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Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:33 pm

Hi Prem, Did you apply for any minors in the family and did you have to take them with you to vfs appointment ? Thanks in advance.

Apologies for the late reply, applied for 2 minors, no they did not need to attend.

I can access the link just fine.

Have you tried different browsers, maybe test the link from your phones data.

It been stable up until middle of last week.

All 4 Passports received, with 4 visas, Happy Days!

From the link above, after a few more clicks. They also give this to you on entry to the VFS:

Went on Friday morning, what an experience, queued 45 minutes as there was a computer glitch, appointment at 11:45, got a token at 12:15, was seen at 1:15, got a decent guy who assisted us, all done in 30 mins or so, 4 applications. I wasn't aware they send back passports, rather than you collect. M...

Thanks mate that is solid advice. I have to select no, she has not travelled on her Indian passport since getting naturalized.

Your right regarding the email, see blow, i think the only option for me is to select Tourist Visa, its the closest one.

Looking for some help, applying for Indian tourist visa for the whole family on Friday. My wife has recently surrendered her Indian passport. For the section “previous visa/current valid visa” my wife has travelled to india before but on her Indian passport, but it asks for last visa number, type of...

hey prem did you get the surrender certificate and in how many days what were the online tracking status updates like? Applied on the Tuesday, got the certificate on the Friday. 1 email received no texts. The online tracking the next day said certificate had been printed. That's all and then we rec...

I don't believe so, for family applications (OCI/Surrender/Visa) they were asking for 1 member of the family only to enter at the VFS. If your wife also needs the same then might be wise taking a letter stating that she authorises you on her behalf. I read somewhere that sometimes they ask for it so...

You can travel up-to 3 months on your Indian Passport, that's the grace period: "A grace period of three months is allowed from the date of acquisition of foreign citizenship, for the purpose of travel on an Indian Passport. Therefore, no penalty will be leviable for travel on an Indian passport wit...

In the same boat, wife just received Surrender Certificate, travelling as a family to India for a month, in early April. We have an OCI appointment on 25th Jan, but the processing time is varied, so looking at getting Paper Visa just to be sure. As previously stated the rules are changing quite quic...

All done, 3 day turnaround, timeline below: Application Date: 11/01/2022 VFS office: VFS London Goswell (In-person) Application sent to High Commission: 11/02/2022 HCI issued surrender certificate: 12/02/2022 Online Status (processed) / received at VFS: 13/02/2022 Received Surrender certificate: 14/...

Day 2 after submitting application, Application Status: Surrender certificate has been printed.

That's a bit quick? No updates via email or SMS as yet, just using the tracking system.

Thanks rivercam, much appreciated. Wife had her appointment today for Surrendering her Indian passport at 1:45pm, arrived in ample time, started queuing at 1:25pm (they say arrive 15 minutes before the appointment time) went through security ,only applicants are allowed through and in case of family...

Hi, Wife has her Surrender Indian passport appointment next week, have a couple of queries, if someone could be so kind and answer please: 1. The self attesting of the passport copy pages, is that just her signature and date? 2. Rather silly, but I went and brought the Special Delivery Guaranteed by...

Application Type: First Adult Passport after naturlisation Method of application: PO Check & Send Date of application: 15/06/2019 Date application received by IPS: 17/06/2019 Date Documents Received: 17/06/2019 Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 19/06/2019, will contact by 10/07/2019 Location ...

Application Type: First Adult Passport after naturlisation Method of application: PO Check & Send Date of application: 15/06/2019 Date application received by IPS: 17/06/2019 Date Documents Received: 17/06/2019 Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 19/06/2019, will contact by 10/07/2019 Location o...

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