Indian Police check as foreign national rejected at NVC processing

[karranjeetsingh 2]

Hi

I was an Indian citizen but I surrendered my Indian citizenship and got Australian citizenship now. My wife is a US citizen. She applied my partner visa. Now the process is at NVC. I uploaded all the required documents along with Indian Police check. Today I got a mail from NVC about rejection of my Indian PCC. When I checked in document finder tab it says that PCC must have a photograph but the one which I got from Indian authority doesn't have. I called the issuing authority and they said we don't attach photographs on PCC as foreign national. Please advise me what should I do? If someone else went through this please reply.

Thank you 

[Chancy 6,241]

21 hours ago, karranjeetsingh said:

I was an Indian citizen but I surrendered my Indian citizenship and got Australian citizenship now.

 

Are you still residing in India?  If not, upload a letter to CEAC, stating that the expected format for Indian police certificates is not available for foreign nationals not residing in India.  Include a screenshot of the DOS Reciprocity page for India, highlighting this line from https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/India.html -- "Police certificates are only available for Indian nationals and non-Indian nationals currently living in India. Indian police certificates are not available for foreign (non-Indian) nationals applying outside India."

 

[karranjeetsingh 2]

On 11/18/2023 at 7:13 AM, Chancy said:

 

Are you still residing in India?  If not, upload a letter to CEAC, stating that the expected format for Indian police certificates is not available for foreign nationals not residing in India.  Include a screenshot of the DOS Reciprocity page for India, highlighting this line from https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/India.html -- "Police certificates are only available for Indian nationals and non-Indian nationals currently living in India. Indian police certificates are not available for foreign (non-Indian) nationals applying outside India."

 

Thank you so much for the advise. I wrote an explanation letter to NVC and also attached my Indian passport surrender certificate. My case is documentarily qualified. Now just waiting for interview. Thank you again. 

[n.samuraibear 20]

On 12/1/2023 at 9:34 AM, karranjeetsingh said:

Thank you so much for the advise. I wrote an explanation letter to NVC and also attached my Indian passport surrender certificate. My case is documentarily qualified. Now just waiting for interview. Thank you again. 

Hi, how did you upload the explanation letter? In Additional Documents? Or in the comments while uploading the document?

[karranjeetsingh 2]

2 hours ago, n.samuraibear said:

Hi, how did you upload the explanation letter? In Additional Documents? Or in the comments while uploading the document?

Hi

I uploaded the surrender certificate and explanation letter in additional documents section. And also uploaded the same PCC in the given section but added a comment stating the same in brief what was written in explanation letter.