New Delhi - 2012 applicants

[sriramvenkataramani]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

hi congratulations .. jst want to know dat when did ur file tranfer to new delhi and when u got ppr request ?

My file transfer happened on March 13th, 2012. I got a request for passport and also local police certificates at the end of April - for some reason the PCC from Indian consulate wasn't good enough for them. I sent my PCC at the end of May but I asked for an extension to send my passport.

 

[jas515]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

My file transfer happened on March 13th, 2012. I got a request for passport and also local police certificates at the end of April - for some reason the PCC from Indian consulate wasn't good enough for them. I sent my PCC at the end of May but I asked for an extension to send my passport.

thanks

 

[KaviVenk]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

That was my biggest hurdle.

I heard from a lot of people that sending the passport via mail / courier is illegal and I confirmed that with the consulate in Toronto. I am not really sure how that is enforced though - does the Indian customs open up every single package that's shipped in?

Anyways, both CIC-New Delhi and the Indian Consulate were OK with sending the passport to India via a relative or a friend. A relative of mine in the US went to India in mid-July so I sent it through them and they sent it via Blue Dart to CIC-ND. Blue Dart gives you delivery confirmation which I promptly emailed to CIC-ND.

Now I have to have it sent back from someone coming from India...

Anyways, I would wish the Indian Govt. would ease up on this restriction. I speak for others too who can't just drop their work for a few months and stay put in India to get their passports stamped. There isn't much difference in sending the passport via courier or through a relative - we are getting our passports stamped in absentia anyways.

Hi Venkatramani,

Thanks so much for your reply! We are in the same predicament, we have decided to send the passport via a friend from the US. We are also thinking of writing a cover letter to let them know that the principal applicant was unable to leave the states, and has sent the passport via a friend. We will provide them the local mailing address also. At least this way, they can know that despite there being a local mailing address in India, the applicant is residing and waiting in the states. So, if they do (God Forbid) request for an interview, at least they are aware of this from the beginning. The only way out of this situation if they do request for an interview is request ND to send the passport back to the mailing address so that a friend can bring it back to the states for applicant to travel to India and attend the interview.

If they don't request for interview, which I am assuming was your case, and they send to local mailing address, it makes things simpler, and we can get somebody to bring the passport back to the states.

Cheers!

 

[Zeenish]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

My file transfer happened on March 13th, 2012. I got a request for passport and also local police certificates at the end of April - for some reason the PCC from Indian consulate wasn't good enough for them. I sent my PCC at the end of May but I asked for an extension to send my passport.

Hi,
Did you get a standard letter requesting the PCC or did they specifically mention that they require the other PCC?

 

[sriramvenkataramani]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

Hi Venkatramani,

Thanks so much for your reply! We are in the same predicament, we have decided to send the passport via a friend from the US. We are also thinking of writing a cover letter to let them know that the principal applicant was unable to leave the states, and has sent the passport via a friend. We will provide them the local mailing address also. At least this way, they can know that despite there being a local mailing address in India, the applicant is residing and waiting in the states. So, if they do (God Forbid) request for an interview, at least they are aware of this from the beginning. The only way out of this situation if they do request for an interview is request ND to send the passport back to the mailing address so that a friend can bring it back to the states for applicant to travel to India and attend the interview.

If they don't request for interview, which I am assuming was your case, and they send to local mailing address, it makes things simpler, and we can get somebody to bring the passport back to the states.

Cheers!

I wasn't called for an interview. I guess you've already sent in your application - but to other who are applying, my best advise in order to avoid an interview is to send as much information as you can. For my wife (sponsor) we sent in her salary slips, travel itineraries for trips we took together, references for relationship, lease agreements, bank deposits, photographs etc. As I'm working here, I sent in my employment letter and salary slips etc. to them.

 

[sriramvenkataramani]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

Hi,
Did you get a standard letter requesting the PCC or did they specifically mention that they require the other PCC?

My initial package had the PCC from the Indian consulate. After the file transfer they specifically sent another request stating "Please submit a police certificate from the Bombay area where you lived until 20XX. The PCC issued by the Indian General Consulate is not sufficient."

My father in Mumbai had to jump hoops to get this as I've been out of the country for nearly a decade now.

 

[123Puneet]

Hi hkbasi, nothing new no updates from ND
even people who got PPR on july 20th and 26th got DM
really worried....my case is really straight forward no travel history and even my wife is pregnant.. I don't know whats going on????

 

[ashunandal]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

Hi All,

eCas shows my status as "Decision Made". I sent my passport to New Delhi on July 20th. How would one know about what the decision is? Does the ND office email you regarding the decision or is sent with the passport?

Congratulations sriram
you will receive your passport+COPR within 10-15 days but no email

 

[abrahamliju]

Hi Friend...
You applied yr app on January..Still you got yr PP request on July??
Y so late..is thr any specific reason for it?
If you can share , please let us know...

Thanks in advance....

Hi Friend,

No specific reason, my file got to ND in Mar 2012, however they only started processing in June 12.. and they also asked for form to be submitted again and aslo i was in Dubai for some years so i guess the background checks and all took some time. I think once they started processing the application it moved pretty fast....

 

[sriramvenkataramani]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

Congratulations sriram
you will receive your passport+COPR within 10-15 days but no email

Thanks ashu. Hopefully, I'll be able to do my loop back into Canada soon.

 

[lalatata]

Re: Permanent Residence Application Status - "Decision Made"

Ok this ones for the senior members- I have read about how easy and straightforward cases are with no travel history. I want to know what if there is a huge deal of travel history...what happens then? does it take way too long or what exactly goes wrong? I have a travel history of 12 years.

Travel history lots or none or little make no difference to the actual processing of a file in ND CHC. Its just that applicants tend to face difficulties in obtaining right police clearance certificate at the right time on a condition that they were all obtained from country specific sources as expected by CIC. Another thing to note is the issue of some PCCs getting expired..however as long as the PCCs were all obtained from accurate sources, remain valid, cover the periods/region of the stay then it is not a problem. All the checks they do on the system is done from all regions for that particular applicant via CSIS,CBSA,CIC,RCMP and if they dont find any hits on the applicant and the PCCs were all valid then its a simple good to go.. same thing is for an applicant who have no travel history..the process still remains the same..

Hope this helps.

 

[ashunandal]

Could someone please help me with my query below?

Our situation is similar to above. Applicant is in US. So we're considering sending the passport with a trusted friend to India from where it will be mailed to New Delhi. Current mailing address is in the US, however we will change that to local mailing address, so that New Delhi can send the passport back locally.

Two Scenarios:

Scenario 1
Now, if the interview is requested before passport can be stamped with visa, then, we are hoping that we can avail of the emergency certificate for one way travel to India, in which case the applicant will have no option but to stay in India until the passport is returned since emergency certificate will not be allowed for return journey. What are your opinions about the use of the emergency certificate to travel to India in this case? And I guess time frame to receive the passport may take about 3 - 4 weeks after an interview, is that right? The only other option besides an emergency certificate is to request New Delhi to send the passport back to US (I read somewhere on the forums that somebody requested from UK and they got passport back for travel to interview), this option is not something we are relying on as much as the emergency certificate. What are the chances of this scenario, ie. an interview being requested after the PPR?

Scenario 2
Now if no interview is requested, and the passport is sent back to local mailing address with visa, then I guess we can also get a trusted friend to bring the passport back to the US, and applicant can do the landing from the US. Is this possible?

We appreciate your opinion and insight into our situation. Thanks for all your feedback!

Cheers!

i have no idea about emergency certificate but ND will never send passport outside of India. the applicant, who requested passport back from ND to travel to India from UK was Ankit_Sonam, he requested ND to send his passport to his Father's address in India and his father sent to UK.
in most of the case ND doesnt take more than 20 days after interview (if case is simple and straight with 1-2 years travel history) i got my PP back after 13 days of interview.
if you can find someone who can bring his pp to USA, it would be best and he can land from USA.
best of luck

 

[ashunandal]

lalatata & ashu - so, you get the passport (stamped with visa) and COPR as well along with it? I was under the impression COPR document is given when you complete your landing process in Canada. No?

yes they send COPR with passport

 

[jot1988]

It's getting so frustrated..please ND give some good news...
Really sad

 

[Subaru]

hi neemann . m from jalandhar too . u can send passport from bluedart its on the backside of skylark hotel . u can trace ur passport afterwards if there will be any problem . goodluck ..

Hey I am from Jaladhar too, are you sponsor or applicant?