Police clearance: Send original passport for 45 days?

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emailraja

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The Indian embassy website (http://www.indiacgny.org) says that one should send in the original passport to get a Police clearance certificate. I'll be applying by mail. Does this mean I might be without a passport for 45 days or however long it takes them to send it back? :eek:
Am I making a mistake here? Could someone clarify?
Thanks,
Raja
 
In houston there is one option : send photocopy while applying and once PCC is ready they will notify us and we can take passport (or send it via mail) and get it stamp.

You can check out about this.
 
Hi Guys,

I got mine in a day from Houston since my PP was issues from Houston. However for my wife's PP which was issued in India they said it will take 45 days.

Thanks...
 
Washington DC

i submitted my original PP for me and my wife and applied on Sept 18th
My PCC has arrived 2 days back at DC embasssy, nobody (police) really went to check my house or anything
and both mine and my wife's passport are issued in india.

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Here is the deal with CGNY... if you apply by mail ..you can send a notarized copy of your passport.. call them after 4 weeks and confirm if you can send your original passport .. then send the original and they will send the PCC and passport back to you in about a week... if your passport is issued by CGNY ..then they will give the PCC to you on the same day (if you apply in person)..otherwise in about a weeks time by mail.

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emailraja said:
The Indian embassy website (http://www.indiacgny.org) says that one should send in the original passport to get a Police clearance certificate. I'll be applying by mail. Does this mean I might be without a passport for 45 days or however long it takes them to send it back? :eek:
Am I making a mistake here? Could someone clarify?
Thanks,
Raja
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emailraja,
Don't know your location, but here is my experience in DC. Embassy in DC told me to either send my PP in mail and they will return it in mail within 2 weeks. I thought it was risky, so I went to DC in person and dropped my PP and collected my PCC and PP within a week. Make sure you have enough cash or money order and photo(s) if you are planning to go in person.
Ram_frm_RIC
 
PCC by mail under 2 weeks from DC

I was surprised myself at the speed of processing by Indian embassy at DC. Sent my passport last monday(9/27) and I have it back today (10/8). My passport was issued in India and my wife's passport was renewed in USA 2 yrs back.
Doesn't seem like anybody went to check at India address.
 
New York consulate

Thanks for all the info, everyone. It reassured me enough that I sent in my passport to the New York consulate yesterday.
Raja
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Police clearance certificate - time

Hi!

My husband and I had applied for a police clearance certificate from the Indian Consulate at SFO for Canada Visa. We got a call from the Indian consulate asking us to send the passport by mail so they can send the certificate and stamp our passports.
I read on the consulate website that it takes about 5-7 days to it get stamped through mail. We need to leave the US by 1st of July because our VISA is getting expired.
Do they usually send the passports back within a week? Have there been cases where the passport was lost in mail? I know I sound paranoid but right now neither one of us can physically go to the embassy so mail is the only option.

Any information would help.
Thank you,
liz
 
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