Return of Passports

Once we receive your passport from the High Commission or Consulate General, we can arrange for it to be sent in a Special Delivery Envelope (SDE) by Royal Mail (optional service) to your home/office address at a nominal charge of £7.40. Please remember maximum two processed passports shall be returned in one envelope. You are requested to pay the charges for the same along with the visa fees and VFS service charges.

If you are sending your application by post, we can also arrange for postal return in a SDE, at a nominal charge of £7.40 per envelope. Please remember maximum two processed passports shall be returned in one envelope. Please make sure the pay order you send along with your postal application includes the charges for postal return as well.

Processed passports should be collected from the India Visa Application Center where it was submitted.

Applicants who want to collect their passports at the India Visa Application Center will need to produce original and a photocopy of receipt issued at the application center at the time of submission.

Note: All applicants are personally responsible for their receipts. Delivery of passport would be done to the bearer of the original receipt. Hence you are strongly advised to report any loss or theft of receipt immediately to the India Visa Application Center where you submitted your application.

Please remember to verify visa particulars when you receive the passports.

1. 1300 hours - 1630 hours- at the Visa Application Centers