Hi all,
I am sharing my timeline for the ease of the rest.
Passport request: June 19, 2014
Passport submitted: June 24, 2014 at VAC Lahore
CIC intimation of visa issuance: July 22, 2014
No intimation from VAC Lahore, I made several calls in between to inquire they said we will text you. I requested them that I am pregnant with 1st child and hubby is already in Canada, parents are too old to travel to Lahore. Please allow my sister to collect it with authority letter. They said case submitted before July 01, 2014 are provisioned for passport collection with authority letter additionally original NIC of applicant (me), all original receipts issued by VAC lahore (Bio metrics, passport submission, fee receipt) and original NIC of the person authorized with blood relationship. I shared that I submitted application on March 11, 2014 and submitted passport on June 24, 2014 they said ok my sister may collect.
She traveled all the way long and reached at VAC Lahore they said they will not give her at any cost because passport submitted on June 24, 2014 but did not reached back before July 01, 2014.
I argued on phone then why you said my sister can collect and you have made me handy I can not travel by air to Lahore and my NIC is with sister and passport with you. very important they publish on site that passport can be returned if waybill is prepaid but at time of submission they said we are not providing this facility.
I applied online and traveled for Biometrics, Medical, passport submission and sister travelled to get passport back. Negotiations failed, my old mother traveled to collect it and collected it finally on July 25, 2014.
All the purpose of online application ruined in travelling. Those who are waiting to collect passport keep it in mind that after 3 days VAC have not sent any intimation to collect passport but they claim they text you in 24 hours.
Regards
Best of luck to all