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Ladies and gents, slight change of pace question: I have got the OCI card (thank Jesus) and have booked flights to Chennai in early August. What can I expect: At Pearson Intl? They'll just check my Canadian passport and OCI card, boarding pass to let me board me, correct? At Chennai? What...

When you get the tracking code, enter it on the purolator website and it will give an option to waive the signature request

Got OCI this morning. Full timeline and notes Applied : 25 April ( Toronto location ) Acknowledged: 2 May Processed : 28th May Dispatched: 29th May Arrived at Toronto: (No update on OCI website) Even on BLS website till 5th June, "still processing at consulate" SMS alert with Purolator ID: 6...

You can very clearly see that the OCI is dispatched and no arrival date in Toronto is mentioned.

Yes...

Wah wah, in one day all this happened :p

The usual movement timeline is (3 weeks + 3-4 days) from date of acknowledgment. for most people this holds true.

It'll change by end of this week

Partial timeline: Walk-in, Toronto, 25 April. Ack: 5 May OCI no generated. Processed: 28 May

Walk-in at Toronto. 3 weeks and still under process. Hopefully next week, I'll see the process move to the next stage.

https://ociservices.gov.in/statusEnqury

Citing my experience at Toronto: They had two counters: one was a preliminary "check" counter where they'll do all this "sir, there is no space between zipcode" or "Sir, you have beard now but no beard in photo" nonsense and try to make you rebook or correct for a fee. Then, the second counter...

no other doc required.. you are correct.

Agreed. There's always a fine line between goodwill and being lazy and entitled. In fact, on YouTube, there are literal page-by-page instruction video tutorials where the OCI process is discussed and mock filled up. It's in Hindi variants too. A simple search of 'OCI tips' on YouTube gives a...

From what others have said, the occupation letter is basically to find out if you are in some top-level, high security role or military posting, wherein it may conflict with India's interests to give you an OCI. If you are an ordinary salary earner, you could be unemployed and it shouldn't...

My application's being processed; good to know! Submitted at BLS Toronto on 25 April, and got the acknowl on OCI website on 2 May.

Is the whole OCI tracking process via BLS website? Or is there a point after which tracking occurs elsewhere and then back to BLS?

Online documents need not be self-attested. But ensure all photocopies submitted physically are self-attested.

CoPR is not required. Just think about it for a minute. You are a Canadian citizen. That is proven by the citizenship certificate. You are providing a Canadian passport as additional ID and status proof. So why do you need the CopR at all. Furthermore, if you check the OCI checklist from BLS...

Try as they did to find "mistakes", they failed, and I smugly submitted my OCI application with no extras. Thank god it's over; bye bye BLS.