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Do you need to submit your original Canadian passport to get Oci
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OCI process
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Do you need to submit your original Canadian passport to get Oci
Thanks
Hi All… can you please tell me the next steps for Voter ID surrender? My wife and I are CA citizens and applying for OCI for our baby. We already completed the surrender of Voter ID by filling Form 7 but I came to know that it is not enough. I read somewhere that we need to wait for confirmation from ECI or CGI to confirm that deletion of EPIC/Voter Id is completed and BLS wants that confirmation along with declaration. Does any one know next steps on how to get this confirmation from ECI/CGI? Your help will be really appreciated. I have premium lounge appointment on Dec 27 @ BLS Mississauga. Thank You!
Hi All,
I am amidst filling out the OCI form , and I'd like to clarify what does this mean?
"RELATION WITH THE ROOT INDIAN? " under "Applicants Family Details"
I filled out my Fathers and Mother information but unsure whether 'Relation with the Root Indian" means ? Kindly help with this confusing form and outdated language
I am amidst filling out the OCI form , and I'd like to clarify what does this mean?
"RELATION WITH THE ROOT INDIAN? " under "Applicants Family Details"
I filled out my Fathers and Mother information but unsure whether 'Relation with the Root Indian" means ? Kindly help with this confusing form and outdated language
On what basis you trying to get your OCI.
Father/Mother/Grandfather/Grandmother/Spouse or if you held an Indian passport it will be "self" in that case.
I was able to file form 7 for myself. Does anyone knows what next and how long it takes for that form to be effective and how we can track it.
It took 2 weeks for my id to be deleted. But that doesn't mean anything for another person's case. It is basically your luck.
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Hi sunnyb7, thanks for your message. Are you aware of any web link to track the status? And does BLS accept OCI applications only when this confirmation is received? Or just form 7 acknowledgment is also acceptable? Do you know? What happened in your case?
I tried to back trace my wife's EPIC #, and found that it was deleted back in 2023. That is reason it is not showing up in searching Electoral Roll.
It might be case for you as well. Just wanted to share that info. I plan to submit declaration, since EPIC # does not show up on search.
For myself, I have submitted my ECID cancellation request today, and going to submit the application.
I visited the Vancouver consulate for my case concern prior of submitting my OCI application. Due to lack of Indian Passport or a birth certificate. I was given the option of nativity certificate or Naturalization documents from source country of my spouse's nationality. This document would have to be from the Naturalization country attested via all the proper channels (i.e., notarized, mea, and attested by the embassy). The document makes a reference of my birth in India.
Hoping the ration card, voter id card, and passport statement via attestation is the only thing holding me back.
I was told by BLS yesterday, that you can apply, once you have acknowledgement of Form 7.
Thanks any way to trace back the EPIC# cancellation, did you actually Got it cancelled or it was cancelled on its own.
I will try once I have an update on ration card since we have the document and some one from my family in India will look into this next week. For voter ID I am planning to copy my voter ID, include acknowledgement of form 7 and for my wife I will in include her voter ID and search results for EPIC showing no result with letter of explanation. may be this is sufficient for OCI online update for my son. also will send an email to consulate in vancouver and I see they respond pretty fast, sounds Like most of us are going down the rabbit hole.
Does anyone here know the email Id for sending a note to CGI Toronto asking to delete the voter ID record?