Passport Issue | Catch 22 situation !

@honest1 my last passport renewal verification happened after 2 months 15 days in Mumbai. I visited my nearest police station once to try to understand the matter. It seems big cities like Mumbai, they are really chock a block with passport verification. An officer does only a few a day when they are not busy with actual police work. Some police stations take a very long time. Next time, I will do tatkal also.

  1. Should I wait for the current police verification to complete? - Yes.
  2. Should I apply for my child’s passport with the old address? - Wait till your passport is verified. After that apply for your kid
  3. Should I inform the passport authorities about the upcoming address change, or will that cause further delays? - No. 1st get your passport and then you are sorted for 10 years.
 
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Thank you so much guys!
Have considered all your suggestions and went yesterday to the police station again telling that its been already 2 + months now. He gave me number of the constable who is probably going to visit and asked me to call him. So calling him today/tomorrow for the visit.
I am sure, have to give some money but lets see !
Will keep you posted.

Also, holding up my kids passport application till my passports are clear.
 
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Glad that we never paid a penny to cops or any agents to get the job done!
Hopefully he should be noble enough to do his job and FO without chai pani bribe as its their job they are appointed for it and govt. already pays them.
 
nRiTeCh said:
Glad that we never paid a penny to cops or any agents to get the job done!
Hopefully he should be noble enough to do his job and FO without chai pani bribe as its their job they are appointed for it and govt. already pays them.
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Even I have not paid till now but since this situation is a bit tricky, hence have to do it!
In fact, when I got my first passport, I went through lot of struggle due to name change, address change and other issues, but I did it myself only.
 
solo_wing said:
300 should be sufficient but 500 and above is what they are generally looking for .
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When State Police came for verification for my wife's job in 2013 for DAE he plainly asked for Rs.500 & drank tea and left. This guy did not even asked for any identification at all.
While IB from Central Police came for verification he did not even sit but asked for all identification papers & did not even drink tea when we offered and finally when we were hesitatingly mumbled whether he needs any rishwat he became very angry and said that govt pays him salary and if we say anything more he will report it back to the headquarters.
Then only we noticed the clear cut difference state & central depts.
 
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bssunilreddy said:
when we were hesitatingly mumbled whether he needs any rishwat he became very angry and said that govt pays him salary and if we say anything more he will report it back to the headquarters.
Then only we noticed the clear cut difference state & central depts.
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Thats what I pointed out they aren't doing any favors to anyone, govt. has appointed them and its their duty to do their jobs and they are paid for it.
This bribery thing came in due to certain people who want to get off their dirty messy businesses. Not all of them are like that but majority. And also the typical Indian mentality that one who holds a passport is a rich person going abroad which makes them ask for even more.
 
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