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Damaged Passport / PCC rejected / Should I apply for new Passport at this point

SonOfOdin

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Aug 19, 2014
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Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi, India
NOC Code......
2173
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
5th June 2014
Nomination.....
2nd October 2014
Med's Request
26th November 2014
Med's Done....
11th December 2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
27th February 2015
VISA ISSUED...
25th February 2015
LANDED..........
9th June 2015
Hi All,

I went to the passport office in Bangalore, India today to apply for PCC. After one whole day's waiting, the deciding authority tell me that they cannot provide me PCC for my current passport as they deem it damaged. One page of my Passport is indeed damaged because of a baggage leak but the pages that matter are all intact. I have actually flown to the US and countries in Europe with this damaged passport. The option that I have now is to apply for a new passport. I have been wanting to do that as my old one expires in 2016, I need to add spouse details, change my address and get rid of the damage, of all the reasons.

I applied for FSW 2014 and my app reached CIO on June 5th. Please let me know your advice in this matter. Should I go for a re-issue of passport at this juncture where I am expecting my application to be processed sometime next month? Do you see any consequences of this? Looks like i will need a new passport for PCC anyways.

Regards...