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Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

phoenix232

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Apr 3, 2015
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Thank-you for the timeline. The processing time on the BLS website says 8 weeks. In my case it has been close to 11 weeks now and still shows 'Processing at Consulate General'.
Did you try to follow up with BLS ?
Cause I will once it reaches 8weeks as I need to travel to US and India.
 

RichaRicha

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Feb 28, 2022
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Did you try to follow up with BLS ?
Cause I will once it reaches 8weeks as I need to travel to US and India.
Yes, I did call the BLS helpdesk and they did not have any additional information (other than what is already published on the BLS Canada & https://portal4.passportindia.gov.in/ websites). Their asked me to enquire with the Consulate directly. I tried calling them 3 times but no one picks up the phone. So still waiting.
 

rajnut

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Jan 12, 2022
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kannanl2k

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Mar 29, 2017
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It is likely that it is stuck in 'police verification'. Did you get any emails regarding police clearance? You might have to follow up on that. They should have reached out on the Indian phone number you had in the application.
Did you or anyone know how to follow up?

I am in a similar situation. Have applied for passport renewal for my daughter and my status is still "Passport application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate."
Here is my timeline

29/12/2021 - Passport application submitted
21/01/2022 - Application Date in CGI website

From then on the status has not changed and I didn't receive any police verification email. Any suggestions?
 

rajnut

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Jan 12, 2022
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Did you or anyone know how to follow up?

I am in a similar situation. Have applied for passport renewal for my daughter and my status is still "Passport application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate."
Here is my timeline

29/12/2021 - Passport application submitted
21/01/2022 - Application Date in CGI website

From then on the status has not changed and I didn't receive any police verification email. Any suggestions?
Use CGI website to raise query. https://www.cgitoronto.gov.in/sampark/ , Raise query. You generally get response in 24 hours. I am more or less in very similar situation. Please update if you get any response from CGI
 

rajnut

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Jan 12, 2022
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Did you or anyone know how to follow up?

I am in a similar situation. Have applied for passport renewal for my daughter and my status is still "Passport application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate."
Here is my timeline

29/12/2021 - Passport application submitted
21/01/2022 - Application Date in CGI website

From then on the status has not changed and I didn't receive any police verification email. Any suggestions?
I am also in a similar situation. I have applied for my passport and my daughter's passport renewal. Both the applications reached CGI on 7th Feb and then moved to status Passport application is under review on 22nd Feb and since then no change. Did you apply for normal / jumbo passport ?
 

rajnut

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Jan 12, 2022
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Passport print has been initiated.

Timeline:

5th Jan 22 - Mailed passport to BLS Ottawa via Canadapost. Avoided going to the BLS center in Montreal due to the Omicron wave
13th Jan - Item received at BLS
22nd Jan - BLS acknowledges receipt
26th Jan - Package sent to high commission. They acknowledged receipt
18th Feb - Item under process at embassy/consulate. File number created
1st March - Print has been initiated.
Any update on timeline ? When did you get your passport ?
 

kannanl2k

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Mar 29, 2017
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I am also in a similar situation. I have applied for my passport and my daughter's passport renewal. Both the applications reached CGI on 7th Feb and then moved to status Passport application is under review on 22nd Feb and since then no change. Did you apply for normal / jumbo passport ?
I applied for a normal passport for my 2 daughters. One daughter, there was a police verification and my family in India has provided the details and now the current status is "Passport has been printed" for the past 2 days. So I am hoping that I will get her passport soon. My other daughter's status is still under review. police verification has not been initiated yet. no update so far. Here is their timeline

First application
29/12/2021 - Mailed to BLS
21/01/2022 - Application Date in CGI
19/02/2022 - Police verification Initiated
02/03/2022 - Print has been initiated
08/03/2022 - Passport has been printed

Second Application
29/12/2021 - Mailed to BLS
21/01/2022 - Application Date in CGI
 

onlytohelp

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Mar 10, 2022
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I applied for a normal passport for my 2 daughters. One daughter, there was a police verification and my family in India has provided the details and now the current status is "Passport has been printed" for the past 2 days. So I am hoping that I will get her passport soon. My other daughter's status is still under review. police verification has not been initiated yet. no update so far. Here is their timeline

First application
29/12/2021 - Mailed to BLS
21/01/2022 - Application Date in CGI
19/02/2022 - Police verification Initiated
02/03/2022 - Print has been initiated
08/03/2022 - Passport has been printed

Second Application
29/12/2021 - Mailed to BLS
21/01/2022 - Application Date in CGI
I heard there wont be any police verification in India if you are in Canada. Did you put indian address as primary
 

onlytohelp

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Mar 10, 2022
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I submitted my normal passport renewal application (normal booklet not jumbo) and below are the timelines . I will update if anything changes

My situation : Marital status changed from single to married so had to add spouse name and address change to Canadian address .
1) Feb 8- Application and other documents picked up by Purolator
2) Feb 9- Application received by BLS
3) Feb 14- Reached CGI
4) Feb 15- Status changed in blscanada website -application in process by Consulate
5)Feb 18- Status update in passportindia website- Application received with fee and its in progress
6) March 4- Passport india portal-Application submitted and under review by consulate/Embassy and CAT number is assigned.
if you check under developer tools the detailed status says: "Grant initiated" and I don't really know what this means .

Still waiting for update and I have to travel to India in two weeks and worried with current timelines .
 

onlytohelp

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Mar 10, 2022
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For those who are wondering why the status is "Passport application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate" for too long. Sometimes there might be some updates on the application but the status on passport.gov.in website doesn't reflect it.

To know the exact status of the application there is a workaround. Please follow the steps below

These steps might be difficult to follow for some but it might help some web developers/software engineers out there who might find it a little easier to follow than others.

1. Go to https://portal4.passportindia.gov.in/Online/index.html
2. Right click on the page and click on inspect from the menu
3. There will be browser related developer tools which will open adjust the height of developer tools so that you will be able to click on Track status dialog
4. Click on the Track status dialog and fill out the information regarding your application and click Track application status button
5. Now in the browser developer tools you can see network tab which is basically 4th option in chrome click on it
6. Now you can see a service call that is made with name trackStatusForFileNoNew click on it and this service returns a response which contains all the status updates on your application
7. If you scroll through the service response you will be able to see statusMap -> StatusId object when you click on it it will again return a list of all updates on your application and who performed that action and on what date it is updated.

I applied in BLS Ottawa and my status updates gave all the information. I even knew my passport number and the tracking number of the courier for the passport that has been printed in Delhi and dispatched to Ottawa. Using that tracking number I was able to find out that they have dispatched it through DHL Express and was able to track when it is delivered to HCI Ottawa.

I used aftership to know the name of courier through which my passport is dispatched from new delhi and to follow the status updates of delivery https://www.aftership.com/track

Once it is delivered I called the HCI Ottawa and requested them if I can pick up my passport in person as I had my flight in two days after it was delivered to HCI. Luckily I got my passport just in time before my travel date. I know it is stupid to book the tickets in advance but I didn't realize that the passport renewal process is so slow especially in BLS Ottawa.

Normally HCI dispatches the passport to BLS Ottawa after a week once they receive it and BLS Ottawa takes 1 or 2 days to dispatch it to applicant via Purolator.

My status updates on backend:

EVENT_DESCEMP_ACTIONSTATUS_DESC
1Passport Number XXXXXX dispatched through International Post/Courier with tracking no XXXXXXXX to issuing Mission/Post.Passport sent by CPPF to Issuing Mission/PostPassport sent by CPPF to Issuing RPO
2QC Accepted and Dispatch Initiated: Passport No. XXXXXXXX of type Ordinary-NormalDispatch InitiatedDispatch Initiated
3Printed: Passport No. XXXXXXXX of type Ordinary-NormalPrintedPrinted
4nullPrint InitiatedPrint Initiated
5PVR for XXXXXXXXX-PPF-CA is Approved and Submitted as Clear by PoliceApproved and Submitted as Clear by PoliceSubmitted
6PV InitiatedPV Initiated
7Granting Status Set as 'Clear'ClearApplication Granted on pre police verification basis
8Sent To GoGranting Initiated
9nullApplication Form UpdatedSubmitted
10Grant On Hold Send to EOGrant On Hold Send to EOGrant On Hold Send to CSE
11Sent To GoGranting Initiated
12nullApplication Form SubmittedSubmitted
hello there. thank you for detailed info . it helped me to understand the status a little bit .
My status says Grant initiated and it dint move from that status since march 04. I was wondering if you can update timelines of these status as well .
And why did your passport dispatched from delhi. was it not printed in Canada Indian Embassy ?

How long did it take .
 

tozach

Star Member
Oct 12, 2015
93
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Did you or anyone know how to follow up?

From then on the status has not changed and I didn't receive any police verification email. Any suggestions?
I had applied for my wife's and daughter's passport renewal together. We got my wife's passport last week but daughter's is still in progress. I had received an email saying that the police verification had initiated and the police did get in touch with relatives back in India. The status on passport portal has been "Print has been initiated" for about a week now.

Didnt do any follow ups yet. My wife already had a PCC processed last month and that is likely why they didnt initiate a police verification for her.

Application date:- 21/01/2022