Finally submitted 2 OCI applications at BLS, Mississauga on 30-May. Horrible day due to many appointments, looks like previous days appointments (due to server down) accommodated today.
1 OCI application accepted without any issue for 2nd one, my wife occupation was mentioned as "Professional" and address mentioned as "Unemployed" as per BLS Unemployed can't be Professional and lied saying you must select "Unemployed" for occupation but that option itself not available in dropdown. finally to get rid of this we accepted new form creation (Occupation: Professional, Address: Previous employer address) and courier services with $100 charges.
NOTE: If you ask for pick up they will deny but if you insist then unhappily will give option for pickup. They are trying to sell $100 services whoever has mistake and you can't just go for simple correction because they can't provide receipt for it but for correction + courier buddle together for which they can provide receipt.
How about taking a step back … and after taking a deeeep breath….and making one’s mind to not pay a single hard earned cent for the BLS self set guidelines and cherry picked findings/mistakes they find on our application forms?
I totally get it that we have to be 100% accurate for the details that we provide on the OCI and other passport applications submitted to BLS…..but cmon man….i mean if BLS is sitting there with magnifying glass just to spot a extra punctuation mark on the form…..for just to sell their $100 additional services ….how fair is that?
as an applicant….i would politely refuse to pay for their ideal and fantasy world way of filling the application form…. And come back another day by correcting the details myself on the forms and taking a printout of the application form again…which would cost me how much?? May be some cents at a Canadian public library…..only once we as applicants….stop giving in to the unnecessary and non-sensical pressure BLS exert….while finding the non-practical errors on the application forms…and stop paying for their so called $100 services….they will start to think twice before asking any person for this additional money…they get this courage…because we give in to the presssure….its not about $100….its about what’s fair and what’s not.
India is a global leader in IT services industry…world class software engineers…are from India…yet it’s an irony…that the user experience of the OCI application website and forms….is not up to the mark….leave aside the front end …but at least they should design application form questions in such a way…that even an average user can use it with ease….and the options provided to the users of the online application forms should be at least user friendly and consistent….giving less spots for chance of errors….and later so called BLS correction fee of 100 dollars.
Excuse me for venting out if I sounded like that but cmon BLS …it’s too much
