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    OCI process

    OCI ready for Dispatch from BLS - 08-August-2024 OCI card received at hand. - 09-August-2024 “BLS...Bye! Bye! Bye!":cool:
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    OCI process

    BLS update 8th August, 2024 - Passport ready For Dispatch after OCI stamping
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    OCI process

    Another week and you will be free from the clutches of BLS!!
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    OCI process

    Hi, did you receive your oci card in hand?
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    OCI process

    for postal application - submit self-attested copies of all your supporting documents . ( I won't trust my life on the incompetent BLS associates ) for walkin application - carry the originals supporting documents with you, the BLS associate will check them ( some associates dont even check...
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    OCI process

    BLS takes about a week to start working( BLS software creating record ) on postal applications even if it's delivered at BLS.
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    OCI process

    So this is the expected timeline for Toronto mission * Date of Print status - Date of dispatch from MEA —> 1-3 days * Date of dispatch from MEA - Delivered to Toronto —> 7-12 days * If you are picking up then you can do it once BLS inform the same * if you have opted for courier service...
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    OCI process

    Update from Toronto.. In person appointment at BLS Toronto on 28 - June - 2024 Date Of Acknowledgment 05-JUL-2024 Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 29-JUL-2024 Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On Document received At TORONTO On
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    OCI process

    None as of today. Hopeful for something next week. Wish I could get independence from BLS before Independence Day! :p
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    OCI process

    MEA has "SHIP"-ed it!! will take time
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    OCI process

    we are a week out from a status change
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    OCI process

    BLS usually would ask you to reapply if there is a gap of more than 2 months between the date on your OCI online form and the date of submission at BLS( Postal applications take another 5-7 days to reflect on BLS portal). So either book an appointment with any other close by BLS centers or do a...
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    OCI process

    Check the OCI status enquiry link. Date of Ack is bascially the date when the OCI team creates a record for your application in their internal system.
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    OCI process

    I should buy some stock in BLS to recoup my money. Rip off profits. Courier charges for downtown Toronto to Brampton @90$ !!!
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    OCI process

    So now that they are returning applications due to updated CGI fees, do we have to book bls purolator and pay courier fees again(70-90$)?
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    OCI process

    I doubt BLS will ever return money out of genoricity. There is nothing known as ETHICAL THIEF.
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    OCI process

    Same issue here. My application was sent on 25/3 and application date shown as 28/3. Since April they revised the fee and returned my application to attach new fee. ( increase of some 30$ )
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    OCI process

    Thank you abbasji. I will update this forum with any feedbacks from BLS.
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    OCI process

    A couple of questions bothering me because of the verbiages on BLS website. 1. Should the documents uploaded in the OCI website be self attested. Or is it only for the physical copies? 2. Should the print of the OCI online application with the photo be color ? 3. Is it mandatory to get an...
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    Name change process

    I submitted only my original INDIAN passport. All other documents were self-attested photocopies( including CAN passport black and white photostat of the single details page)