Forty-five-year-old American national Van Buren Green of New York left for Jamaica to obtain passport for her new-born baby born to surrogate mother.
She admitted the child at Rama's Institute for Fertility, Ameerpet, till she secured passport to the child. Ms. Green and her Jamaican husband decided to have a baby through a surrogate mother in the capital and approached the institute. In December last, a 30-year-old surrogate mother delivered a baby boy and Ms. Green flew down to the city to take custody of the baby. Recently, Ms. Green went to the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) in Begumpet to obtain a passport for the baby. As per PSK officials' advice, she applied for a passport at the Regional Passport Office (RPO). On January 25, Ms. Green again went to the RPO to enquire about the status of the infant's passport. Miffed over the response of RPO staff, she abandoned the child at the office and left the premises. Officials later pacified her and handed over the baby. She went to New Delhi to seek more details from senior officials about the issue. “As there is no Jamaica consulate in New Delhi, she left to her husband's native place to get passport for the infant. She will come back to take her child,” said Institute Chairman P.S.N. Prasad.
