Passport request

[Saffy]

Do they usually request through email, mail or phone? do they give you a certain amount of time to get it to them by?

 

[Isometry]

Myself and several others got the request through email. They do give you a specific amount of time to get your passport to them, but the exact amount varies.

 

[tahsinmohammad]

My wife received email for PPR and to my surprise it has no time limit to send the Passport to New Delhi...

 

[Godzilla9]

Friends, when they request the passport, does it mean that the case is approved or they can keep your passport for months while they process the case?

 

[tahsinmohammad]

Friends, when they request the passport, does it mean that the case is approved or they can keep your passport for months while they process the case?

Quote from the email received for PPR and it is on bold letters:

"Please not that a request for your passport(s) at this time is not a guarantee of Visa issuance.Passports are requested so that we can hold them on your file and issue you visas as soon as possible after all requirements have been met "

 

[Godzilla9]

They like making people mad. What if they process the case during a year, no passport on hands for a year??? If one feels visa not to be issued within a week or so, its better to send passport later

 

[tahsinmohammad]

They like making people mad. What if they process the case during a year, no passport on hands for a year??? If one feels visa not to be issued within a week or so, its better to send passport later

I agree with you and also its frustration but one cant help as this is the way New Delhi is working on...

 

[Godzilla9]

Thanks, bro!

 

[SchnookoLoly]

We applied through London, PPR came by email, we had 30 days to send the information back. However if you apply through London and you're from a visa-exempt country (which UK is for Canada), my husband only had to send a photocopy of his whole passport and not the actual passport. But I think that's a London office-specific thing.

As has been said before, them requesting your passport is not for sure that you've been approved, however in about 99% of cases it's indicative of their intentions. Cautious optimism.

 

[Fencesitter]

Quote from the email received for PPR and it is on bold letters:

"Please not that a request for your passport(s) at this time is not a guarantee of Visa issuance.Passports are requested so that we can hold them on your file and issue you visas as soon as possible after all requirements have been met "

This was from the ND visa office, right? For that visa office, the quote seems logical as they request passports at the beginning of the process. For most other visa offices, they don't request the passport until they have basically made a decision to approve the visa. This is true for my wife's visa office (HK). So, yeah, if you are going through another visa office, not ND or Manilla, the visa is basically guaranteed unless they happen to find something to cause a denial...but this would be highly unlikely.

FS

 

[tahsinmohammad]

This was from the ND visa office, right? For that visa office, the quote seems logical as they request passports at the beginning of the process. For most other visa offices, they don't request the passport until they have basically made a decision to approve the visa. This is true for my wife's visa office (HK). So, yeah, if you are going through another visa office, not ND or Manilla, the visa is basically guaranteed unless they happen to find something to cause a denial...but this would be highly unlikely.

FS

Yes, from New Delhi Office....

 

[Fencesitter]

As has been said before, them requesting your passport is not for sure that you've been approved, however in about 99% of cases it's indicative of their intentions. Cautious optimism.

Especially if there has been no request for an interview prior to receiving the passport request. In that situation, I would say it's more like 99.9999% certain that the visa has been approved.

FS

 

[truesmile]

This was from the ND visa office, right? For that visa office, the quote seems logical as they request passports at the beginning of the process. For most other visa offices, they don't request the passport until they have basically made a decision to approve the visa. This is true for my wife's visa office (HK). So, yeah, if you are going through another visa office, not ND or Manilla, the visa is basically guaranteed unless they happen to find something to cause a denial...but this would be highly unlikely.

FS

We thought Manila requesting "late", and are basically CLOSE to a decision. What do you know that you lump Manila in with ND?

 

[truesmile]

Oh I notice via a link provided on an even more recent thread that the Manila Office is in the habit of requesting passports and the 'beginning' of processing. Thanks for making me look.

 

[Fencesitter]

I just noticed that some applicants from Manilla were receiving passport requests quite early on...perhaps Manilla only issues the request when a decision has been made? All I know is that a passport request, at most visa offices, means the visa will be issued. If you think about it, why would they want your passport if they were going to refuse to grant the visa? Obviously, if they were to refuse, they wouldn't ask you to send your passport. It's also important to note that if you have not been requested for an interview (plus no additional documents requested) AND you receive a PPR, you can begin the celebration...

It would be nice if the PPR letter stated something about being approved. It doesn't make much sense to waive the interview and request the passport, but not mention that the visa has been approved...

FS