Behind every passport request is a story I believe, some stories are simple others complicated. Here is mine!
I never thought it would be easier to get my passports stamped and it never was. To make it short and sweet, my scrutiny for background checks started long before medicals and it went through even after medicals in the form of regular queries and interview. After my file was shifted to LVO in 2011, they queried me every few months, sometimes to update immigration forms, other times to resend them police certificates. Throughout the process I send them police certificates thrice, medicals twice!
In May 2012 when my case was taken over by NXR, he finalized it and demand everything afresh. I sighed relief but alas!!! My medicals were expired and I used to inform him every 2 weeks, till when I received the PPR (1 and 2 all at once). I started running here and there to ask if any courier will do this for me. But, since it's not allowed in Pakistan, I had to inform NXR once again that this sort of thing isn't allowed here, how could I? So, instead of not sending them anything, I preferred sending him PPR1 by myself. Despite listening to the usual answered automated replies, which stated that there is no need to send passports or photocopies of passports unless notified, I sent PPR1.
On the other hand, the mistake was theirs, so in order to make things work NXR replied that since my medical is expired, he can extend my medicals. I requested him to extend which he did by sending me in 2 weeks time a small chest xray just for the formal makeover of the wrong PPR! Guess what? NXR accepted my PPR1 which they never asked for and then requested PPR2, things are clear after that!
So, here's how things worked for me. I am thankful to God for at last I ended one journey here, and pray to make my next journey easier! Thank you forum members for the guidance that I received here, without which I am not sure how things had moved at my end. God bless you all!!!
