VFS resuming Operations in India - Passport submission tracking 2019-2020 ALL VOs.

[Paul09]

Hello Folks,

I'm Creating this thread to track the Passport Submission for 2019 and 2020 Outland applicants, regardless of their VOs, CPC -M and NDVO, etc. Please share your timeline as soon as one received the new instructions.

Thanks

 

[Paul09]

Service Charges for Services offered at the VAC

Service Price (Per Applicant)	Amount in CAD (inc. VAT)	Amount in RS (inc. VAT)
1 Way Courier (Pick up from applicant for passport transmission- per package)	$9.46	528
1 Way Courier (per package)	$9.46	528
Photocopy (per page)	$0.39	22
Printing (per page)	$0.39	22
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) compliant photography	$2.69	150
Premium Lounge	$52.55	2,935
SMS	$2.75	154
Locker Service	$3.95	221

Is this the new Service they have added or it was there before?

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/can/additional-services


13 October 2020

Important Update: New service charges come into effect on Sunday, 1 November 2020. You are advised to check for updated information on this website prior to submitting an application.

 

[Paul09]

Service Charges for Services offered at the VAC

Service Price (Per Applicant)	Amount in CAD (inc. VAT)	Amount in RS (inc. VAT)
1 Way Courier (Pick up from applicant for passport transmission- per package)	$9.83	549.00
1 Way Courier (per package)	$9.83	549.00
Photocopy (per page)	$0.41	23.00
Printing (per page)	$0.41	23.00
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) compliant photography	$2.80	156.00
Premium Lounge	$54.60	3,050.00
SMS	$3.00	168
Locker Service	$4.10	229

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, all passports will only be returned using the courier services offered by the Visa Application Centre. The Visa Application Centre is offering courier services at a discount of 10% on the courier prices listed in the pricing table on this website. This discounted rate will only be available from 23 March 2020 until further notice.
*Service charges include all applicable local taxes and are subject to change as per government's notification.
**The CAD exchange rate is determined by the Canadian government.
New service charges became effective on 1 November 2020. All charges, including VAC fees, are non-refundable.

 

[Paul09]

Looks like they will not open the VFS in Nov as well but they updated the service charge

 

[rrss13]

Looks like they will not open the VFS in Nov as well but they updated the service charge

Where does it say they won’t open vacs?

 

[Paul09]

Where does it say they won’t open vacs?

https://www.vfsglobal.com/en/individuals/covid-19-customer-advisories.html

This is the webpage where they post updates on VFS offices resuming operations. Offices opening on Nov 2 already posted. Nothing of VFS - Canada in India.


REGIONAL

• • 30 October 2020
  • UK Visa Application Centres in Australia to reopen
  • The UK Visa Application Centre in Adelaide will open on 2 November. The UK Visa Application Centres in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Sydney remain open.
• • 30 October 2020
  • Visa Application Centres closed in France
  • Visa Application Centres across France will remain closed until further notice as per government directives.
• • 30 October 2020
  • India Passport and Consular services resumed
  • From 2 November, Passport, OCI, Renunciation and GEP verification services will resume in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Washington DC (USA).
    India passport services have resumed in Brussels (Belgium), operating every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
    India passport & consular services and limited visa category applications have resumed in Manchester and Bradf0rd (UK).
    India passport and consular services have resumed in Leicester (UK), operating every Tuesday and Thursday from 8.30 AM to 3,30 PM.
• • 30 October 2020
  • Visa Application Centres reopened in Russia
  • From 2 November, the Finland Visa Application Centre in Petrozavodsk will resume operations every Monday and Wednesday from 9 AM to 2 PM.
    The Finland Visa Application Centres in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Omsk, Perm, Samara, Ufa, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg and Vyborg will resume accepting limited category short stay applications, operating on limited days for limited hours.
    The Canada Visa Application Centres in Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg have resumed services for Permanent Resident Travel Documents and Biometric Collection (with Biometric Letter only).
    The Finland Visa Application Centres in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Omsk, Perm, Samara, Ufa, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg and Vyborg will resume accepting limited category short stay applications, operating on limited days for limited hours.
    The Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark and Norway Visa Application Centres in Rostov-on-Don will resume accepting limited category short stay applications, operating every Monday from 9 AM to 2 PM.
    The Ukraine Visa Application Centre in Moscow has resumed accepting Category D applications (limited categories).
    The Finland Visa Application Centre in Moscow and St. Petersburg have resumed accepting limited category short stay applications.
    The Ukraine Visa Application Centre in St. Petersburg will resume accepting limited category long and short stay applications.
    The Bulgaria Visa Application Centres in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novorossiysk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Samara, Saratov, Ufa and Vladivostok are now accepting limited category long stay applications.
    The Thailand Visa Applications Centre Moscow is no accepting non-immigrant B, O & ED category applications.
    The Poland Visa Applications Centre in Kaliningrad is now accepting limited short and long stay visa category applications.
    The France Visa Applications Centres in Kazan, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Perm and Vladivostok are expected to resume accepting long stay applications.
    The Greece Visa Application Centre in Krasnodar, Novorossiysk and Moscow have resumed accepting short stay visa applications (limited categories).
    The Norway Visa Application Centres in Kaliningrad and Murmansk have resumed accepting long stay and exceptional case applications.
    The Finland Visa Application Centres in Moscow, Murmansk and Petrozavodsk have restarted limited operations.
    The Croatia and Poland Visa Application Centres in Moscow are currently accepting long stay and exceptional case applications.
    The Ireland Visa Application Centre in Moscow are now accepting long stay applications.
    The Netherlands Visa Application Centre in Moscow is now accepting short stay applications.
    The Lithuania Visa Application Centre in Moscow has resumed accepting applications for national visas, and from family members of EU citizens, crew members employed in Lithuanian companies engaged in international commercial transportation, or who carry out international commercial transportation by all the means of transport, health professionals, artists visiting at the permission of the Minister for Culture of the Republic of Lithuania for the participation in professional artistic events, and their service personnel, journalists visiting at the permission of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, customers allowed to entry the Republic of Lithuania on the basis of an individual permission by a Minister holding the jurisdiction in the respective realm, and customers whose entry has been approved by the Government, in exceptional cases. The centre will operate every week from Monday to Wednesday between 10 AM and 2 PM via prior appointment only.

 

[rrss13]

https://www.vfsglobal.com/en/individuals/covid-19-customer-advisories.html

This is the webpage where they post updates on VFS offices resuming operations. Offices opening on Nov 2 already posted. Nothing of VFS - Canada in India.


REGIONAL

• • 30 October 2020
  • UK Visa Application Centres in Australia to reopen
  • The UK Visa Application Centre in Adelaide will open on 2 November. The UK Visa Application Centres in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Sydney remain open.
• • 30 October 2020
  • Visa Application Centres closed in France
  • Visa Application Centres across France will remain closed until further notice as per government directives.
• • 30 October 2020
  • India Passport and Consular services resumed
  • From 2 November, Passport, OCI, Renunciation and GEP verification services will resume in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Washington DC (USA).
    India passport services have resumed in Brussels (Belgium), operating every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
    India passport & consular services and limited visa category applications have resumed in Manchester and Bradf0rd (UK).
    India passport and consular services have resumed in Leicester (UK), operating every Tuesday and Thursday from 8.30 AM to 3,30 PM.
• • 30 October 2020
  • Visa Application Centres reopened in Russia
  • From 2 November, the Finland Visa Application Centre in Petrozavodsk will resume operations every Monday and Wednesday from 9 AM to 2 PM.
    The Finland Visa Application Centres in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Omsk, Perm, Samara, Ufa, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg and Vyborg will resume accepting limited category short stay applications, operating on limited days for limited hours.
    The Canada Visa Application Centres in Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg have resumed services for Permanent Resident Travel Documents and Biometric Collection (with Biometric Letter only).
    The Finland Visa Application Centres in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Omsk, Perm, Samara, Ufa, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg and Vyborg will resume accepting limited category short stay applications, operating on limited days for limited hours.
    The Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark and Norway Visa Application Centres in Rostov-on-Don will resume accepting limited category short stay applications, operating every Monday from 9 AM to 2 PM.
    The Ukraine Visa Application Centre in Moscow has resumed accepting Category D applications (limited categories).
    The Finland Visa Application Centre in Moscow and St. Petersburg have resumed accepting limited category short stay applications.
    The Ukraine Visa Application Centre in St. Petersburg will resume accepting limited category long and short stay applications.
    The Bulgaria Visa Application Centres in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novorossiysk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Samara, Saratov, Ufa and Vladivostok are now accepting limited category long stay applications.
    The Thailand Visa Applications Centre Moscow is no accepting non-immigrant B, O & ED category applications.
    The Poland Visa Applications Centre in Kaliningrad is now accepting limited short and long stay visa category applications.
    The France Visa Applications Centres in Kazan, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Perm and Vladivostok are expected to resume accepting long stay applications.
    The Greece Visa Application Centre in Krasnodar, Novorossiysk and Moscow have resumed accepting short stay visa applications (limited categories).
    The Norway Visa Application Centres in Kaliningrad and Murmansk have resumed accepting long stay and exceptional case applications.
    The Finland Visa Application Centres in Moscow, Murmansk and Petrozavodsk have restarted limited operations.
    The Croatia and Poland Visa Application Centres in Moscow are currently accepting long stay and exceptional case applications.
    The Ireland Visa Application Centre in Moscow are now accepting long stay applications.
    The Netherlands Visa Application Centre in Moscow is now accepting short stay applications.
    The Lithuania Visa Application Centre in Moscow has resumed accepting applications for national visas, and from family members of EU citizens, crew members employed in Lithuanian companies engaged in international commercial transportation, or who carry out international commercial transportation by all the means of transport, health professionals, artists visiting at the permission of the Minister for Culture of the Republic of Lithuania for the participation in professional artistic events, and their service personnel, journalists visiting at the permission of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, customers allowed to entry the Republic of Lithuania on the basis of an individual permission by a Minister holding the jurisdiction in the respective realm, and customers whose entry has been approved by the Government, in exceptional cases. The centre will operate every week from Monday to Wednesday between 10 AM and 2 PM via prior appointment only.

Oh okay. Hopefully in a week or so. I was following the Pakistan trend and that’s what happened they first had limited services with passport submissions and then opened VACs. Hoping for an update on Twitter tomorrow.