Scenario: parents' Canadian visitor visa approved, but they fly to the US six days later — is 5 days enough for stamping in India, and can stamping be done from the US instead?
What group members shared:- Standard stamping in India was taking ~13 days (example given: Delhi submission for an Amritsar applicant), so a 5-day window is genuinely risky for the normal channel.
- Ask the VAC about expedited/tatkaal-style processing. One member suggested the faster paid option, noting the stamping itself can then be done quickly — confirm the extra cost and availability with the visa application centre.
- Travel to the US on an existing US visa is unaffected — the Canadian stamping question only matters for when they actually enter Canada.
The thread's other questions — whether stamping can be completed from inside the US, and whether the passport-request letter expires — went unanswered; check IRCC/VFS guidance directly for those.
The practical takeaway: if your travel window is under two weeks, don't rely on standard passport-submission timelines — ask the VAC about the fastest submission option immediately, or plan to submit the passport after returning.