Renewing 2 year old passport

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ths118

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Hello,

I have an Indian passport that expired in 2007 and i have been hearing different things about how to renew this. One of them being, I would have to go to consulate office and talk to them face to face.

I am a permanent resident card holder and my application for US citizenship is in process and i should receive citizenship in about a month. But i would like to travel now and need my passport but dont know how to go about it. I have visited the chicago consulate website and there are application forms but they require me to send my original passport and all that, and i defientely need some advice from experienced people for the procedure.

Thank You
 
Original Indian passport is required to be sent for renewal. It takes a few weeks to get it renewed.
 
But is it definetely doable ? Or do i actually have to go to chicago to get this done ? Because i live in Michigan and chicago is like 5 hours from here and with my daily hectic schedule going there is out of question unless they are certain that i go there one day and everything gets done unlike how they treat you in india where they will say come tmrw come trmw.
 
ths118 said:
But is it definetely doable ? Or do i actually have to go to chicago to get this done ? Because i live in Michigan and chicago is like 5 hours from here and with my daily hectic schedule going there is out of question unless they are certain that i go there one day and everything gets done unlike how they treat you in india where they will say come tmrw come trmw.
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You can mail the application to them but even if you make a personal appearance, you will not get a new indian passport the same day (even if you apply for tatkal processing)
 
Ok then i guess it would be better to mail it ? Because i remember i had called the consulate office and after 1/2 hour of hold all they said was Come in and talk to this person. I mean seriously ? no more information was given.
 
ths118 said:
Ok then i guess it would be better to mail it ? Because i remember i had called the consulate office and after 1/2 hour of hold all they said was Come in and talk to this person. I mean seriously ? no more information was given.
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Check Indian consulate's website for passport renewal information and follow the instructions provided there.
 
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