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25 hrs from Passport renewal application submission to Police Verification visit. Is this some kind of record?

Citizen's Report

My passport had expired 3+ years ago so Police Verification was mandatory upon renewal.

Yesterday around this time I was sitting at the Passport Seva Kendra going from one counter to the next. And just some time back got a call from my local Police Station regarding a house call for the verification.

He arrived, spent a couple of minutes asking basic questions and looking at my ID, and collected copies of the same docs I'd shown at PSK yesterday. As he was leaving my dad handed him a pen (we had donated some 2.4k+ pens to govt. school kids a couple of years ago. We had 100+ left over, most of which we gave to Broseph, still had a dozen or so at home). But he still asked if I had to pay any "fees." I just shook my head and said no. He said the file will be forwarded to the Passport Office within a week and left.

So all in all about 25 hours from applying to verification visit! Even I'm surprised by their speed. Or was it this fast since it was a renewal at the same address?

Posted Jul 8, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC

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