode of application: Personal, VFS Victoria, London
Date of application: 8/9/2011
Date received by Indian high commission: Not Known
Date passport revoked: 13/09/2011
Date of receipt of SC: 16/09/2011

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:47 pm

vipul1981...any news about surrender certificate....from most of posts here it seems that it takes exact 10 days in most cases

nax_72 · Post by **nax_72** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:36 pm

Today I called VFS to check whether they need self-attestation on all photocopied pages. The guy answered me said yes. As I made the call I just want to double check all the details about the documents enclosed. He said we need to enclose all the old passports which are not valid now. We are a family of 4. Totally 10 passports. He said yes. I told him that the website mentioned only about the latest passport which was used for the naturalisation. He said that his suggestion is to send all the passports. I cannot understand why we call the VFS for suggestions. If there is a requirement they have to mention that. Who he is to give suggestions. I told him that their website mentioned only the latest passports. He said that is wrong and according to his suggestion I have to send all the passports that has been cancelled as well.

Than I asked him how many special delivery envelops I need to enclose as the website mentioned that one for two passports. Then he asked t hold on a minute to check with someone. It is a premium call to charge 95 pence per minute and I was waiting for 5 minutes for that guys ignorance. After five minutes he said sorry for the delay and said that if I like I can submit only the latest ones and if IHC needs the old ones then they will contact me directly. He has no guts to say that he suggested me wrongly that we need to submit all old passports and only the latest ones are needed.

I submitted the application my post today for four of us and let us see how long it takes.

gidoc · Post by **gidoc** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:18 pm

nax_72

Hi,
Yes, I am sure its frustating.

Its best to go through this forum, where you can find most answers.

Why would you need cancelled passport for 'surrender certificate'.?

All the best, it was taking 10 days by post until about a month ago but I believe from last couple of weeks it has slowed down a bit.

nax_72 · Post by **nax_72** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:31 am

Hi Gidoc

Thanks for your reply. The guy at VFS suggested me to send all cancelled passport. I don't know why he suggested that. IMHO, VFS all over the world works like this. They try to get all the documents evidence for visa application or other related stuff, even though some of them are not necessary. If we say those documents are not necessary, they immediately they say we take risk and they cannot guarantee the success of the application. Then it is up to us to go ahead and submit with or without the documents they asked for. I did not send our cancelled passports.

Yes I agree that this forum gives more information than the real service agencies. I just wanted to confirm whether self-attestation on all pages is necessary or not as one of the fellow member mentioned that it is not necessary any more. That is the reason I called VFS. The VFS guy said that we need to self-attest all pages and we did.

gidoc · Post by **gidoc** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:24 pm

Self attestation of all photocopies is necessary, that has never been dropped

sunilkumar · Post by **sunilkumar** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:48 am

I am planning to apply for SC by postal application as well. Wasn't clear on VFS website if the fee is for application for family (me and my wife) or per passport? Can anyone clarify this for me

Also for those who applied by post, did you use postal order or can we use any other method of payment as well?

thanks

gidoc · Post by **gidoc** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:35 pm

Also for those who applied by post, did you use postal order or can we use any other method of payment as well?

You have to use a draft or PO, you can also pay online.

sunilkumar · Post by **sunilkumar** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:04 am

[quote="gidoc"][quote]Also for those who applied by post, did you use postal order or can we use any other method of payment as well?
[/quote]

You have to use a draft or PO, you can also pay online.[/quote]

Can you point the link to me where the online payment option is, I couldn't find it?

gidoc · Post by **gidoc** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:34 pm

It actually shows up only if you select the appointment option for submitting SC

mrlookforward · Post by **mrlookforward** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:23 pm

nax_72 wrote:Today I called VFS to check whether they need self-attestation on all photocopied pages. The guy answered me said yes. As I made the call I just want to double check all the details about the documents enclosed. He said we need to enclose all the old passports which are not valid now. We are a family of 4. Totally 10 passports. He said yes. I told him that the website mentioned only about the latest passport which was used for the naturalisation. He said that his suggestion is to send all the passports. I cannot understand why we call the VFS for suggestions. If there is a requirement they have to mention that. Who he is to give suggestions. I told him that their website mentioned only the latest passports. He said that is wrong and according to his suggestion I have to send all the passports that has been cancelled as well.

Than I asked him how many special delivery envelops I need to enclose as the website mentioned that one for two passports. Then he asked t hold on a minute to check with someone. It is a premium call to charge 95 pence per minute and I was waiting for 5 minutes for that guys ignorance. After five minutes he said sorry for the delay and said that if I like I can submit only the latest ones and if IHC needs the old ones then they will contact me directly. He has no guts to say that he suggested me wrongly that we need to submit all old passports and only the latest ones are needed.

I submitted the application my post today for four of us and let us see how long it takes.

Sorry but when you were sure that old expired passports are not required, then why did you double check with VFS in the first place?

You say that the person on phone gave you the wrong suggestion because the website only asks for the latest passport, but when you regard the info on HCI website as correct, why was there a need to confirm it?

geriatrix · Post by **geriatrix** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:42 am

On behalf of someone I know:

VFS, Goswell Road
Applied: 21-Sep-11
Collected: 28-Sep-11

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