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@rajkamalmohanram @laxsun After a long long wait, finally we received the confirmation that my mother's application is almost ready. It seems IRCC has changed the rules for landing. If you are in Canada (say on work visa, visitor visa etc), you don't need to do the old landing formalities...

Yes, we applied at Calgary office (under Vancouver jurisdiction). Yes, we started the process on Feb 1, 2022. Yes, you'll need to send the Canadian passport for visa stamping. No, for OCI they don't need original passport. OCI used to be an actual stamp in your passport but not anymore. It is a...

They gave an Entry visa, valid for 6 months

Too much hassle. Avoid it. You'll have to apply for Canadian passport in India (easy). Then apply for Indian passport cancellation (can be done but could be hassle), get a tourist visa (I think can be done but again hassle). I don't know if you can apply for work visa. I know for sure that one...

Ha ha, you are one of the extremely lucky ones to get something for free from them :) On a serious note, what I have observed at least at Calgary BLS office is that the BLS people were pushed by their employer and may be Indian consulates too. They generally want to help you and are...

I alongwith my family travelled to India last week. Took Toronto-Delhi direct flight with Air India. They asked me to upload proof of vaccination on Air Suvidha. RT-PCR was not required and no one asked for it anywhere. Here is the official guideline...

I think it is to do with the consular office and not which BLS Centre. We applied at Calgary office that falls under Vancouver jurisdiction. We had called BLS before we went in and the agent confirmed that Vancouver office was still accepting combined applications. Actually, we applied for...

Hi there, We applied for OCI + surrender together on Feb 1. Received surrender certificate on Feb 18.

Yes. Vancouver jurisdiction still allows surrender + OCI together.

Yeah, we were too :) Yes, this was for entry visa.

Received the surrender certificate yesterday. OCI still under processing.

They give you a separate OCI booklet. It looks similar to passport with very few pages.

It simply means that you have initiate the application online, i.e. fill the online application (Part A and Part B). This will generate a file no. Get their prints and go to OCI with all the supporting docs (Canadian passport, surrender, etc etc).

Left it blank since she (my wife) never visited as foreigner.

We applied for entry visa. I think BLS guy said that they will give you Entry visa (former Indian citizen) even if you apply for Tourist visa.

Ah, you are right. It varies by consular office. We applied in Calgary for Vancouver office. They are still accepting surr + oci together. I guess Toronto/Ottawa are not so you may have to get separate appointments. Also, they may require an actual surrender certificate before you could apply...

We booked one appointment under passport and applied for surrender + visa+ oci under the same appointment

I think most courier services would handover the package to a person living at the same household (proven with ID with address such as DL). If he/she lives at other address, just give an written authorization on a plain paper.

That's absolutely correct. You can apply for surrender and visa together if you like. You can apply for visa with surrender application receipt if you have already applied for surrender.

We were also waiting for it but there is no guarantee it will be reinstated soon. So we just applied for paper visa and got the passport+visa on 6th calendar day after applying. Yeah, cost us $160 (more than the surrender) but at least it's done for now.