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Yes.

They will fill in on your behalf, will click photos and also courier to your place.

I did submit my fingerprints in downtown Toronto in July. It takes around 20+ days to show up on IRCC site. Process is simple and straightforward that takes less than 10 mins. Accredited agency job is to collect and forward fingerprints to RCMP. They don't know and can't access results. It is...

Hi, My wife and daughter had their application stuck at physical presence after attending interview in June mid. Yesterday she got oath invite. Hopefully things are moving.

You will get paper certificate even if you did select e-certificate while application submission.

OCI Timeline - Date of Ack - Oct 11th at Toronto. Document printed - Nov 1st. Not yet dispatched from Delhi.

Can take anywhere between 1week to 2 week or more to appear on OCI status tracking site. Mine took 8 business day to apppear.

Yes, it is completely normal. Expect to ask some formal questions and show original passport etc.

Even if they asked you to wait for 4 months, please write to your MP and explain them the situation and add that you cannot wait for 4 months just to learn at the end of it that nothing has moved. Other than writing to MP there isn't much you can do. Just tell him the latest info that you...

Write to your local area MP. You can find office details over google. An email to follow up with IRCC on your behalf certainly helps.

Waiting for OCI card...will let you know once I receive it.

Mention Unemployed on OCI form. I am employed yet BLS folks put it as unemployed as my employment is outside Canada. Even though I could present my employment details to them like employment letter, payslips etc. BLS rejected my form and they filled up new form (premium lounge).

Yes, you can. There is no rule that stops you from applying eVisa while OCI in-progress.

Address on passport doesn't matter as long as you can provide Indian address as the present address and permanent address proof. Just keep things simple and mention this is where you live. This is from my own experience as the passport has Toronto address but PCC was done based on Aadhaar...

I did PCC from India and the process is quite straightforward. Just fill up simple form and get the appointment at a nearest passport seva kendra. Police verification happens immediately after that - if you don't butter up then 3 weeks. If you do then it comes in a week. You can do PCC from...