Hi all,
Good day,
Sharing my experience and observations from VFS, Bangalore.
PPR Mail: 10th May (2 applicants)
Passport submission: 14th May
VFS office : Shobha pearl, Ashok nagar, Bangalore (Just beside the Central mall)
We took the documents such as PPR copy, 2 photographs, our passports, if you have old passports with entry - You can also take this for acknowledgement.
We reached there by 9.00 am and the office was ready for working, There was a security screening while entering and a token was allotted. All procedures were completed in 15 minutes.Total payment was 1146 for two (including SMS alert - which was 132 for each). We didn't opted for postal delivery as we are going to collect it directly from VFS.
No need to be panic about photographs and photocopies, Even if there are some lacunaes, booth inside the VFS has all these services.
My suggestion is that to keep some 100, 50 rupees and coins with you or you will be in trouble. Because the cashier in VFS will ask you to give the exact amount in the receipt. The executive informed us passports wll be ready within 10 to 15 working days.
Hope this will help few in future.