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received on Jan 1st. BLS status changed today to "Passport ready For Dispatch after OCI stamping"

Dec 6th

Happy new year everyone. I have my OCI status updated on oci website as received by CGI on Jan 1st but on BLS it still shows processing at CGI. any idea how long will it take BLS to send it back.

yes and Yes, but i suggest dont go to surrey they are a bunch of morons, go to vancouver instead

How many days to receive surrender certificate after certificate has been printed message

dont do that, you never know 10-15 years down the line they can cancel the OCI/passport surrender based on stupid technicality and person who suggested to fill in single would wither not be there or deny it all together. Anyways they should now accept surrender application with married selected...

someone should book an appointment just to mess up with Security guy and tell him to mind his business. That reminds me that vaccine certificate is not checked at BLS surrey. I should probably complain, I am so pissed off with BLS surrey that I want it to close. What security guard does in SB...

this sounds weird why are they making life difficult for People in Ottawa/Toronto

actually Vancouver BLS person are so nice that it does not feel that you are in BLS office. For all lower mainland residents ill suggest go to Vancouver office. its a long drive from some parts but totally worth it.

no 2nd time I went to BLS Vancouver (I am done with Surrey). They first took my surrender application and then attached copy of surrender receipt to OCI application.

Lol I didnt know that we cant apply together, although they were ready to accept both my application a month ago as well (Nov 9th) but all that married/single fiasco happened.

Did a RTI for CGI vancouver(you can choose which government department you want to ask question from) I asked them that If I am married with a certificate and dont have spouse name printed should I put in single or married on my passport application. Although only an Indian citizen can do...

I just dit it on Dec 3rd

you can submit both together

FYI: I went to BLS surrey, and I had married filled in my passport application. My passport did not had spouse name and they asked me to fill in single and submit (which I declined) and they refused to submit my application. I came back and did an RTI and escalated it to BLS management and CGI...

Yeah seems like I was lucky . At what time does you go @achayaan

That's painful I went to central city one on Tuesday around 2 and was done in 30 min

I hope so

In person

Got my citizenship certificate on Oct 18th. Applied for passport Oct 19th