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Yes, them acting upon whims and fancy is known now. Thing is that we can't do anything and it is going to be like that. It is non sensical but will have to put up with it.

Thanks for your input on this issue. So I guess, we are at the mercy of a person who is checking the documents. Seems like there is no set parameters to evaluate the applications. Hope I get my OCI smoothly after this and no other issue is found.

Hi Vic, So BLS did not ask for the affidavit or you already provided them with the affidavit on your first submission?

Thanks Abbas. This is helpful. However, I've already got the notarized affidavit done from a solicitor. Had to spend money but it is what it is. Hopefully will get my OCI soon.

City name changed by government. E.g. - Bombay is called Mumbai now. And they are saying onus on you now to provide affidavit of why your Canadian passport says Mumbai when Indian passport said Bombay (City name used just as example). Not my problem that any government decided to change the...

An update for my application and venting out my frustration on uselessness of BLS Canada. 1. My birth city name in India was changed. 2. My old cancelled Indian Passport had the previous city name. 3. My new Canadian Passport have the new city name. My OCI application is being returned as...

For 2024, Can I send 3 OCI application in family in 1 post along with combined DD payment of 3 people, 1 for Consulate and 1 for BLS? It is very confusing and frustrating. I called BLS and they said in 2024, they have changed the process and each application has to be posted separately. Courier...

Anywhere between 1-2 month on average for Oath Ceremony now.

Checking after a long time. I took my oath on 18th Oct actually and received certificate on 31st Oct. Normal processing.

Oath invite came from Niagara office (where my file was moved)

My application showed decision made on Aug 10. But i got email for oath in sept end for oath in oct mid. So yeah it takes time and every case is very different in terms of timeline. One issue is when file is shifted to a different office. That's what happened in my case.

The chances are bleak. Even if you get a invite for oath today, the ceremony date will be atleast 4 weeks away. Then you will have to ask for expedite shipping on certificate and then apply for urgent processing on passport. All of this depends on your reason for urgency. Spending Vaca time on...

I got mine after 12 days by normal post. Oath done on 18th October. Niagara Office. You should be on the look out this week or next. Many in my group got it earlier than me but still within 2-3 days window.

Ohh cool. Did you ask for expedite shipping? because mine came through canada post, normal shipping..

1 more week. Get ready with the passport forms meanwhile. :)

My application processing office was Niagara Falls. My file was transferred from Windsor to Niagara. On another note, I've received the certificate exactly 15 days after the ceremony and 1 week after my application was updated as complete.

I think I saw in one of the group. The person got this email when invited for test. After the oath was complete, (s)he got the certificate in email within 3 hours. However the story goes further, when (s)he went to the passport office, the officers refused to accept this certificate and asked...

Congrats.

May I ask how many people were there in your batch? I took us 45 mins in wait time before we were allowed to join the room. I don't know if morning time was 1 of the reasons too, but there were around 192 people in our batch.

Congrats. I'm still waiting but hoping to get it within this week as my status was update to "Complete" last week.