Processing Time For PCC And Status Enquiry

Processing Time:

Processing time for Surrender of Indian Passport is approx. 90 days after receipt of complete documents at CGI Auckland either by courier or submitted in person over the reception.

The processing times mentioned above are indicative only. The above processing time is for the clear-cut cases, whose clearance has been received from competent authorities

Processing time for cases involving retention of Indian Passport beyond 3 Years after acquiring foreign citizenship and/or travel on Indian Passport after acquiring foreign citizenship cannot be prescribed. These cases would be processed consequent upon following due procedures and are subject to approval from the competent authorities.

Status Enquiry

Please note that no separate acknowledgement email is sent for the applications delivered at CGI Auckland via courier or submitted in person over the reception.

No telephonic/e-mail queries regarding receipt or status of applications will be entertained before the time frame limit indicated for processing of the applications.

All the applicants are advised to track their courier bag to check the delivery date of their documents at CGI Auckland and wait for 30 days for the initial processing of the application.

To track the online status of your application for Surrender/Cancellation of your Indian Passport, please click on the given link https://mportal.passportindia.gov.in/mission/TrackApplication and log in with your Registration ID and Password which was used to submit your online application form for Surrender of Indian Passport, to understand the status of your Surrender application better, please read the information given in the below table:

Sr. No.	ONLINE STAUS shown in the PSP Portal for Surrender of Indian Passport	The real-time status, indicative time frame and next steps (Total Time Frame: approx. 90 days from the date of receipt of complete applications)
1.	Surrender Application form has been submitted.	Applicant has submitted the online application. All the applications received at CGI Auckland by courier or in person, are checked and entered in the system for further processing. The online Status will be changed in first 30 days after delivery of your complete documents at CGI Auckland. If the application is received incomplete, you may receive an email in first 30 days to send remaining documents or your documents may be returned in first 30 days. The time frame is counted only from the date, the complete/remaining documents are received.
2	Surrender application is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate.	All the checks for your application and documents have been made, your Surrender application have been assigned to an Official and online processing have been started. The applications for Surrender of Indian Passport and applications
3	Surrender application is granted.	The application has been granted, the Surrender Certificate is ready for print.
4	Surrender Certificate is Printed.	The Surrender Certificate has been issued and would be e-mailed on mail ID provided in the application form. The applicants who have requested for the collection of their documents in person, will receive the email for collection in next 5-7 days after this status. If no email is received by the applicant from this status, they can come to collect their cancelled passports in person after 7 days.