Recent content by Vivadhi

No, don’t need to submit original passport.

I received my OCI today. Here are the dates if it might help. Posted application - January 12 BLS acknowledgement - January 18 CGI acknowledgement - January 22 OCI website acknowledgement - February 9 OCI processed/ mailed to Toronto - March 3 OCI received at BLS - March 4 OCI received - March 8

What does this status “ Passport ready For Collection after OCI stamping” mean since I never submitted by passport? I applied by postal, will I be receiving a purolator tracking?

My OCI status details: Postal application mailed on January 12 to Brampton Received in January 13 Acknowledged by BLS on January 19 Received by CGI Toronto - January 22 OCI website acknowledgement - February 9 OCI status change to “processed” - March 2

Thanks!

I had a basic question. Given we don’t need to submit our original passports for OCI stamping, what do we get for OCI now? Is it a card? If so, is the card used for travel purposes?

from all responses on this forum, I gather it will be at a minimum 3 weeks from that acknowledgment date on the OCI website.

My application is now up on the OCI website as of today. It shows “under process” for status. I didn’t receive any email notification, we have to keep checking daily.

Exactly. It wasn’t on the checklist but I was asked, one of the drawbacks of a postal application I suppose.

It appears that in almost all the cases, it takes exactly 3 weeks (to the day) between OCI website acknowledgment and OCI printing. Seems like clockwork!

I’m in the same situation. Mine was a postal application and was sent to CGI Toronto on January 22.

No to the questions and the second one for the checklist.

Just copies.

No.

My names on canadian and Indian passports weren’t the same and I had to get a notarized statement for that. I also had to include my wife’s Indian passport copy.