Renunciation Procedure using VFS

[ramakrishnahari]

Question on address proof and mailing address for Renunciation certificate
Looking to apply for Renunciation certficate while applicant is temporarily residing out of state.
Should the application be made at the same area of jurisdiction as temporary residence ?
The permanent residence address of applicant is in a different area of jurisdiction (NY)
Notarized affidavit is allowed as proof of address as per the cheat sheet given from VFS ?
Look forward to some insights.

[mrsjp2012]

I received "ON HOLD" on my renunication application. It says below

Please reprint Surrender online application form (the top must show New York Consulate General of India heading). Consulate will not accept application without showing the correct Jurisdiction office.

I see the header "New York Consulate General" is not there on my form for some reason but it is there on my spouse's form. It seems like a system issue as even I try to download again it is still not there. Any face such issue and know how to resolve it ?

[delchicago1]

Does anyone have a user friendly list of documents for Indian Passport Renunciation.
Specifically - for US passport - they need copy of Information page and LAST TWO amendment pages - per website this is page 22,23,24 from 24 page passport and 25,26,27 from 28 page passport. My passport has 52 pages. I am really not sure 1. which are the amendment pages to copy - would it be 55,56,57,58 in my case ?

[delchicago1]

Also wanted ot ask - on the Checklist to be included with the renunciation application - which passport number should we enter - Indian passport / foreign passport ?

[Donald_Trump]

For renunciation purpose, Indian passport number is the relevant passport number so use that unless asked for foreign passport number.

For US passport copy, if you have the standard passport, then they require copy of the photo page and then last 2 pages which are endorsement pages.

Also wanted ot ask - on the Checklist to be included with the renunciation application - which passport number should we enter - Indian passport / foreign passport ?

[cmuju1982]

Hi all, happy to find this thread. I have applied for renunciation for my husband. I have pre-paid the back-and-forth Fedex labels for SFO (already charged to my credit card), but when I try to "download courier labels" on VFS, no matter whether I enter his India or US passport number, I get "no records found".Has anyone else experienced this? Honestly, I'm at my wit's end, and will happily pay for my own label if I can just get this application submitted. Time is of the essence. Thanks for your help!

[bloxer]

Hi all, happy to find this thread. I have applied for renunciation for my husband. I have pre-paid the back-and-forth Fedex labels for SFO (already charged to my credit card), but when I try to "download courier labels" on VFS, no matter whether I enter his India or US passport number, I get "no records found".Has anyone else experienced this? Honestly, I'm at my wit's end, and will happily pay for my own label if I can just get this application submitted. Time is of the essence. Thanks for your help!

You should have received an email from VFS after you completed the forms, which includes application confirmation letter and renunciation cert form. In the app confirmation letter, there is passport number and ARN, use that to find your label. If you did not recv any email then the application process is likely not complete. To find incomplete application, click on "Retrieve Incomplete Application".

If you are entering correct info, try first retrieving application by clicking on "Email Confirmation Letter".

Also inside application confirmation letter, you can verify if round trip courier was marked paid.

If you have already done all of above with no success, I would recommend calling VFS.

[we-shall-overcome]

Hi All - Anyone else having delays at SFO. My renunciation application has been at the embassy for almost 4 weeks now. It took VFS 3+weeks to send to Embassy so total of nearly 7 weeks now. no update yet

[bloxer]

Hi All - Anyone else having delays at SFO. My renunciation application has been at the embassy for almost 4 weeks now. It took VFS 3+weeks to send to Embassy so total of nearly 7 weeks now. no update yet

For me, VFS took 3 wk, it is waiting at embassy for 3+ wks now.....embassy says ~30 days processing time, so i am just gonna wait for 30 full days and then blast emails to them.

[we-shall-overcome]

For me, VFS took 3 wk, it is waiting at embassy for 3+ wks now.....embassy says ~30 days processing time, so i am just gonna wait for 30 full days and then blast emails to them.

Its 4 weeks today at embassy for me. Total 7+ weeks since I sent to VFS SFO........not sure whats going on

[bloxer]

SFO Renunciation update:

03/12/2021 - Sent physical
03/15/2021 - Received fedex
03/16/2021 - VFS recv ack (Email)
04/01/2021 - VFS under process (Email)
04/01/2021 - VFS processing done, ready to send to Mission (2 hours later SMS)
04/02/2021 - Sent to mission
04/05/2021 - In-process at Embassy
04/28/2021 - Processed at Embassy, In-transit to VFS
04/28/2021 - Ready to dispatch from VFS
04/28/2021 - Dispatched
04/29/2021 - Received

Done with renunciation, on to OCI.

[we-shall-overcome]

SFO Renunciation update:

03/12/2021 - Sent physical
03/15/2021 - Received fedex
03/16/2021 - VFS recv ack (Email)
04/01/2021 - VFS under process (Email)
04/01/2021 - VFS processing done, ready to send to Mission (2 hours later SMS)
04/02/2021 - Sent to mission
04/05/2021 - In-process at Embassy
04/28/2021 - Processed at Embassy, In-transit to VFS
04/28/2021 - Ready to dispatch from VFS

I also got the notification few minutes back that its ready for dispatch. Total process took almost 8 weeks

[we-shall-overcome]

Applying for new OCI to send to VFS SFO. The checklist no longer mentions to send original US passport. Only mentions to include self-attested copy. So we no longer need to send original US passport but send self attested copy of it only?

[arkaa]

Applying for new OCI to send to VFS SFO. The checklist no longer mentions to send original US passport. Only mentions to include self-attested copy. So we no longer need to send original US passport but send self attested copy of it only?

Yes, no need to send in the original US passport - that's a relief.

[bloxer]

Any one applied for renunciation recently (Apr 2nd half/May) at SFO? Trying to understand how long is VFS taking before forwarding the docs to Embassy, it used to take 3 weeks in March.