Seems like the police are against everything grrrrrrrrr they are acting so dumb and questioning everything...\Why is this happening:( They keep teasing my fiance about his name but still humph won't give clearance saying oh come back later on then we will see...Geeewhiz its crazy...WHen he gets here going to be so happy! Praying for all of us that are going through the New Delhi Embassy hope everyone gets the visa Soon!

Sincerly a fiancee in waiting,
Christina

Ryan and I are going through New Delhi and we haven't even made it to the police report part yet. Been waiting so long, and it seems like we are going to be waiting forever.

Chris,

you just gotta bribe them to get things done easily and faster

Shalz

My hubby is also having difficulty with getting clearance. Can you post the contents of your clearnace certificate please ? they are also giving hm a hard time for clearance certificate .....Did you also get it from passport office ?

Hi All,

We haven’t even yet applied for our petition yet, but I can understand all of your concerns. Will apply from New Delhi - I had to get my passport renewed and I was asked for a bribe by the policeman who came home to check up on me even though this is my own place for the past 12 years and I had all my papers in order.

Thankfully the local Station head is a far-off relative and I just complained to him and he got it done in a jiffy. I just talked to my uncle again regarding Christina's question and he advised it is best to just find someone who knows somebody there in the station and pay the bribe to get it done, or find out who is responsible, take him aside and pay him to get it done. If they agree, it really shouldn’t be more than a half-hour job to get it ready.

This reminds me that I would have to go to Mumbai and get a certificate for the 2 yrs I was there - what a pain!

Would love to stay in touch with all of you going through New Delhi....how about starting a new topic or staying in this one for it?




Niten

Christina -- if these guys are making fun of the name and things of this nature, they want money (yes, a bribe). As Delhiguy suggested, get one of these goons to the side, stroke his ego a little bit (saying that he is the only one who can get it done) and then ask him what is and how much is required to get it done. Jatin will know how to bribe them as he lives in India <grin>.

Delhiguy -- welcome to the forum. We have a thread on the Embassy forum "calling everyone from delhi/mumbai/chennai" where us fellow desis are hanging around :-). I'll post on that thread to bring it up on the radar again.

Cheers,
KP

TImesnap,

You would need two. one from the passport office and the second one from the local police station.

I was just talking to my fiance today and he was telling me about how he will just pay the bribe and get it done quickly. He says not to worry because in India anything can be done with enough money. LOL As a non-desi I just laugh and say that the same can be done here but it only costs more! LOL

He is still waiting on Packet 3 to arrive. But we are working on the rest of the papers needed. Our goal is to have him here by the end of November for my birthday.

Thanks Shalz

yeah, unfortunately what people are saying is true. They expect bribes to get anything done in a fast time frame.

I am getting mine done through New Delhi. But due to the fact that I am a British national, the police report from India had to be provided by the FRRO... I was asked for a huge bribe by an FRRO officer in Bombay. I refused to pay it... just used some contacts in the Ministry to complain about the chap... and I got the Bombay report pronto.

I will be submitting documents required for the section 221 (g) towards the end of the week... but as far as the interview I had back in June - well the CO was extremely polite. My interview was conducted in English but they do ask if people want the interview to be conducted in Hindi etc... If I recall correctly it took about 2 hours in toto (in addition to the hour you wait outside).

HEy Everyone update got our Clearances...woohooo PRAISE THE LORD

Passport clearance cost 1000 ruppies
police clearance cost 1700 ruppies
birth clearance cost 200 ruppies

so praise the LORD we got it all done now waiting on 4th packet and packet I sent him

This is awesome -- I think we should post a "rate sheet" for bribes in India based on locales Maybe have the name of the "bribee" next to the rate and the time which he takes (it's generally a male - not being sexiest)

KP

I was asked for 15 thousand rupees. I did not pay it. I met someone from the home munustry (a deputy secretary) in connection with the Delhi FRRO report and mentioned what the Bombay chap had asked me for... well by the end of the day the Bombay chap was calling to beg me not to proceed further with the complaint as he had been suspended from duty... the chap I had met was in charge of the Foreigner's Division... and we got on famously... I just do not like the idea of paying someone to do their job... I have never paid a bribe till date... and gravely doubt that I ever will.

Melo -- you are indeed a woman of principles and are also connected. I personally visit India for a few days and don't want to take "panga" and ruin my vacation and so I roll over and say &*^%& it. I guess if I lived in India for an extended period of time, I would probably do the same thing as you.

Kudos for kicking that guy in the twins for asking for a bribe :-)

KP