OCI process

[abbas.pasha]

Can anyone help me in identifying if any mistake in my below thought, pls:

1. Apply for dubai visa on Indian passport in meanwhile I get oath.
2. After my oath, i apply for canadian passport and then
2. Leave to India on Indian passport.
3. I have to stay around 1 year in India, and while exit I will travel to Dubai on Indian passport and then from Dubai I will book flight on Canada passport to make an entry in Canada. From there, I will apply for surrender and then OCI.

Any thoughts ?

Point#1 You only have a grace period of 3 months to use the Indian Passport once you acquire foreign passport.
Point# 2 Use one passport to enter/exit India and then another passport to enter/exit Canada. Is that even possible ?

btw I am very curious to know how did you come up with this plan ?

 

[abbas.pasha]

A quick question regarding OCI application for a minor: what can we add as proof of address? Neither his Canadian passport nor his birth certificate mentions an address.

Parents proof of address can be used.

 

[j.pallavi16]

Sorry for more questions; hopefully this will be the last one. If we use courier service for OCI, do we need to be present at home to collect the document after dispatch from New Delhi or will it be delivered to the mailbox? I ask because there's a chance we might be out of the country around the time the OCI reaches us.

 

[abbas.pasha]

Sorry for more questions; hopefully this will be the last one. If we use courier service for OCI, do we need to be present at home to collect the document after dispatch from New Delhi or will it be delivered to the mailbox? I ask because there's a chance we might be out of the country around the time the OCI reaches us.

They will deliver to your home, so someone would need to be present

 

[j.pallavi16]

They will deliver to your home, so someone would need to be present

Thank you. Is there an option to go pick it up after we come back?

 

[abbas.pasha]

Thank you. Is there an option to go pick it up after we come back?

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/oci-process.254662/post-10592529

 

[j.pallavi16]

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/oci-process.254662/post-10592529

Thank you!!

 

[Shinda545]

Anyone above got any updates?

@samdevan any updates on oci site .. you are first one in list

 

[prasanth reddy]

Point#1 You only have a grace period of 3 months to use the Indian Passport once you acquire foreign passport.
Point# 2 Use one passport to enter/exit India and then another passport to enter/exit Canada. Is that even possible ?

btw I am very curious to know how did you come up with this plan ?

I think the grace period 3 months for submission of Indian passport is for no penalty. We can still surrender within 3 years with some penalty and there are other rules mentioned in Indian site.

Regarding Point 2, exiting India on Indian passport with exit stamp to travel to Dubai is legal so no issues rt ? and for Canada, since its not maintaining exit stamps or records, and only concerned about entry, it should be good rt ?

My mind thinking different ways as entry visas are suspended, so have to find other way to travel and come back to Canada on urgency. Necessity drives all these plans.

 

[tom93]

is BLS still accepting OCI and surrender applications?

 

[Akgargcse]

is BLS still accepting OCI and surrender applications?

Yes BLS is still accepting these applications

 

[Akgargcse]

Hi Everyone,

I just submitted my OCI application at BLS Brampton yesterday and I see the status as "Processing at Consulate General".
In this thread, I see many people mentioned "Date of acknowledgement". I am not sure what this means.

Is there an email that we receive from India high commission confirming the receipt of application?

 

[Shinda545]

Hi Everyone,

I just submitted my OCI application at BLS Brampton yesterday and I see the status as "Processing at Consulate General".
In this thread, I see many people mentioned "Date of acknowledgement". I am not sure what this means.

Is there an email that we receive from India high commission confirming the receipt of application?

It takes some time before HCI starts processing files . You will see status under process on oci website on which you filled forms once file in inder. Process

 

[desmat]

Yes BLS is still accepting these applications

How bad were the lines yesterday or is it almost empty to get your turn quickly?

Also what time you went and how soon you got your turn?

 

[spartanjsv]

Anyone with acknowledgement sept 11th week ? From BLS brampton.

Nope…Sept 13th walk-in BLS Toronto though.