Ottawa Jurisdiction
Final Update:
Application Submitted: 09 Aug 2023
Acknowledgment Received: 16 Aug 2023
OCI Processed: 12 Oct 2023
OCI ready for Collection from BLS: 17 Oct 2023
Thanks so much @forw.jane I provided an update just before @reenal post that it got processed today (Oct 12, 2023). Now, waiting for it to get in hand.
Good question. But I think a visa is attached to passport nationality. You are not renewing your passport, but rather you are giving up Indian nationality, the visa will not be valid I think.
That's great. Yeah, Ottawa is seriously slow. Quite afraid now of how long the OCI card will take after I apply. For the surrender certificate, it is already 24 days for me and counting.
The same status which I posted since I took the status from the Passport Seva website only (not the actual words).
On BLS, the status says "Processing at High Commission" since a day after I submitted the application.
How slow is Ottawa High Commission? I submitted my application on June 30th. It's still showing under review at the High Commission of India. Any similar timeframe anyone else has?
Well, I submitted my Surrender Certificate application at BLS Ottawa without Canadian Passport and they accepted it. I just mentioned that I will apply for Canadian Passport in future. It is under processing at High Commission since June 30th.
That's a no-brainer. Without the original passport of India, they cannot cancel the passport by putting a hole in it. And the answer provided by the BLS guy is 100% correct.