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<p>All passport applications from persons resident in India are submitted via one
of the visa application centres in India. The .gov.uk website sets out the expected
turnaround times for applications from individual countries. These are provided as
a guide so that the applicant is aware of the minimum period they may expect their
application to take once it has been received by HM Passport Office in the UK. Applications
from India are expected to take a minimum of 16 weeks. The time taken to process an
individual case varies depending on the circumstances of the case, whether HM Passport
Office needs to ask for further information or documents, or whether the photographs
which accompany the application are rejected.</p><p> </p>
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