Surrender indian passport - Hayes office

Hi

I am planning to go to Hayes center to surrender Indian passport. Can someone please let me know how much time does it take to do this once I reach the Hayes office.

1) Is this by any chance a full day activity. Do I need to reach there very early or can I reach by afternoon before 2:30?

2) Also is there a facility to pay by card?

Thanks

1) Is this by any chance a full day activity. Do I need to reach there very early or can I reach by afternoon before 2:30?

Depends on the queue really. Usual wait times can be anywhere between 30 mins to 3 hrs.

2) Also is there a facility to pay by card?

Yes

krazydude: Did you have first hand experience yourself in Hayes or are you just speaking in general..the thing is if the Queue on an average is not that much then I will book in half day in my office...otherwise I will book in the full day..

I am speaking based on the experience of a colleague.

I submitted by OCI application at the Victoria Office.

When I surrendered passport of my daughter it took me more than two and the half hours.. but when my friend surrendered his daughter's passport it took him less than 30 min at Hayes

The problem is that there are no separate queues for Visa and Passport surrender and everyone goes though same numbering system and called one after another. I doubt when i was there how many cases were for passport surrender as all those i was watching were for Visa.

When i went to get visa for my daughter last week there was hardly 10/11 applicants and we were out in 15 mins. So the time required really depends on how busy the centre is on given day and there is no clear guidance around this. hope this helps.