........and finally my son's British passport arrived today! Reapplied on 13 th August along with letter from home office through my local MP in London and a push from Head of consular services, BDHC, Chennai. First applied on 14 Feb - application was returned twice for incorrect fee and invalid cou...
Hi Sim and harshil, Sorry for the delay in replying. I was very busy trying to avoid reapplying for the passport. I have to say I tried everything, lots of politicians and diplomats both from India and UK were involved along with people working at British high commission and british council. But onc...
Hi Sim, I will let you know if there is any progress with my application. I think once the file is closed, they won't review it as the decision is final and binding. This is the info I got from the Deputy High Commissioner at Chennai. He was sympathetic, but can't help as it is under BHC New Delhi. ...
Hi Simsim, My letter says the same. If you provide all documents and BHC is happy with the enquiries made in the UK, then they will ring your countersignatory for verification. This means this is their last chance to refuse the application. When they ring the countersignatory, they won't say who is ...
Hi Simsim, I think it is better to discuss issues in this forum which will be helpful for other people applying in the future. I couldn't find any information on this topic in this forum or elsewhere when I applied. Harshi223, you must send one photocopy of all the original documents you are submitt...
Sorry to hear that your baby's application is refused. What I did is I got a letter from the bank manager stating that he knows me personally for 2 years and he countersigned the application form. I also got the last page of the application form countersigned by a British passport holder and also ga...
Hi Amsdoc, I have some unpleasant news to share. Today I received a letter from British high commission in New Delhi along with all the original documents I submitted in April. My son's application is refused as they think this is a fraud case. They are happy with all the documents I submitted and t...
We submitted the following documents along with the British passport application. 1) Both parents original Naturalisation certificates 2) copy of both parents British passports. Copy of all pages of baby’s father’s british passport attested by a solicitor in UK as he was not in India at the time of ...
Thanks for your reply. I rang the helpline again (5th time) and the lady said that the application is with the examiner. He has some queries and will contact me in 3 working days. She also noted my address and e-mail id. I will update you on any progress. Ringing the helpline costs about £6 + Rs.100...
Hi, My husband and me are British citizens. We applied for british passport for our Indian born baby in early February 2012. The application was sent back twice for silly reasons which wasted almost two months. At first for incorrect fee (courier fee on the website was Rs.2200 when I applied and the...
