OCI process

[karisheth]

Contacted the BLS today for my daughter who is 4 months old for her OCI Card. She never had an Indian Passport. Both of her Parents have Indian Passport:

Got to know that the Fees have been revised and are as follows:

The Consulate General of India - Toronto $345
BLS International Services Canada Inc $7.4

The Documents needed are:

1. OCI Application(ON PAGE 2 OF APPLICATION, SIGN OF BOTH PARENTS AND THUMB OFF BABY)
2. 2 Photo
3. Canadian passport Yumna (Copy)
4. Indian Parent Passport(Both, Copy )
5. COPR(Landing Papers of both parents) (Copy)
6. Birth Certificate(Copy)
7. PR Cards(Copy)
8. Marriage Certificate(Copy)
9. No Objection Letter
10. Address Proof of one parent (Copy)

hi, quick question- Do we have to send original passport of baby as well or just copy? I have pr cards but i am missing my copr. is that ok or is that a problem?

 

[intensecool]

Pick up time is 3pm to 4. 30 pm right. Do you know which unit # we have to go!. Thank you

Pickup at 40 and yes the time is 3-4:30pm.

 

[User184]

Pickup at 40 and yes the time is 3-4:30pm.

You are awesome. Thank you

 

[MTLasalle]

@Here guys, i applied OCI cards for my and my daughter. Both applications are showing “
(Counter Delivery to BLS Center after OCI stamping). my application also show a tracking ID and there is no tracking Id on my daughters application OCI status. I did not took courier service, I am suppose to pick up the cards from BLS office. Any idea what this tracking ID is for? Why there is no tracking on my daughters OCI application status?

 

[DEEP2022]

Hi,

In absence of your Sponsor's documents, you can apply for Canadian Refugee Board's letter stating that you have never applied for refugee status in Canada. And if you have applied for refugee status in Canada then forget about OCI. Download and submit the form from link below.
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/contact/Pages/AtipAiprp.aspx

I hope it helps.

How about entry visa or visit visa if you have applied for refugee status in Canada?

 

[MPC]

Walk In OCI application Brampton
Date Of Acknowledgment 09-SEP-2022
TORONTO
PROCESSED on 30-SEP-2022
Dispatched From NEW DELHI
MEA (OCI) On 30-SEP-2022
Document received At TORONTO On 30-SEP 2022

 

[mannroit]

Walk In OCI application Brampton
Date Of Acknowledgment 09-SEP-2022
TORONTO
PROCESSED on 30-SEP-2022
Dispatched From NEW DELHI
MEA (OCI) On 30-SEP-2022
Document received At TORONTO On 30-SEP 2022

Hi, when did you apply at BLS?

 

[User184]

Walk In OCI application Brampton
Date Of Acknowledgment 09-SEP-2022
TORONTO
PROCESSED on 30-SEP-2022
Dispatched From NEW DELHI
MEA (OCI) On 30-SEP-2022
Document received At TORONTO On 30-SEP 2022

My daughters OCI also same status. I did postal application on August 16th.

 

[michelangelo88]

I live in Toronto. Can I submit my OCI application at BLS Ottawa if I have an appointment there? (I happen to be close by around that date)
I haven’t seen a single slot open up at BLS Toronto or Brampton over the past few weeks whenever I’ve checked. Walking in isn’t feasible at the moment

Also what is the OCI fees, $345 or $425? Can it be paid by certified cheque or is it bank draft only?

 

[MPC]

Hi, when did you apply at BLS?

August 23

 

[PMV]

Hi everyone, anyone got a clue if we can apply for surrender certificate + OCI on the same day at BLS Brampton? I live in India now so want to head back next month. Figured its better to do the OCI from here. Any info would be helpful! Thanks

 

[saumit12]

Hello all,
i am in the middle of document upload for OCI. And its asking me for spouse OCI, Relationship Certificate, PIO Card, and Indian Visa, which i don't have ? are all these documents mandatory?
Kindly let me know.
thanks
Sam

 

[harrynode]

Help a brother


A quick rundown of my timeline

- Applied for Canadian Citizenship in Nov 2020

- Booked flights tickets in Feb 2022 (Travel date December 1st), 2022. Brother's wedding tentative sometime in December.

- Citizenship granted in April 2022 (yes it took 15 months)

- Citizenship certificate arrived after 35 days

- Started researching about OCI and Passport surrender process in May 2022 (travel date 6 months away at this point).

- Friends said OCI and passport surrender applications are to be submitted together (and Canadian passport is REQUIRED). That's how they did (I don't blame them).

- Applied for Canadian passport on 5 June 2022 (that's the earliest appointment I could find in anticipation of Citizenship certificate).

- Passports (spouse's and mine) arrived on 26 September 2022 (still waiting for daughter's passport).

It looks like OCI and passport surrender applications are no longer accepted (together). As of today, I don't see any October appointments on BLS either (earliest is Nov 10, 2022).

What do you guys think I should do now?

My thoughts are:

- Submit passport surrender application immediately via mail (for all 3 of us).
- Apply for Indian Entry visa via mail (declare both Canadian and Indian passports once daughter's passport arrives). BTW, there's no reference about passport surrender on Visa form. Am I missing something?
- Pray that Indian Government will approve it.

 

[User184]

Hello all,
i am in the middle of document upload for OCI. And its asking me for spouse OCI, Relationship Certificate, PIO Card, and Indian Visa, which i don't have ? are all these documents mandatory?
Kindly let me know.
thanks
Sam

I think I uploaded
relationship certificate : marriage certificate
Indin visa:copr
When you click on it will show you the options. All the best.

 

[Prez2015]

Hi everyone, anyone got a clue if we can apply for surrender certificate + OCI on the same day at BLS Brampton? I live in India now so want to head back next month. Figured its better to do the OCI from here. Any info would be helpful! Thanks

For OCI, Surrender certificate is mandatory so you won't be able to submit applications for surrender certificate and OCI on the same day, sequence is apply for OCI
1. surrender certificate (canadian passport is not mandatory,just a letter mentioning you don't have canadian passport, just citizenship certificate is enough)
2. Canadian Passport (if not already applied)
3. OCI ( with Canadian passport + surrender certificate)