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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Per this article all new passports being printed, even the ones issued abroad are the new biometric ones. https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F40289%2FSuccessful+Rollout+of+Passport+Seva+Programme+PSP+V20+Global+Passport+Seva+Programme+GPSP+V20+and+ePassport=&utm_source=chatgpt.com
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Maybe it's the biometric passport that's being issued. And not all posts have been set up to print those yet. I have read in some cases they are printed in India and then shipped to the consulate abroad.
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    15 - 20 days. Geez! They have what, like, 5 lines of text to check in general? Thank you for keeping us updated.
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    No. It's still at "Application is under process at Indian Embassy/Consulate" since 19 March
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Hello! Did you see any update on your case recently?
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Ah! Gotcha. So the 21st working day for me will be end of next week. And the full 8 weeks from the day I submitted my application on 31st March. This is a painfully long process.
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    It does not look like they have been adhering to what they have listed on their website which is “Note that processing time starts with arrival of application at the Consulate. ” What you are saying seems correct. For me the gap between them receiving the application and acknowledging the...
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    The time before police clearance does not count for much. The consulate cannot do anything until your police clearance is cleared. Progress starts after. You should be getting an update early next week. But that update will be something like print initiated. I expect it to take another 2 weeks...
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    How long has it been since the status changed to 'processing at the consulate' after you got confirmation that police verification was cleared? Are you still within the 8 week timeframe?
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Do you have access to the details in the developer portal for your application? You might not if BLS filed your application for you. Wanted to check if the history in the portal says something like 'police verification was set to clear etc.'
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Hello! Did you get any update on your application? I got a receipt in an email on 12 March after police visited the local address. But status on the portal still says 'police verification awaited' .
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    That was pretty fast for them to come the very next day. My timeline is similar to yours. Police came to my parents’ home on 12mar. The status online still shows police verification awaited. I’d applied at BLS Mississauga on 4Feb.
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Do you know if someone came to your local address in India to verify something or they just cleared police verification without it?
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    So would the next status directly be 'in transit to BLS' or something along those lines?
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    I applied for my passport renewal at BLS Mississauga on 04FEB2026. They had to fix some things on my form so they completed my application from their account. So, I dont have access to my application from the login that I had created. I checked the status on...
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Bumping this question if anyone has an answer.
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Hello. Do you know if it shows the same history without logging in when you just use the public portal? See link below. I used the lounge service so unfortunately I don’t have the application linked to my login https://mportal.passportindia.gov.in/mission/trackapplication
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    Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

    Anyone who has renewed their passport recently through Indian consulate in Toronto, do you know if they are issuing biometric passports or the regular old ones?