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U**Hi everyone,**
I had my passport appointment in February, and my police verification was scheduled for the 17th-18th. The officer told me that my documents needed to be sent to my birthplace, and he said my passport would be ready in 15 days. But now it’s been over 16 days, and the verification hasn’t even been done.
My uncle told me I should give them money because otherwise, they’ll just keep delaying it. But I was against bribing anyone. And now, here I am, stuck.
I called the officer who attended me that day. He picked up once, recognized me, said *haan bhai*, and immediately cut the call. After that, I tried calling him multiple times at different times, but he just wouldn’t pick up. Finally, when he did, he just said, *Ab mat karna call, verification ko 2-2.5 mahine lagenge. Tera vahin hoga abh verification.*
What is this, man? Is this what you get for refusing to be part of corruption?
Has anyone faced this before? What should I do next? Who can I escalate this to? Any help would be really appreciated.
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DUsually people give some sort of bribe to get such processes expedited. However if you are hell bent on not paying, you can try visiting the station. I once heard of a case where the person secretly recorded the official demanding bribe and later applied leverage to get his job done but this can be potentially dangerous.
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ACorrect me if I’m wrong but passport delivery is independent of police verification now.
Got mine done last year. Police verification happened later. Was informed that I will face an issue travelling internationally only if police verification comes up with a negative review.
Other than that, once your form goes to police, they have a TAT to process your documents and it is all system driven. They cannot hold back your application for too long.
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UPolice verification usually happens after 4-5 days of the initial visit at the PSK.
How long did it take you to get your passport?
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RHi u/higharistocrat, can you tell me the whole process for Tatkal? Currently, I am staying in PG in Bangalore. Will I need to be present in my hometown?
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WIn which state are you facing this issue??
My experience in police verification was damn smooth, the police guy used to call me and requested me to come to police station which I didn’t go in the first instance as I was out of station, so they transferred it to near by station and that police guy again called me up and said please dnt delay we can’t hold the passport files, please come to station.. the first station allocated was 4kms from my house and the second station was 2kms.
No1 asked me any thing when I went to station.
They took my documents and asked basic questions. It was just 10min work.
Passport was delivered within 5 days..If police verification is a stopper for you guys I guess you can raise the complaint in passport seva..
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SThey have to update the problem in verification in a given time frame now, they cannot delay it without any reason being cited, so track your application status for what is being cited. Do not pay bribe.
For escalation,
Contact the Superintendent of Police (SP) in your district. Provide your application details and the officer’s unresponsiveness.
Also, Register at pgportal.gov.in for central tracking.
File a written complaint at the local police station, citing the delay and lack of cooperation.(only if you want to go this route, in case of persistent non corporation)
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UDone same thing and the guy comes behind me begging not to make a complaint. It is for my lost passport though
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SExactly, these scumbags loose all power once you start not giving in to their hollow threats. They prey on people who do not know law or their legal right. Once you start following the legal escalation route, they come behind you begging for forgiveness with their tails between their legs.
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UThere is a status page where you can check the status of police verification. He put some bs there saying i was not there when he comes for visit. I live in a gated community and we have cctv footage to show otherwise. He came to my home, I showed him all the proofs necessary. I had a video of that from cctv I installed in my living room with audio him saying everything is fine and he need something for his happiness. I outright refused and said I don’t pay bribe. So he said OK and just left. When I complained it to the SP, I have given this video as proof.
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QFor your last point, do we need to file a written complaint in the same police station the officer works?
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SYou can. But if you are afraid of retaliation or bias you can approach higher ups. If still in doubt of bias, you can file your complaint at Police Complaint Authority (PCA) .
To know more what PCA is our how to complaint against police officer,
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UHello. I lodged a grievance at pgportal. I selected External Affairs, and then Passport.
My case was disposed of within an hour of filing the grievance. And the officer asked me to make complaints at the SSP/SP office. Should I have selected police affairs in the grievance?
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U“This is to inform you that your police verification report is adverse. Assign an appointment at RPO office for further clarification. For complaints regarding police, reach out to the SSP/SP office.”
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UI did not contact him. I was actually going to the SP office tomorrow morning, and I lodged the grievance today.
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RPay him, move on.
Choose your battle wisely. This is an unfixable problem. The money goes from bottom to top. If you want to learn it the hard way, then do what high on hormones but low on experience people are suggesting to take the complain route.
Side note. Have written to PMO regarding my passport, struggled for 8 months, spoke to top people in secretariate, meeting with MLA, outcome -> more delays. Solution: asked the same local police show me the way -> Gandhiji
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QCan you document your entire process from the start, would be very helpful for someone if they want to take it forward, learn from your mistakes and maybe get a better outcome.
A separate post would be great
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NBro the country runs on corruption, you want to do anything get ready to bribe. Without it nothing is done in the country, no matter how much we think we can avoid it but we can’t, and we can’t mess up our mental health/life and put up corruption charges on the person because they’re just given paid leave for sometime, until they’re reinstated and come to haunt you back in someway or other.
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AFacing the same issue.
Psk Visit – 6/11/24
First call with the police guy – 6/12/24Police verification happened on – 22nd January 2025
Passport status still stuck on – Pending for physical police verification at ******* Police Station, Kolkata
When calling the guy he says wait 2-2.5 Months
And guess what, I even paid fucking 600 rupees bribe. No issue in documents.
Mailed to RpO , got a generic response, no response from police station.
If there is any lawyer here, please help me file a RTI or guide me how can I get this done
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LThe police get about 3 weeks to complete the verification process. Post which your details are shared with CID for verification. Has it been 3 weeks ?
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CSee man this is a extremely unfortunate reality we have to live with……no point wasting your time changing the system and given the direction our nation is headed now, there is no hope…..its best you dont waste time and energy eventually you will have to pay mind as well do it timely.
Appoint some consultant and pay them if you want as a service fee to get this done but best not to waste time.
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AOp i have deal with this night mare back in 2024. They first asked me 3k but i had denied and i had to follow the long with nothing but harrasment, i complained to SP had to visit their office several times and they also sent adversed report 2 times so i have to visit RPO around 5-6 time in total and after a year i litterly had to pay a higher ranked local ps officer by also by political contact and in total i spent around more than 20k(including rpo travel costs etc). Had to bribe the sp clerance officer too lmao😂
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