India writes to UN seeking immunity for Devyani Khobragade

Mukerji said the papers are being processed and the UN has to send Khobragade's documents to the US Office of Foreign Missions, which is part of the US State Department protocol for clearance.

Mukerji also met Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Jan Eliasson and explained to him the request that India has made regarding Khobragade.

"The UN is fully aware of it. From our side all documents have gone, the State department will have to respond to the UN documents. Now it is between the UN and the US State Department," he said.

"That is where things are right now," he said, adding that submission of the papers result in the issuance of an id card.

In Khobragade's case, since she is a diplomat in the rank of a counsellor, "we expect to get a diplomatic id card from the US State Department".

Khobragade was arrested on December 12 and released on USD 250,000 bond after being charged with visa fraud and for submitting false documents to obtain a visa for her domestic help Sangeeta Richard.

She would get UN immunity once she starts working at the UN for whatever she does in the UN.