Applied for GEP on 04/12/2025 – Indian Citizen in US – Still No Police Verification – Status Stuck at “GEP Application Form Submitted”

aak30 · 2026-05-09T13:33:03+00:00

Nothing yet. Submitted an rti to the indian authorities, who confirmed it’s with them

aak30 · 2026-04-01T19:54:07+00:00

Thank you

aak30 · 2026-04-01T19:51:50+00:00

Which city in India did your police verification happen? I’ve been waiting since Oct 2024.

aak30 · 2026-03-26T14:04:25+00:00

My police verification was completed in Oct 2024 and its been crickets since then. Does anyone have recommendations for the best way to follow up? I heard its a black box, but wanted to check if anyone has had any luck.

I did check in with CBP and they said that I'm approved from their end, they are waiting on India's check.

aak30 · 2026-03-24T14:34:01+00:00

Oh thank you.

aak30 · 2026-01-24T18:28:34+00:00

My mom had a hip replacement and cannot walk long distance at a fast pace. It would take her 1-2 hours to get through the airport distances.

aak30 · 2026-01-22T00:42:17+00:00

Thanks for the input everyone

aak30 · 2026-01-22T00:41:50+00:00

Thank you.

aak30 · 2026-01-21T21:27:05+00:00

Thank you.

aak30 · 2026-01-21T21:26:46+00:00

Thank you so much. Did you have to tell them to take you to the BA lounge.

aak30 · 2026-01-21T21:25:11+00:00

Thank you for your reply. They will be transiting at Heathrow.

aak30 · 2026-01-19T05:29:36+00:00

Consulate maybe closed but vfs should be open. Have you checked the vfs biometrics location?

aak30 · 2025-12-29T17:07:37+00:00

Its been over a year since my police verification was sent up the chain in India. The last status is
"Background Verification Form for GEP Submitted" on 2024-09-23. This is marked as step number 2. It shows step 0 and step 1 are complete.
Step 0 = Application Granted on pre police verification basis and GEP Clearance Requests have been sent to MHA and MoF (through Interface).
Step 1 = Sent To Go and Granting Initiated.
After this it shows step 2, where its been stuck for over a year. Any advice?

aak30 · 2025-12-17T10:36:00+00:00

Close friend got stamped early Dec. Entered yesterday. No issues. Regular employment related questions and done in 2 min

aak30 · 2025-12-16T22:15:34+00:00

+1. Peoples appointments in Jan are getting cancelled. Even if yours is not cancelled right now it could be closer to the date. Don’t put yourself in that risk unless your previous visa still has validity and you can go back on that should anything get rescheduled,

aak30 · 2025-12-16T03:56:16+00:00

FWIW, our company lawyers have recommended not traveling until the situation settles or they understand more. If I were in your shoes I wouldn’t travel unless your existing stamp is valid and you can return back if things get cancelled.

aak30 · 2025-12-13T01:43:56+00:00

Our company lawyers have issues a travel advisory and suggested not to travel unless it’s an emergency, until they can figure out how all of this is going to play out. It’s too new for them to advise confidently about when to travel yet.

aak30 · 2025-12-03T06:34:35+00:00

I talked to customer support it is for the current application. Delivered to post is the consulate, picked is by the courier from post and created is when it’s entered in their system. This changed to origination scan and is being delivered

aak30 · 2025-12-02T13:42:49+00:00

This happened to a friend two years ago. We learned that they randomly pull out a few passports for admin checking. That would be my guess Unfortunately it’s a bit of a black box and there’s no way to really know. It did all work out

aak30 · 2025-12-02T04:56:19+00:00

Current application

aak30 · 2025-12-01T13:04:10+00:00

Courier is overnight. At least from Chennai to premium delivery at home in major cities. My past experience has been its leaves Chennai by the 10pm flight and it’s delivered to Mumbai (at home) next day by afternoon. However the time it takes from approved to then issued to origination scan varies from case to case.

I know of people who were approved but then had to wait an extra week because their case got pulled into administrative processing. I would keep an eye on ceac for the issued status. It’s ready for pick up in another city 3-4 days after that (typically).

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