Surrendring Indian passport

[kumarana]

Hi Guys

Do we need appointment for passport surrender

[bonasoares]

Hi Guys

Do we need appointment for passport surrender

Yes

[bonasoares]

Application Date : 06/01/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Goswell Road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate : 08-Jan-2016
VFS Email : None
Online Status (processed): Dont Know
Received Surrender certificate: 12-Jan-2016

[aragon]

Application Date : 25/01/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Harrow Road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate :
VFS Email :
Online Status (processed):
Received Surrender certificate:

[aragon]

Application Date : 25/01/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Paddington VFS, Harrow Road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate : 29/01/2016
VFS Email : 29/01/2016
Online Status (processed): 29/01/2016
Received Surrender certificate: 30/01/2016

[ambareen]

Hi,

Can someone help/advise about the process to surrender the Indian passport while still waiting for British passport to be processed?
I have received approval of naturalization and am expecting the certificate to be in the post sometime next week but the citizenship ceremony is only scheduled for April! I do not want to wait until April to surrender my Indian passport as i want to travel to India in July and want to have the OCI card by then.

The VFS website for surrender documents required does mention that we can apply for surrender while the British passport is under process.

Has anyone on this forum done their surrender application successfully without the British passport? If so, can you please share the template of declaration that you sent to VFS?

Thanks for the help!

[esukhpreet9]

Hi guys,

I submitted my application for surrender of Indian passport at Hounslow office today.
I pasted only 1 photograph on the application form but just checked the website we need to submit 2 photographs. Even the guy taking my documents didn't ask for another photograph.

Has anyone else given one photo?

Regards
SS

[applyforILR]

Yes , I have given only 1 photo and i had asked the person there to take 2nd , she said only 1 is needed.

Application Date : 23/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Goswell road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate :
VFS Email/SMS :
Received Surrender certificate:

[tssk]

for my 3 yr old daughter,

Application Date : 19/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS, Bradford
Birmingham issued surrender certificate : <TBD>
VFS Email : <TBD>
Online Status (processed): <TBD>
Received Surrender certificate: <TBD>

[longshift]

Application Date : 25/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Goswell Road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate :
VFS Email :
Online Status (processed):
Received Surrender certificate:

Documents submitted:

OCI Form
Declaration Form
British Passport photo page copy
Indian Passport copy all pages
1 51x51cm photo
Original Indian Passport
Original British Passport, checked and returned back
1 self service envelope

[longshift]

Application For Spouse:

Application Date : 25/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Goswell Road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate :
VFS Email :
Online Status (processed):
Received Surrender certificate:

Documents submitted:

Surrender Certificate Form
Declaration Form
British Passport photo page copy
Indian Passport copy all pages
1 51x51cm photo
Original Indian Passport
Original British Passport, checked and returned back
1 self service envelope

[tamilmaran]

Application For Spouse:

Application Date : 25/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Goswell Road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate :
VFS Email :
Online Status (processed):
Received Surrender certificate:

Documents submitted:

Surrender Certificate Form
Declaration Form
British Passport photo page copy
Indian Passport copy all pages
1 51x51cm photo
Original Indian Passport
Original British Passport, checked and returned back
1 self service envelope

Hi, I have a question ...?Is it Okay to give a letter stating the British passport is under process and would sumbmit at the time of OCI application. Has anyone got the surrender certificate without British passport

[Trickytok]

you can go and try .. i wanted to do the same but british passport was real quick so did not need to

[applyforILR]

[quote="applyforILR"]Yes , I have given only 1 photo and i had asked the person there to take 2nd , she said only 1 is needed.

Application Date : 23/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Goswell road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate :26-02-2016
VFS Email/SMS : 26-02-2016
Received Surrender certificate:27-02-2016
[/quote]

[tamilmaran]

Yes , I have given only 1 photo and i had asked the person there to take 2nd , she said only 1 is needed.

Application Date : 23/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Goswell road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate :26-02-2016
VFS Email/SMS : 26-02-2016
Received Surrender certificate:27-02-2016

Wow..! Congrats. You got in a week time. Please do update your OCI applications timeline also.

[longshift]

Application For Spouse:

Application Date : 25/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: Goswell Road, London
HCI issued surrender certificate : 01/03/2016
VFS Email : 01/03/2016
Online Status (processed): 01/03/2016
Received Surrender certificate:02/03/2016

There is a spelling error in father's name. Called the contact centre and they told to the vfs centre between 8:30am 3:30pm to get it corrected. Am going there today.

[tssk]

for my 3 yr old daughter,

Application Date : 19/02/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS, Bradford
Birmingham issued surrender certificate : 2nd March 2016
VFS Email : --
Online Status (processed): --
Received Surrender certificate: 2nd March 2016

[baldude]

Application Date : 18/03/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS Leicester
HCI issued surrender certificate : waiting
VFS Email : 24/03/2016
Online Status (processed): 24/03/2016
Received Surrender certificate:waiting


not much activity here. But i really found timelines of other applicants given here is a true representative of current processing times. I had opted for DX and due to easter break i now have to wait until tuesday next week for delivery. good luck to all!

[baldude]

Update

Application Date : 18/03/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS Leicester
HCI issued surrender certificate : waiting
VFS Email : 24/03/2016
Online Status (processed): 24/03/2016
Received Surrender certificate: 29/03/2016

[chiragsdedhia]

Application Date: 24/03/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person (Postal application is no longer applicable)
VFS office: Glasgow
HCI issued surrender certificate: 06/04/2016
VFS Email: TBC
Online Status (processed): 06/04/2016
Received Surrender certificate: Hopefully tomorrow (07/04/2016)

Hopefully I should receive surrender certificates tomorrow.

[elsa]

Application Date : 04/04/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS Bristol
HCI issued surrender certificate : 08/04/16
VFS Email : 05/04/16
Online Status (processed):08/04/16
Received Surrender certificate: 09/04/16
Elsa

[jignesh455]

Application Date : 22/04/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS Liverpool
VFS Email : waiting
HCI issued surrender certificate : waiting
Online Status (processed):waiting
Received Surrender certificate: waiting

[alien.uk]

Application Date :27/04/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS Edinburgh
HCI issued surrender certificate : waiting
VFS Email : waiting
Online Status (processed): waiting
Received Surrender certificate:waiting

[alien.uk]

Application Date :27/04/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS Edinburgh
HCI issued surrender certificate : 11/05/2016
VFS Email : 11/05/2016
Online Status (processed): 11/05/2016
Received Surrender certificate:12/05/2016

[crowbar6]

Application Date : 11/05/2016
Postal / In-person: In-person
VFS office: VFS Paddington, London
HCI issued surrender certificate : 13/05/2016
VFS Email : 16/05/2016
Online Status (processed): 16/05/2016
Received Surrender certificate:17/05/2016

Impressed with the quick turnaround.