can I send my passport to India by post from London to reissue?

[J&P! 2]

Hello everyone!!

so here I am my K1 is approved, so happy but the US embassy called to let me know I have to get a new passport as my DOB is wrong.

we did make our lawyers aware about this but they didn't really take this seriously. anyways I have to send my passport to India so my family can get a new one issued for me. :crying: :crying: :crying:

Will I be able to send my passport by post from London to India, if yes which is the best way? and will it be a issue for my family to send me the passport back.

I hope some can help me. :help: :help:

Thanks

[Inky 1,110]

Send it with a courier service only. Like UPS, DHL, Fedex.

[xjoseyx 19]

I wouldnt feel safe posting my passport anywhere! Cant you apply for a passport through the Indian Embassy here in the UK? When I get the states, I'll need a new passport within 2 years and rather than getting my parents to apply for one at home in the UK, I'll do it through the UK Embassy in Washington DC.

[C-ma'am 684]

I wouldnt feel safe posting my passport anywhere! Cant you apply for a passport through the Indian Embassy here in the UK? When I get the states, I'll need a new passport within 2 years and rather than getting my parents to apply for one at home in the UK, I'll do it through the UK Embassy in Washington DC.

I was about to ask the same thing. Most Embassies process passports for their citizens. You should be able to go to the Embassy of India in the UK and get it done there. I believe the information you need is here http://www.hcilondon.in/passport.php

[Gosia & Tito 199]

I was about to ask the same thing. Most Embassies process passports for their citizens. You should be able to go to the Embassy of India in the UK and get it done there. I believe the information you need is here http://www.hcilondon.in/passport.php

True. but many times it can take ages for them to do it. Not necessarily their fault, but they have to interact with the issuing agency back in the home country. Too many hands, too many offices in between. If a problem comes up, you are at the mercy of a good communication framework: that is, someone needs to tell you that there is something wrong

I recall a case in which it took about 1 year, mostly because someone drop the ball and did no communicate the person needed the passport that there was a problem with the pictures and later on because there happened to be elections in that country and all agencies providing anything related to identification documents where on a 'freeze' for several months. Crazy? Yes, but each country has their own crazy bureaucracy. Just check how many things people report here about USCIS and DOS; and this is supposed to be the country of the high efficiency.

This is not a good time to save $.

[J&P! 2]

I wouldnt feel safe posting my passport anywhere! Cant you apply for a passport through the Indian Embassy here in the UK? When I get the states, I'll need a new passport within 2 years and rather than getting my parents to apply for one at home in the UK, I'll do it through the UK Embassy in Washington DC.

I wish I could do that, as its a change of DOB UK Indian embassy can not do anything I have to contact the local office in India who issued my passport. Its not a good situation to be in. in india I have to get a affidavite from a high court judge to be able to change my DOB

Moreover according to the Law in India sending passport by post passport is illegal. I am so upset.

Edited March 24, 2012 by J&P!