For those who want to know more about the 2-way courier service by the visa offices in India, here is all the detail.
1. Receive the PPR letter from IRCC.
2. Go to this website link:
https://vfs-cic.mioot.com/forms/PS/
3. Fill out the webform and enter the required info.
4. Once submitted, you will receive an email having the payment link in it within 2-3 days. Please keep an eye on your email, because once received, the email payment link will only be valid for 12 hours. If passed 12 hours, you will have to submit the webform (step 2 above) again and wait for another link. Doesn't hurt in any way, but takes extra time.
5. You may receive more than one email with a payment link in it. Make sure you only pay once. Even if you try to pay once again, you won't be able to. The link will say your payment has already been received.
6. Pay for the service. The fee is approx Rs. 1000 INR per passport. (In case of more than one applicant, you will need to pay for them separately.)
7. After the payment, you will receive another email with an AWB number in it. This AWB will serve as a tracking number for your passport package to the visa office.
8. Keep your passport package ready and sealed. You must make separate packages for each passport, even if all the applicants live at the same address. The mandatory documents are:
i) Passport (I dare you to not include this!
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ii) Consent form (complete and signed), provided by the visa office in the email.
iii) Courier and SMS form (complete and signed), provided by the visa office in the email.
iv) Passport submission letter (PPR letter/Golden email letter, whatever you may call it) provided by IRCC.
If required, they might ask you for any extra documents. But the ones above are mandatory.
9. Write this at the center on the envelope for the 'To.' address.
To,
The officer,
VFS Global Canada.
The exact details will be provided in your email.
10. Write your full name, address, phone, AWB number and the application number at the 'From' address.
11. Soon you will be contacted by the Blue Dart courier. They will come to the address that you mentioned in the webform to pick your passport up.
12. You will need to give the above AWB number to the courier service guy. And they will send the package to the visa office.
13. Your job is done here. Now, take a 'Cutting Chai ki pyaali'.
Just relax and wait patiently till the passport comes back with the visa stamped on it. They say it will take around 14 days to stamp and return the passport after they have received the completed package with all documents.
14. You can track the courier using your AWB number here.
https://www.bluedart.com/tracking
Hope it helps.
