Thanks vivek ...I will see if I can get my passport renewed in India first as my parents have got their passport renewed without any hassel so no harm in giving it a shot else I can come back and renew my passport in Canada . :-) some of my other friends also got it renwed in india as well and had no issues,infact thy got their new passport within one week but still out of curiosity wanna know what complications could arise on renewal of passport ?and how the system is messed up ?...