Originally Posted by
Dev Lall
This is from the CBP site. As you can see above 6 July. Treaty was signed & ratified end June. Announcement was made 30th June. I was trying every single day thereon to upload docs. Post uploading & the 4 day wait for it to go live on the Indian system the earliest appointment I got was at the Herald House Kendra.....
Either way some might have lucked out earlier days & gotten it there but in the end we all sitting in the same boat today wondering where is the finish line
it was
last published on 6th july....it was
earlier published a week prior to that....if there is an update made to the text above then the date will change again....obviously that doesn't mean that the date of launch will change to that date....the reason it was
last published on the 6th is because that is when the cbp realised india had put in a stupid requirement to have all indians living abroad return to india for their police verification....the following text was added on the 6th of july to the page you have referenced:
- After completion of step ‘1’ applicants need to submit the requisite information, along with the applicable fee of ₹500, in the Passport Seva Portal, www.passportindia.gov.in for their background check in India. In addition to this, all Indian applicants must schedule an in-person interview at the respective Passport Seva Kendra/Passport Seva Laghu Kendra (PSK/PSLK) office as per their residential jurisdiction in India (as per the address furnished online). During the interview, Indian citizens will have their fingerprints and photo captured and complete other formalities. A visit to the PSK/PSLK is based on prior appointment only.
- If the applicant is not presently living in India, it is recommended that they apply for Global Entry prior to their next trip to India so that the appointment at the PSK/PSLK office can be completed during their visit.
no one lucked out before that date....they opened applications for everyone on the 28th of june....there are multiple reports of people applying well before the 6th of july in this thread & the following thread:
Global Entry for Citizens of India
read the following post from the above mentioned thread that clearly outlines the fact that refunds were even offered to those who applied before 6th july:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28541897-post19.html
we are all sitting in the same boat because of the incompetence of the indian government to handle this properly....but it doesn't change the initial application date in any way....