OCI process

[spartanjsv]

Sending application for OCI.
How many photos do I need to send?
Fees payment is confusing. Should it be payable to HCI or BLS intl services like for SC application?
TIA

One photograph. And you upload one while you fill the OCI application.

Fees - DD for Consulate General / HCI
BLS - Paid via debit card/DD

 

[bulls23]

Any recent Ottawa applicants here? My date of acknowledgement is 23rd August. It is 4 weeks today and still shows "UNDER-PROCESS" in OCI site.

 

[forw.jane]

Any recent Ottawa applicants here? My date of acknowledgement is 23rd August. It is 4 weeks today and still shows "UNDER-PROCESS" in OCI site.

Yes. All still "UNDER-PROCESS".

@myindia - Date of Acknowledgement: 17-AUG-2023
@VimalSagar - Date of Acknowledge: 18-AUG-2023
@forw.jane - Date of Acknowledgement: 1-SEP-2023

Let's keep each other in loop.

 

[cvish92]

Hello all, my BLS applicaiton status changed today to : Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping

Should I wait for it to change to "Ready for pickup" or can I directly go collect it today ?

Thanks !

 

[forw.jane]

Hello all, my BLS applicaiton status changed today to : Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping

Should I wait for it to change to "Ready for pickup" or can I directly go collect it today ?

Thanks !

Wait for "Ready for pickup"

 

[Canadian2021]

Hello all, my BLS applicaiton status changed today to : Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping

Should I wait for it to change to "Ready for pickup" or can I directly go collect it today ?

Thanks !

What was your OCI Application timeline?

 

[Canadian2021]

Yes. All still "UNDER-PROCESS".

@myindia - Date of Acknowledgement: 17-AUG-2023
@VimalSagar - Date of Acknowledge: 18-AUG-2023
@forw.jane - Date of Acknowledgement: 1-SEP-2023

Let's keep each other in loop.

Same here - Postal Application to Brampton - Date of Acknowledgement : 17-AUG-2023

 

[cvish92]

What was your OCI Application timeline?

Submitted in-person (BLS Calgary) on : 10-AUG-2023

Here are the updates on OCI Status enquiry :

Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On19-SEP-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On19-SEP-2023
Document received At VANCOUVER On19-SEP-2023

BLS updated status to Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping on 20-SEP-2023

I did have an issue where I was asked to submit a copy of my marriage certificate by the Vancouver Consulate on 18-SEP-2023. Other than that, everything was smooth as butter!

 

[mtlcanada]

One photograph. And you upload one while you fill the OCI application.

Fees - DD for Consulate General / HCI
BLS - Paid via debit card/DD

Thanks! so,can I make a DD 345$ in favour of BLS like I did during SC application?
And, no need for DD to consulate general/HCI?
Is that correct?
Thanks for clarifying

 

[Fred94]

Mine 18 Aug acknowledgment from Vancouver. Still under process

18 Aug acknowledgment Vancouver. Nothing after that

 

[rambopg]

Thanks! so,can I make a DD 345$ in favour of BLS like I did during SC application?
And, no need for DD to consulate general/HCI?
Is that correct?
Thanks for clarifying

Surrender certificate process is different from OCI. You need to make a DD for Consulate General and not BLS! Please follow the instructions listed on BLS/Consulate general website. If it is a postal application you will need to make a separate DD for BLS.

 

[h3xx_r_d]

Any OCI applicants in Sept.

I applied on Sept 13th - Walk-in BLS Toronto.

BLS Tracker - Sept 14th - Processing at Consulate General
OCI Website - No records found.

Any idea how long before ACK from OCI.

Partner’s application submitted in person at BLS Toronto on Sept 8.
The OCI portal finally got updated today (Sept 20) with a date of acknowledgment and status as “Under Process”. Just praying we get the approved OCI document asap and the ongoing situation doesn’t affect it.

 

[bddy89]

Mine 18 Aug acknowledgment from Vancouver. Still under process

I see this now.

Documents Printing Status	PROCESSED	On	21-SEP-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )	NEW DELHI	On
Document received At	VANCOUVER	On

 

[kurtrules]

Yes. All still "UNDER-PROCESS".

@myindia - Date of Acknowledgement: 17-AUG-2023
@VimalSagar - Date of Acknowledge: 18-AUG-2023
@forw.jane - Date of Acknowledgement: 1-SEP-2023

Let's keep each other in loop.

@kurtrules - Date of Acknowledgment 13th September

 

[abbas.pasha]

Understood. I will not consider this postal route then to mail out the OCI card. Better to collect it in person by oneself, I guess.

One can get surrender certificate done in India and then do the OCI process in Canada?

I am planning to travel to India with my Canadian Passport on an e-visa soon after the Oath. I might be staying in India for more than a month, and I plan to get the surrender certificate done through the local Passport kendra during this time. Is that alright? I can then come back and do the usual OCI process through BLS in Toronto with this surrender certificate in hand.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Skim through various post here on regarding Surrender in India:
Here is one such thread: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/surrender-and-oci-in-india.790235/
on e-Visa you cannot apply for Surrender certificate in India.