Re: Can you help me on this please?????
kalaikali said:
I am an Indian and I am currently living in London.
My wife is a Canadian and I applied for a sponsorship visa to Canada few months ago.
Now I have received a mail from Canadian High Commission, New Delhi to pay the landing fee and also submit the passport.
I have already paid my landing fee in Canada and I should be sending my passport. Since I am living in London, I would like to know can I submit my passport in Canadian High Commission, London and if I need to submit my passport in London will there be any procedures to be done?
Some suggest me to send the passport to India, but I do not know how long would it take for me to get back my passport...
As I am living in a different country, I should be holding my passport within the country I guess......
Can someone please help me on this....
Awaiting Reply........
Many Thanks,
Read back of passport
1) Passport cannot be sent out country via mail - although there are few who have sent it with other paperwork and have been successful but HUGE RISK
2) Some say that IF customs does find Indian passport and see it addressed to Canadian Immigration then they might let it go but again it's speculation
You can read this post here - person says sent 4 passports to ND via Canada Post - http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/sending-passport-to-india-from-canada-please-suggesturgent-t124880.0.html;msg1927776#msg1927776 and he confirmed via PM with me that he wrote INDIAN PASSPORTS
About 2-3 people in the Parents Sponsorship thread have done the same via FedEX with no issues
3) It also says that it has to be with holder or person authorized ( i., with a letter ) - but it doesn't mention if the holder can carry it outside the country but some seem to suggest its within country only
In this scenario, the safest ( considerably ) is to send it via a relative, and regardless your address being of US or Canada - Delhi will only mail it to Local Indian Address
I just spent 2K to fly to India for 5 days to drop my parents passports since they are here visiting me ( I had 2 people who promised to take but backed out at the end ) I would have taken the risk of mailing it myself but issue is my parents have total of 8 passports including expired ones and I didn't wanna take a chance
Its surely is a pickle but I went for "safe than sorry", now I have to figure a way to get it back to Canada as well
Delhi's reply to one of the member request for File Transfer a while back, check their reply
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is in response to your recent email enquiry to the Immigration Section of the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi.
If the applicant or dependents are currently outside of India, or have upcoming or frequent travel outside of India, they are not required to submit passports at this time. However, if they are not submitting their passport with the other items requested, they or their authorized representative must submit a letter explaining why they are unable to submit their passport. When the processing of the application has reached the final review stage, we will send a second request letter. Once the applicant receives this letter, they must submit their passport by the date specified, failing which the application may be refused.
Please note that waiting for a second passport request will delay the completion of processing of the application.
The visa(s) can only be issued by the visa office where the application is in process and cannot be transferred to Canada or any other visa office for visa issuance. As well, Indian law prohibits the sending of passports in and out of the country by mail or courier.
Once the applicant submits their passport, they will need to provide a mailing address in India to which their passport can be returned by Registered mail after the visa is issued. If that address is different than the address currently on file, they will need to submit an original letter, signed by them or their authorized representative, requesting a change of address.
A trusted friend, relative, or agent may send, through the secure means outlined above, from within India, their passport to our office on their behalf. However, please note that it is the applicant's responsibility to send the passports to our office in adherence with international law and within the deadline which we have given for such submission.
Applicants can check the status of their case on the CIC website by clicking on Client Application Status. For actual processing times of permanent resident applications in New Delhi for the last 12 months, please click here. Applicants may also refer to our website, www.india.gc.ca, for more information about processing times.
We trust that this information will be of assistance.
Immigration Section -8.
High Commission of Canada
PO Box 5209
7/8 Shantipath, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi, India 110021
