Originally Posted by havoc26602

Hey guys,
I went to India last week and got the verification done at the PSK in Kolkata. I'll share my experience step-wise here in case it helps.

Jul-Aug
- Applied normally on GOES
- Received email immediately from India passport authorities with the GES#
- Registered at passportindia.gov.in, paid for an appointment at PSK but did not schedule it. Entered passport, pan, voter id and aadhar card details.

I realised that appointment date cannot be chosen but they were usually giving a date about 3 days away. My travel to India was scheduled for 4 days with only 1 working day in between. So, a week before that I kept checking everyday for 29th Sep availability. It came up on the 25th and I booked it. 9.45am slot was automatically assigned.

29th Sep
9.30am
- PSK was very crowded. The process was well set but waiting time at every service step (there are 4 steps) was quite a lot.
- GEP verification is basically treated as PCC (police clearance certificate) request by the authorities. So the guys at the PSK need not have any idea about GEP, they just process a PCC request.
- Took about 2.5 hours for the whole process. They were well aware that NRIs need to be verified at their address in India and did not freak out. They gave me an acknowledgement receipt at the end.

- I went to my friendly neighborhood police station immediately after the PSK and explained my case (that I was only there for 4 days). I asked him to do the verification the same day.
- The officer checked his tablet and he had already received my details, in less than an hour!!! He listed down all docs that he'd require in original to do the verification at the station:
1. applicant's passport, voter id, aadhar card, pan card (basically all id available)
2. proof of address in India and proof of residence there for over a year. Now this is tricky because they're trying to fool themselves! They clearly know I don't stay there. I gave electricity bills which were in my mum's name (same as mentioned on my pp). They wanted 2 bills, one from a year or more ago and one current. They also required my mum's id to accept this.
3. Proof of education

I was quite impressed by how they've embraced technology. The officer took a picture of me and of every document listed above using his tablet. That was it. He seemed more worried than me to get the verification done properly, because if they leave open files for too long, they have to explain themselves (things are changing!!). He took my mobile number and asked for a good time to call in case anything else is required. He said if all goes well, they should forward their ok within 2 weeks to the passport authorities. I was done by about 2 pm.

I think things were simpler for me because I have all my documents straight, no complications as my parents have been living at the same place for quite a while and my passport has the same permanent address. In case of address changes within the last 6 months, verification has to be done at each address.

Hope this helps guys and happy to answer questions.