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Submission was in-person but drop-off will be via Purolator.

Location: Toronto OCI Submission Date: April 19 BLS Website update: Next day with April 19 as a submission date OCI Website update: May 10

Yes it is.

Apart from you I have read someone in the forum reported about submitting all necessary proof during Oath Ceremony and Citizenship certificate was still printed with the old name.

On Canadian PP: First Name: John & Last Name: Carter On Indian PP: First Name/Given Name: John Carter and Last Name: BLANK On Surrender Certificate: John Carter (Full Name) OCI (Applied): First Name: John & Last Name: Carter

Cross-check now it might have updated, as my file was updated just now to Under process on OCI website till today morning it was showing as no records found.

So do you see an error in your Citizenship certificate? like in DOB or name, etc?

I went through the name change process after acquiring Citizenship as you know that dealing with CIC is painful.

Yes you are correct had to deal with all the headache (Province for name change cert then updating all IDs and then the Canadian PP with updated name) just waiting on the final leg which is Canadian Citizenship Certificate.

Its XXX, I know that they do left it blank when I referred other threads on this forum.

So in my case we had Family name listed as John Carter and Given name as XXX on Citizenship certificate so we had to go through the name change process in Manitoba. Depending on the province where you are located you can either reach out to Service Canada or Vital Statistics office and they...

You would need a name change cert from the province plus a supporting document such as Provincial ID with the new name.

As per BLS OCI Checklist, the one which you have is correct. The fees to be paid in the form of Money order or Demand draft in favor of “High Commission of India, Ottawa” / “Consulate General of India, Toronto” / Consulate General of India, Vancouver” – as applicable...

You may refer below thread for more information, once you have Citizenship cert in hand, first step is to get a name change cert from the province & then update rest other provincial IDs and at this point if you would like you can apply for Canadian PP with Citizenship cert with old name in it...

Yes a separate draft required for BLS fee ($7.40) per applicant or if there is more than one applicant you can combine that into one draft.

Whether baby is not a Canadian Citizen by birth? If baby is a Canadian Citizen then why would you need proof of citizenship separately as Canadian Birth certificate is more than enough to apply for a Canadian PP. If the baby is born outside then refer Scenario 3 on below URL...

You can apply for the Canadian passport with old name on your citizenship certificate & other documents has to be a new name on a Provincial issued ID and a name change certificate issued by the province. No need to wait for 17-months to get a new citizenship certificate with updated name. You...

No you will not, you need to hand-over that '1' photo to the BLS Agent.

Go with Entry visa you will get it within a week (Toronto jurisdiction) its a 6 month multiple entry visa.

Entry Visa.