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    Indian passport surrender

    For India Passport surrender certi application- do we track it on BLS website or the India passport service website?
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    OCI process

    I am from Maharashtra where state elections are happening now. My mom had called the helpline number to enquire about voter id surrender in person and they told her to wait untill the state elections are over and then come in person. She said they sounded helpful.
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    OCI process

    Thanks for your response, will try. And can you confirm in the address in form 7, we write the Indian address where the voter id is registered? or present Canadian address? To answer your question about ration card- my family ration card has been unused for more than 25 years now and expired -...
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    OCI process

    I have the EPIC number for voter id surrender. I clicked on form 7 and followed steps to create an account with an Indian phone number, email id and name. I went to "edit profile" to enter an EPIC number in my profile...my number starts with ROL. It'S not accepting it saying "invalid match...
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    OCI process

    Is the option of pick up or courier asked in the application? I enquired about this option for India passport surrender certificate, and the agent said is not an option and I said it does say "available for pick up" at one point in the tracking and she said that its a glitch in our system -...
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    Indian passport surrender

    You need to get a Canadian passport first. You need that for India passport surrender. So once you are done with that step, you can surrender.
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    OCI process

    I have my EPIC number. But dont think its linked to any phone number or email id. This was ages ago. Is it easy to link it? And how did you get the acknowledgement? was it emailed? And what did you do for ration card?
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    Indian passport surrender

    When making a copy of India passport, we only need the bio pages right?-we dont need to make copies of the pages with travel stamps and expired visas right?
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    Indian passport surrender

    Asking for BLS Mississauga - How does pick up work? can you go without appointment between 3 and 4:30 pm? Will security let you in? Is there a separate queue/counter for that?
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    May 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Anyone here who is done with the oath ceremony? Do they know if the email with instructions on how to access the electronic certificate portal is sent after the oath ceremony or before?
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    ok :( Thank you. I haven't received that email to create a portal and download e-certificate yet. The oath invitiation says they ll confirm my choice of e-certificate or paper certificate in the ceremony. That email for downloading e-certificate probably comes after the oath
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    Is the e-certificate usually emailed on the same day as the oath? Also, can we apply for India citizenship surrender certificate at the same time as applying for Canadian passport? or do we need to wait for Canadian passport to arrive?
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    Got the virtual oath ceremony invitation yesterday in email for 18th October. Any tips for virtual oath ceremony?
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    June 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Hi All, my LPP was marked complete on Saturday, and I am expecting an oath invitation soon. I wanted to ask are oath ceremonies now in-person or virtual or could be any of them? My residence is in Mississauga and processing office is Scarborough. Someone told me there was an option in the...
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    Is this your second PR card? My renewed PR card doesn't have my sign either. Thats why I used my DL as well. Was a pain to get its picture, but I managed somehow. But its probably normal for renewed PR cards to not have signatures
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    I am super thrilled today :) I have been anxious and posting on this thread about the tracker not updating my citizenship test as completed even after 2 weeks. Tomorrow would be 3 weeks after passing the test. Today, the tracker was updated, and it shows not only test complete, but also LPP...
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    Are you sure about 2)? This is what IRCC says: https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=911&top=5 Doesn't look like you need to submit a webform if you are travelling. But travelling could be an issue if you are called for an interview while you are away. per this link, you only...
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    Thanks, I emailed per this advise today. It's so frustrating that the test is still not updated in the tracker even after 16 days :( Any idea how long they take to respond to the email ? Also, what is the phone number to contact them about this?
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    Today is the 10th business day and the tracker is still not updated with the test marked completed. I took the test on Sept 15 :( The tracker says last updated on Sept 5. I dont know what to do.
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    July 2024 - Citizenship Application

    I passed the test on September 15 and the tracker is still not updated. Upto how long does it take? :( I am worried