Hello friends,
I had a very interesting 1.5 months of PCC experience and finally I have receieved my PCC. I have sent my first set to BLS on 2/19 and after almost 10 days received an email that my address on passport does not match with my application. As I was in Bangalore from 2006. all my documents are from Bangalore. But as my mother now is in Kolkata, I shared my Kolkata address. They asked me to either provide Kolkata address proof or create new application. Interestingly, my voter I-card did not have my house number and it was not considered valid by BLS. As I did not have any other proof of address, I had to go for a new application. Old application was returned home in a week with the bank drafts.
In my new application, I provided my address from Adhaar card in Bangalore and talked to my neighbor, in case police come for a visit. Below are my timelines.
3/5: Application submitted and sent to BLS
3/10: BLS site shows its under process and fees received
3/12: It was sent to Consulate General and status updated to "processing at Consulate". From this time all updates are in passport site.
3/22: Status updated that it has been sent to India and Police verification is initiated
3/24: Police visited my rental apartment in Banagalore and my neighbor helped provide all the details to him.
3/29: Passport site updated : PCC has been printed. This is the last status update on passport site.
3/31: In transit to BLS from CGI
4/1: Ready for dispatch
4/5: Finally receieved my PCC delivered at home
I had a very interesting 1.5 months of PCC experience and finally I have receieved my PCC. I have sent my first set to BLS on 2/19 and after almost 10 days received an email that my address on passport does not match with my application. As I was in Bangalore from 2006. all my documents are from Bangalore. But as my mother now is in Kolkata, I shared my Kolkata address. They asked me to either provide Kolkata address proof or create new application. Interestingly, my voter I-card did not have my house number and it was not considered valid by BLS. As I did not have any other proof of address, I had to go for a new application. Old application was returned home in a week with the bank drafts.
In my new application, I provided my address from Adhaar card in Bangalore and talked to my neighbor, in case police come for a visit. Below are my timelines.
3/5: Application submitted and sent to BLS
3/10: BLS site shows its under process and fees received
3/12: It was sent to Consulate General and status updated to "processing at Consulate". From this time all updates are in passport site.
3/22: Status updated that it has been sent to India and Police verification is initiated
3/24: Police visited my rental apartment in Banagalore and my neighbor helped provide all the details to him.
3/29: Passport site updated : PCC has been printed. This is the last status update on passport site.
3/31: In transit to BLS from CGI
4/1: Ready for dispatch
4/5: Finally receieved my PCC delivered at home