An applicant's Indian PCC came back 'not clear' because a handler at the police station miscommunicated the address; BLS refused a fresh application while the first was pending, Sampark queries went unanswered, and an ITA deadline loomed. The thread's advice:
- Go to the police station, not the agencies. A member who went through the same thing said the officer at the local police station has the authority to clear the PCC in case of a misunderstanding — they amend it and the status changes to 'clear'. You (or a family member) should explain the situation there directly rather than filing new applications.
- If the station says the file has gone back to the embassy, the escalation path is to get the embassy/consulate to return the file to the same police station for re-verification — which is why members advised against abandoning the original application and starting over.
- Applying from Canada with no one at your Indian address: a member who did this successfully advised contacting the police station named in your application, providing identity documents, and explaining nobody lives at the passport address. Police completed verification via neighbours and kept the applicant informed.
- Practical takeaway: the local police station is the actor with real authority in Indian PCC verification — engage them early and in person (or via family) when anything goes wrong.