URGENT:minor visiting india-Indian PP expired

[drmdrm]

Hi,

please advise and we need this urgent..

we're in NJ, USA with GC and my son, 6yrs old with indian passport , also has GC and his passport expired last week. We need to visit urgent in 2 weeks.

Please let us know the process.

i've few questions like..
- do i need to take my child to NY consulate
- or is it ok if i go alone with docs.
- do i need to show the airline ticket
- and any other affidavits i need to present
- do i get passport same day


Thanks in advance

 

[ovi44]

with GC and my son, 6yrs old with indian passport , also has GC and his passport expired last week. We need to visit urgent in 2 weeks.

 

[Whaledad]

The problem is not just that his passport expired. The requirement is that a passport is valid for at least 6 months after the intended return date. Double check your won passports to see that they do qualify.

As for whether or not to bring your son to the consulate (and all other requirements and processing duration): that is a requirement set by the foreign government, not the US one.

Check out the Indian Consulate website:
http://www.indiacgny.org/

All Indian passport applications are now done online.

In order to obtain a passport for a Minor, the following documents are needed:
* Three photographs(size 3.5 cm X 3.5 cm with white background);
* Completed Nationality Status Verification Form;
* Prescribed fee of US $25. Fee has to be paid in cash (only at the counter), certified checks or money orders payable to the Consulate General of India, New York. Please note that personal checks will not be accepted. Cash, when applying by mail, is also not acceptable. Applicants may include $20 for Express Mail or $10 for Priority mail (no Tracking No.), if delivery of documents is requested by mail. It is possible to send a combined check for the consular service and mailing service. Kindly note that money once paid, is not refunded on refusal of service or delay in service. Currency notes of denomination higher than $50.00 will not be accepted. Please insist on a receipt for any money paid at the counter and present the same for collection of documents between 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.;
* Birth Certificate;
* Registration of birth at the Indian Consulate if child born in the USA or if the child's name is endorsed on either parent's passport, then passport of that parent (Passport in this case would be issued to the minor child only after deletion of child's name from the passport of the parent);
* Original Green card or Employment Authorization Card (EAC) or other visa documents to be shown at the counter and a copy of both sides of documents deposited (in case application is being mailed, a notarized copy of these documents can be sent);
* In case application for Green Card or EAC or visa is pending/being processed, a copy of documents in support of this fact must be deposited;
* Attested passport copies of both parents;
* Consent letter of both parents in the form of a sworn Affidavit. If both parents are not making a personal appearance to submit the application, the sworn Affidavit should be duly notarized; or if parents are residing in another country, the sworn Affidavit is required to be attested by the Indian Mission/Post in the country of their residence.

Two weeks time is probably cutting it very short!

There is a procedure for extension of passport (if the original validity was less than 10 years) which may be applicable and may work faster:

Please select 'Reissue of Passport' on the online form.

Other requirements are:

* Original, expired passport;
* Three passport size photographs (size 3.5 cm X 3.5 cm with white background)showing frontal view of full face including the one to be pasted on the top of application form;
* Prescribed fee of US $ 40 for normal booklet (36 pages) or US $ 50 for Jumbo booklet (60 pages). Fee has to be paid in cash, (only at the counter) or with certified checks or money orders payable to the Consulate General of India, New York. Please note that we do not accept any personal checks. Cash when applying by mail is also not accepted. Applicants may include $20 for Express Mail or $10 for Priority mail (No Tracking No.) if delivery of documents is requested by mail. It is possible to send one combined check for the consular service and mailing service. Kindly note that money once paid is not refunded on refusal of service or delay in service. We regret our inability to accept currency notes of denomination higher than $50.00. Please insist on a receipt for any money paid at the counter and present the same for collection of documents between 4:30 - 5:15 p.m.;
* Copy of the first five and the last two pages of the passport;
* Copy of pages indicating U.S. Visa or original Green Card or Employment Authorization Card (EAC) or any other visa documents to be shown at the counter and a copy of both sides of documents deposited (in case applications being mailed, a notarized copy of these documents can be sent);
* In case application for Green Card or EAC or Visa is pending/being processed, a copy of documents in support of this fact must be deposited;
* Completed Nationality Status Verification Form;
* Copy of the first five and last two pages of the passport;
* Copy of pages indicating US visa or Original Green card or Employment Authorization Card (EAC) or other visa documents to be shown at the counter and a copy of both sides of documents deposited (in case application is being mailed, a notarized copy of these documents can be sent);
* In case application for Green Card or EAC or visa is pending/being processed, a copy of documents in support of this fact must be deposited;
* The declaration at the end of the application form should be notarized if the old passport had expired more than one year ago;
* If the present passport does not contain the name of spouse and the name is to be entered in the new passport, a copy of marriage certificate must be sent.

My advice is to call the consulate, explain your issues and ask them for the best way to go about things to get your son's passport in time.

General Passport Inquiries:
Phone: (212) 774-0660/0662/0641
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Whatever the procedure, you WILL need all of the documents listed above in both quotes. Start working on those right away. Don't lose any more time.

Wd