Travel to India without passport for US national

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mrp2612

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We had a baby boy last month. In GA state, it will take 8 weeks to issue birth certificate. Without that we cant apply for US passport. We have to travel to India urgently. I called up Houston Indian consulate and asked to include baby's name in the passport and allow to travel with mom. But they refused and said that baby should have the passport.

Are there any options here for me?
 
Don't travel without passport

Please try to get the passport with a letter from the hospital and a copy of the application form. I tried going directly to the county office and got the Birth certificate within half hour. Since we had a family emergency we got the passport within 2 hours and Indian Visa within 2 hours all on one day.

However DO NOT TRAVEL without a passport. My friend took her daughter without Indian visa, but they did have the passport, at the Singapore airport, the airport authorities asked them to leave the child behind. They had to wait in Singapore, get a interim Indian visa and then leave for India. And the the Indian visa was only for 15 days, hence they had to apply for extension again.

With passport only they had so many issues, think about no passport and no birth certificate, they might question about the proof that the baby was born in US I guess.

My advice is get the passport and the visa.
 
mrp2612 said:
We had a baby boy last month. In GA state, it will take 8 weeks to issue birth certificate. Without that we cant apply for US passport. We have to travel to India urgently. I called up Houston Indian consulate and asked to include baby's name in the passport and allow to travel with mom. But they refused and said that baby should have the passport.

Are there any options here for me?
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Get it from City office. They will help you.
 
Jharkhandi,

Thanks for the quick reply. I agree with your suggestion travelling without passport. You said that you went to county office and got the birth certificate and within 2hrs you got the passport. How did you get this? In GA the state rule is 8 weeks for issuing birth certificate and even of we expedite passport processing it is about 2 weeks. what is this county office?? Can you please explain me the whole thing or give me your number, I will call you.
 
Hi

The list of vital records county offices for Georgia are listed in the following URL
http://www.ph.dhr.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/birth.shtml

Please see which county the city you live in falls under and you can call them about their Birth Certificate process.

As far as the passport goes, I live in Sacramento, CA. For our region the HEAD Passport Office is in SFO. We walken in and explained the family emergency situation, gave them the proof and we got the passport immediately. Same situation in the Indian Consulate also.

You can get a passport immediately only if you have an emergency.

Hope this helps.
 
thanks Swana. We ordered through vitalchek. We were supposed to receive on Tuesday. Thanks for the information.
 
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