Indian handwritten passport re-issue timing from London

[npatel]

Hello all,

I would like to request your experience in re-issuing your handwritten Indian passport from London consulate.
I have submitted mine on 17/10/2012 & was told that it needs to go to place of issue (Bhopal) for verification. Suggested time frame was a month. I am due to travel India on 19/11/2012 & hence got worried of this news. Since it has to go India for verification, I cannot use Tatkal service.

Please share your experience if you had similar situation.

PS: By the way I found the process of applying not that bad (contrast of diff blogs saying its horrendous). Its mostly the applicants who forgot to sign and/or paste pictures in diff parts of the form, which delays the process.

Thanks

[gidoc]

This means your file will have to be retrieved from the office where passport was issued, it may take quite sometime.

[npatel]

Thanks for the reply,
I've decided to cancel my application and get passport back(hopefully if they have not sent it already). I will later resubmit after returning from India.

[npatel]

Good news !!

Lady at the counter (no. 7) of Indian consulate reassured that passport will be re-issued before I travel. She also mentioned that the passport is not actually sent to place of issue(i.e Bhopal in my case). Maybe I misunderstood the officer earlier who said "the passport needs to be verified from the place of issue".

If there's no confusion then its not worth to be an Indian, I guess. Maybe the officer taking application was in more hurry than myself.

Anyway, I can't complain as I was responsible for submitting it this late !!

[smkasim]

have u got your passport renewed

[npatel]

Oh yes....it was actually ready on 29/10/2012. I emailed them last week & collected.