I thought life is better on the other side of the fence in Australia apart from our racial attacks….

You should have gone for additional booklet instead of applying for renewal. You should have insisted on this giving the fact that you have to travel immediately. If it is not too late then you can try for additional booklet.

Indian Passport Renewal is like getting a new Passport from scratch and hence delay. If you get all cleared then you might be lucky. In worst case scenario is something is missed it will get fucked.

Tatkal scheme exists, these crooks don’t show it and let other know. I’m sure that there is not such thing as Tatkal is not applicable for High Commission of India at Melbourne?? If it is rule then it will be for all High commissions isn’t it?

I hope you will sort out troubles buddy, I’m not aware of Australia so can’t comment about anything. Hope those IFS donkeys in Melbourne are not as Donkey as their counterparts in London.

Such fantasies exist only in day dreams so keep dreaming.

In reality this is simply impossible or may be you are just the luckiest fella on earth, luckier than the one who hits Jackpot on UK National Lottery.

Well you have more chances of winning UK national lottery than getting your Indian passport renewed in time.

I posted all documents with my original passport on 7th May by royal mail and they received on 9th May 2011.
SLA for processing passport is 2-3 weeks as per HCI London web site.
And exactly I got passport renewed on 28th May 2011 (exactly after 3 weeks).

By mistake I had sent postal order of 29 pound as fee and 2 pound as surcharge.
But they wanted 27 pound + 2 pound as surcharge.
So they returned me 2 pound postal order as well.

I had sent them one covering letter like below.
In all I was lucky and had very nice experience.

Date:- 07th May 2011

To,
The High Commission of India,
Aldwych,
London WC2B 4NA,
UK.

Re:- Issue of new passport as present passport is getting expired on DDMMYYYY.

Dear Sir/Madam,
My present passport was issued on DDMMYY in Mumbai for validity of 10 years. I am presently in UK on work permit visa (Visa # XX). I need to get the new passport as it is expiring soon. I have attached below documents with the application form. Also I would be returning India next year so request you to print my India address on passport.
Revert in case you need further information and request you to kindly issue the passport.

Thanking You

Phone – XX
Landline – XX
Email –

Documents attached:
1. Application form
2. 4 passport sized photograph of size 35 mm X 45 mm
3. My Original passport with self attested photocopy of all pages (except blank pages)
4. My wife’s passport with self attested photocopy of all pages (except blank pages)
5. Original marriage certificate and oneself attested photocopy
6. Original council tax bill (for address proof) and oneself attested photocopy
7. Self addressed special delivery envelop with postage pre paid
8. Crossed postal order # XX of £29 (application fee for 36 page booklet) in favour of HCI, London
9. Crossed postal order # XX of £2 (as consulate surcharge) in favour of HCI, London

P.S.: Please kindly return all excess documents and original

Any progress?? Sorry to trouble you! I have applied for a passport renewal and I am very troubled at this point.

Is it possible to have a court case and not know about it? I have never been arrested or charged – ever. So, is it possible that I could get an ADVERSE notification too.

–abhijith

Also, did your passport had some annotations on it? Was it initially issued with a tatkal scheme?