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The security at Scarborough location (early morning/before noon shift) has a very negative attitude. I wanted to use the washroom, he declined saying it's closed. I then asked if walk-ins were allowed (one of my friends asked me to enquire), he showed the line on the other side of the road and...

It seems processing time at Vancouver is faster than Toronto/ Brampton @aminpayal17 Would it be possible to share the date of acknowledgement for your OCI application, just wanted to get an idea of the timelines at BLS Vancouver.

Canadian passport must be returned after inspection as per CGI Toronto. Please escalate to CGI as well as BLS if Canadian PP is retained. I applied before the new checklist, they did keep my original landing paper, and returned after 2weeks or so. They extort $30.95 to return this piece of...

For walk in applicant (Toronto jurisdiction), It takes slightly over 3 weeks (between 21 to 25 calendar days from date of submission)

I think BLS Surrey accepted el02220's application due to escalation to CGI (for not accepting married status just because spouse's name was not printed in PP). I checked BLS Vancouver's OCI checklist, surrender certificate is required for oci submission. BTW, the requirement to have surrender...

This is another example of BLS creating rules out of thin air...If a person got married after the passport was issued, how can the spouse name be printed in it? Marriage certificate issued by a valid authority should have sufficed. This is nothing but monopoly and harassment. Good that you...

1. From one of the previous posts in this forum (Sl#6 under Notes), it says Purolator will provide an envelope, but better to double check, as I had submitted in person, things might change now 2.For me, they returned my old cancelled Indian PP (did not keep it, nor took any copy),I had a valid...

You can book two appointments with a gap of 1 month(time to get surrender certificate from the date of first appointment) in between in advance.

I concur with @lifein360 Here's what cgi website clearly says: Even after acquiring the Canadian citizenship, the Indian passport can be used to travel for 3 months from the day of getting the Canadian citizenship. The grace period is only for such cases where foreign citizenship has been...

Appears to be little tight IMO, usually it takes around 4 weeks from the day it shows up in the ociservices website. Considering the holidays ahead, it might miss the Jan 17th date...

You should be able to track in ociservices website around Dec 15 -18

Did some research, the cgi toronto website states clearly that original passport will be returned after verification. If BLS keeps it (with the intent to extort money in the name of courier charges), it should be brought to the attention of CGI Toronto (f) Canadian passport / Foreign Passport...

Here's the new checklist (Toronto jurisdiction) https://www.blsindia-canada.com/CanadaVisaCCT/Checklist_and_Information_Booklet_for_OCI.pdf Pls see sl# (f) Canadian passport / Foreign Passport (Original and copy) (duly signed)

I am not sure if they would retain the Canadian passport for 2-3 weeks, they might just verify and return it for walk in applicant. Has anyone recently submitted OCI application (walk in), kindly confirm if BLS retained your Canadian passport.

Do you remember when BLS status shows "Processing at CG"? Usually its 15-18 days from the day BLS status shows processing.

It seems checklist for OCI application has changed recently. For individual applicant, spouse's passport, landing paper, status in Canada (PR card) etc are no longer required For minors born in Canada, birth certificate is not required to be attested by various authorities.

You should see it in the oci website within 15-18 days from Nov 15th.

Thanks a lot @csvinayak I will write an email with all grievances, especially on the following points: 1.Forcing people to use their courier services, they also obtain signatures in a document thats says it is an "optional"service 2. Retain one original random document to bump up the courier...

There are lot of grievances against BLS Toronto, just look at the posts in this forum itself and it speaks volume One of the most common concern is forcing people to pay for the courier services even if somebody doesn't want it.I have heard a recent case where the lady at counter # 3 (BLS...