Got the passport !

Finally, after almost 38 days got the passport for my daughter.
So we applied on 21-Jun-2006 and we got it on 29-Jul-2006.
But this is by no means an yardstick.

The actual duration would also depend on various other factors.
Some of which even I am not completely aware of.
My friend who applied on the same day for his daughter a few minutes after me,
had got the passport on 18-Jul-2006. That is within one month duration.

And when I checked the passport status website on that day, the status was showing that there has been a delay and passport will be despatched as soon as possible.

So basically, if all documents are in order, average despatch time for a passport is around one month.

I had already posted the Date Format inconsistency of the Passport website.

Now, I checked it 4 days after receiving the passport. The status still shows, that there has been a delay and passport will be despatched in another one week.

So the status page is not updated that promptly too.

Anyways that ends the Passport saga. :-)