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Indian Passport Renewal from BLS Toronto

CanadianDreamer@TO

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Your previous passport issued out of India? your timelines please? Any Idea do we get PV or not as we are PR and for PR processing PV done.
My previous passport was issued from India. I have understood that if PV is required, we will receive an intimation on email which I have not received even after so many days of submission. This means, no PV is required in my case. My timelines are as follows
Application submitted at BLS Brampton: 21st Jan
Status Changed to Application and fees received at Consulate-23rd Jan
status changed to Passport application is being reviewed by embassy/consulate-1st Feb

No update after this. No email received for police verification.
 

pkd007

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Feb 17, 2023
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My previous passport was issued from India. I have understood that if PV is required, we will receive an intimation on email which I have not received even after so many days of submission. This means, no PV is required in my case. My timelines are as follows
Application submitted at BLS Brampton: 21st Jan
Status Changed to Application and fees received at Consulate-23rd Jan
status changed to Passport application is being reviewed by embassy/consulate-1st Feb

No update after this. No email received for police verification.
Thanks again for your reply. For my dependents they received PV email after 25 days ( incl holidays) after reviewing started in CGI. In India their PV happened, later they new got passports. Their previous passports issued in India.

For me, my previous passport issued in New York. Now almost 27 days happened in CGI with same status of review.
Still we may or may not get PV. Please don’t assume we will not get PV email. It’s depends. Thanks

For me:
Status Changed to Application and fees received at Consulate-16th Jan
status changed to Passport application is being reviewed by embassy/consulate-23rd Jan’23. Same now.
 

pkd007

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Feb 17, 2023
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My status updated to "Print has been initiated for passport." today.

This is my status map:
  • 0
    • EVENT_DESC : null
    • EMP_ACTION : "Print Initiated"
    • STATUS_TRACKING_PK :
    • LAST_MODIFIED_DATE : "2023-02-16T00:00:00"
    • STATUS_DESC : "Print Initiated"
    • STATUS_ID_FK :
    • FILE_NO : ""
  • 1
    • EVENT_DESC : "Granting Status Set as 'Clear'"
    • EMP_ACTION : "Clear"
    • STATUS_TRACKING_PK :
    • LAST_MODIFIED_DATE : "2023-02-16T00:00:00"
    • STATUS_DESC : "Application Granted on No verification basis"
    • STATUS_ID_FK :
    • FILE_NO : ""
  • 2
    • EVENT_DESC : ""
    • EMP_ACTION : "Sent To Go"
    • STATUS_TRACKING_PK :
    • LAST_MODIFIED_DATE : "2023-02-02T00:00:00"
    • STATUS_DESC : "Granting Initiated"
    • STATUS_ID_FK :
    • FILE_NO : ""
  • 3
    • EVENT_DESC : null
    • EMP_ACTION : "Application Form Submitted"
    • STATUS_TRACKING_PK :
    • LAST_MODIFIED_DATE : "2023-02-02T00:00:00"
    • STATUS_DESC : "Submitted"
    • STATUS_ID_FK :
    • FILE_NO : ""
how to check status map plz?
 

Part_time_Larry

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Dec 11, 2022
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I got my new passport back within a month. Applied at Toronto BLS.

Why do they staple new passport with the old one? I can't seem to understand the logic.. what to do with the old passport?
 

pkd007

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Feb 17, 2023
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Follow the steps mentioned here post-10295791 once you get some response in "network" tab click "preview" tab and check for status map
Thank you very much, my current Statusid

  • EVENT_DESC : ""
  • EMP_ACTION : "Sent To Go"
  • STATUS_TRACKING_PK :
  • LAST_MODIFIED_DATE : "2023-01-25T00:00:00"
  • STATUS_DESC : "Granting Initiated"
  • STATUS_ID_FK :
  • FILE_NO : ""
Can you please let me know is PV applicable or not? it's almost a month happend and no update yet.
 

pkd007

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Feb 17, 2023
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I got my new passport back within a month. Applied at Toronto BLS.

Why do they staple new passport with the old one? I can't seem to understand the logic.. what to do with the old passport?
Keep it safe. Also if you have any US Valid VISA (or any other country VISA) duration more than your previous passport expiry date then you need to carry both passports while traveling.
 

CanadianDreamer@TO

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Jul 23, 2021
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No not yet. Showing status ID as

  • EVENT_DESC : ""
  • EMP_ACTION : "Sent To Go"
  • STATUS_TRACKING_PK :
  • LAST_MODIFIED_DATE : "2023-01-25T00:00:00"
  • STATUS_DESC : "Granting Initiated"
  • STATUS_ID_FK :
  • FILE_NO : ""
Thanks. I have raised a query with CGI Toronto on the following link. This is not acceptable. Either PV should have been initiated or if PV is not required, application should have moved to the next step.

Sampark [सम्पर्क]: Enquiry/Feedback (cgitoronto.gov.in)
 
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msmohit871

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Canada
Category........
CEC
NOC Code......
21232
App. Filed.......
03-04-2023
AOR Received.
03-04-2023
I think if your new passport address is same as previous passport then there will be no PV but if it differs then they have to. But there can be other reasons too. I have seen people with same addresses don’t have PV.
 

pkd007

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Feb 17, 2023
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I think if your new passport address is same as previous passport then there will be no PV but if it differs then they have to. But there can be other reasons too. I have seen people with same addresses don’t have PV.
For me it’s a different address. Previous passport had USA address and now in Canada. But it’s almost a month happening after review started and no updates yet if PV will happen or not. Is it usual?
 

msmohit871

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Nov 23, 2020
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Canada
Category........
CEC
NOC Code......
21232
App. Filed.......
03-04-2023
AOR Received.
03-04-2023
For me it’s a different address. Previous passport had USA address and now in Canada. But it’s almost a month happening after review started and no updates yet if PV will happen or not. Is it usual?
Maybe you can scroll back to posts which have posted timeline with address change and PV. You can get some idea how many days it takes on average to move from "Granting Initiated" to further.
 

pkd007

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Feb 17, 2023
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I have submitted the application for my passport renewal at BLS Toronto (Walk-In Appointment) on January 23, 2023. Here is my timeline so far,

Application Submitted at BLS Toronto: January 23, 2023
Received at Consulate and Processing: January 24, 2023
Status Message updated to "under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate": February 2, 2023
Status Map updated to "Submitted": February 2, 2023
Status Map updated to "Granting Initiated": February 2, 2023

Till now no further updates regarding PV or Printing, anyone else stuck at the same status?
have you received your passport? Plz post ur time lines. Thanks