Regarding Passport clearance certificate

[ak205 1]

Can somebody tell me how to get the Passport clearance certificate from Ahmedabad.

I m from gujarat and Ahmedabad people do not give that easily without an interview letter. Do you get an RFE if you do not submit the PCC ?

Can NVC complete the case if you do not have the PCC and if you mention them that the PCC will be submitted at the time of interview.

People who have gone through this please advice.

Thank you

[inzango 0]

Can somebody tell me how to get the Passport clearance certificate from Ahmedabad.

I m from gujarat and Ahmedabad people do not give that easily without an interview letter. Do you get an RFE if you do not submit the PCC ?

Can NVC complete the case if you do not have the PCC and if you mention them that the PCC will be submitted at the time of interview.

People who have gone through this please advice.

Thank you

Yes, in Gujarat, they give you hard time if you don't have the letter from NVC. Like they did to my wife.

You can give it a try.

Show them your NOA1, copy of I-130 and G-325 for both, your original passport and copy of your spouse's passport, copy of marriage certificate, and a letter requesting PCC for immigration process.

Below is the link of a PDF file with the Checklist for the required documents that need to be submitted to NVC. It also includes Police Certificate info. You can print it and show it with the rest of the stuff.

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/pk3_supplements/BMB-PK3-ENGL-0001-0806.pdf

NVC needs atleast one PCC to complete the file. You can always ask them if they will allow you to submit the PCC at the time of interview just becuase Gujarat Police services is giving you hard time.

In the end, when it comes to getting stuff done, you might have to spare some Rupees to get things done, if you know what I mean.

Good luck!

[ak205 1]

Thank you for your reply. So your wife could obtain the Passport clearance certificate without the NVC letter ? and if she did not submit the PCC did you get an RFE for it.

If i mention that they do not give the PCC without the interview letter would the complete the case ?

[inzango 0]

Thank you for your reply. So your wife could obtain the Passport clearance certificate without the NVC letter ? and if she did not submit the PCC did you get an RFE for it.

If i mention that they do not give the PCC without the interview letter would the complete the case ?

What happened was that my wife had to get a new Aassport because she found out that there was an error in her father's name.

Did you add your spouses name to your Passport? There's a line all the way to the end page of the Indian Passport that reads: Spouse's name.

The first time my wife went to get the PCC, they asked why husband's name was not added. And that she needed to add my name to get the PCC. Second time she went, they said they needed the letter from NVC. Third time, they took it because the officer who refused the first 2 times was on vacation and it was a woman officer. But there were holidays around that time, so tehy delayed the process. Then my wife went again to find out the status and the application wasn't even registered in the system yet. That's how the government is in Gujarat. So She asked them to register everything right there and then and then they did her background check, and asked for witnesses for residance proof. And that's how it went.

So yes, my wife was able to get the PCC without NVC letter. But she only needed Passport/Regional PCC. She didn't have to get the District/Local PCC because her Passport was not more than 6 months old.

About completing the case, it depends on NVC. If they do say that it's ok to submit the PCC at the time of interview, ask them to send you an email or something in writing.

[soza 0]

What happened was that my wife had to get a new Aassport because she found out that there was an error in her father's name.

Did you add your spouses name to your Passport? There's a line all the way to the end page of the Indian Passport that reads: Spouse's name.

The first time my wife went to get the PCC, they asked why husband's name was not added. And that she needed to add my name to get the PCC. Second time she went, they said they needed the letter from NVC. Third time, they took it because the officer who refused the first 2 times was on vacation and it was a woman officer. But there were holidays around that time, so tehy delayed the process. Then my wife went again to find out the status and the application wasn't even registered in the system yet. That's how the government is in Gujarat. So She asked them to register everything right there and then and then they did her background check, and asked for witnesses for residance proof. And that's how it went.

So yes, my wife was able to get the PCC without NVC letter. But she only needed Passport/Regional PCC. She didn't have to get the District/Local PCC because her Passport was not more than 6 months old.

About completing the case, it depends on NVC. If they do say that it's ok to submit the PCC at the time of interview, ask them to send you an email or something in writing.

My wife had similar issues with the Ahmedabad Passport office. She had to visit them 3 times before they would accept all the necessary documents. The guy working there wanted her to apply for a brand new passport with my name as spouse added so we paid Rs. 2000 via the TATKAL method (expedited sservice). We received the new passport with passport police cert attacehd within 4 business days.

Necessary documents for us were:

-NVC checklist (any damn NVC checklist should work as long as it has the barcode and the applicants name on it, we used a false RFE for the DS-230 required)

-Original marriage certificate

-Indian passport photos 2-3

-local police cert issued form her district police off.

-marriage affidavit notarized (they gave her a blank affidavit to fill out on her second visit)

I believe that is all they required but it may help to keep your PAN card, drivers license, ration card, voters card, etc. with you.

The hardest part is the dam long wait in line at the passport office. Otherwise if you have all of these docs ready then they will take them and issue you a tracking number to check the status of your new passport. I was amazed at how she received her new passport.

[ak205 1]

My wife had similar issues with the Ahmedabad Passport office. She had to visit them 3 times before they would accept all the necessary documents. The guy working there wanted her to apply for a brand new passport with my name as spouse added so we paid Rs. 2000 via the TATKAL method (expedited sservice). We received the new passport with passport police cert attacehd within 4 business days.

Necessary documents for us were:

-NVC checklist (any damn NVC checklist should work as long as it has the barcode and the applicants name on it, we used a false RFE for the DS-230 required)

-Original marriage certificate

-Indian passport photos 2-3

-local police cert issued form her district police off.

-marriage affidavit notarized (they gave her a blank affidavit to fill out on her second visit)

I believe that is all they required but it may help to keep your PAN card, drivers license, ration card, voters card, etc. with you.

The hardest part is the dam long wait in line at the passport office. Otherwise if you have all of these docs ready then they will take them and issue you a tracking number to check the status of your new passport. I was amazed at how she received her new passport.

I have used my name on the I130 forms as per my current passport, so i will not be able to change my passport like that due to the names used. Can you tell me how do you generate a false RFE ? How can i show them the NVC checklist ? Can u give a link or something for that.

Is there any way to get the passport clearance certificate without changing my passport ?

Thank you.

[soza 0]

I have used my name on the I130 forms as per my current passport, so i will not be able to change my passport like that due to the names used. Can you tell me how do you generate a false RFE ? How can i show them the NVC checklist ? Can u give a link or something for that.

Is there any way to get the passport clearance certificate without changing my passport ?

Thank you.

This fourm discussion will help you understand the flase RFE many people get: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/217497-what-is-the-false-rfe-at-ds230/

As far as changing names my wife simply had to add my name under "Name of Spouse" on the last page of her Indian passport. Everything else remained the same. Yes you can apply for just the PCC at Ahmedabad with the NVC checklist and the other docs I mentioned above. FOr some reason I still dont understand the representative helping my wife at the time wanted her to apply for a brand new passport. Maybe he wanted the Rs. 2000! Anyone who went thru Ahmedabad passport office please let us know if you were allowed to get just the PCC or had to apply for a brand new passport?

Thsnks