My current passport was issued in 2009 at New York and I’ve to renew it soon. After completing the CKGS website, I’m facing a problem while filling up the “Government Online NRI Passport Form”.
My “Passport Printable Address” is an Indian address. However when I’m trying to fill the “District” information, it doesn’t match the district information mentioned in the passport.
The name of district in passport is ‘Hooghly’(in West bengal) , however the drop down menu suggests “Hooghly-Rural”. Note that many of the names that appear under the ‘district’ drop down menu are not really official districts.
It appears to me that these are something like “Police Districts”. Because if I choose “chandannagar” (marked in red) then it would have the police station nearest to my permanent address and where from my police verification was done when I made my first passport in 1999.
As these are very important info. and will be printed on the passport, my dilemmas are:
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Can I mention “Hooghly rural” as my district, though my current passport only “Hooghly” is mentioned.
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Do they still make a police verification from India, if the present passport is issued from new york and being renewed from new york as well?
I’m asking this because if they do so my passport will land up in a faraway ‘police district’ and would get caught in red tape and would definitely delay the process.
If I opt for “Chandannagar”, and if they do police verification, it falls under the jurisdiction of our nearest Police Station. However Chandannagar is not a district and never mentioned in my current passport
Lastly can CKGS or the New York consulate can help in this regard? Can somebody please provide the phone. no. of CKGS New York?
Thanks in advance