Thank you! I definitely have no plans to go to the BLS office.Yes, for postal mail. Its currently taking average 45 plus minus 3 days for sending the postal application and receiving the OCI, given that all documents are in order. Once the package is delivered at BLS, it is taking 42 days + minus 3 days. Acknowledement from OCI website further takes approx 21 days after delivery, processing and delivery to Toronto CGI is further 21 days approx.
add 2-3 days for BLS to deliver it
My advise, do not bother to go to BLS office, its just not good for your mood for the rest of the day. You wont be saving money as you would be spending time and gas to go there.
just spend the money on purolator, its sarkari extortion, but if you opt for Canada post, then it may delay things and you will have to call a few times to push them to look at your application
I see that you did it by mail too. If you haven't already posted, please could you let me know the list of docs you sent (I'm assuming everything is a self-attested copies) and more importantly the bank draft amounts? I am planning to send 2 applications -one for myself and the other for my 2 year old.