Hello friends, I submitted my
OCI @ Surrey just now. Below is my experience:
1) Had an appointment for Surrey @ 9.30 AM today (separate
post on how I got the appointment). I reached BLS @ 9.15
2) I had taken a printout of the appointment slip since I never received an email confirmation. The security confirmed my name with his own list, and sent me straight inside the building (there was a separate line up outside the building for walkins - approx 8-10 folks)
3) Once inside the building I had to wait for 30 mins on the stairs for pre-screening and then to proceed to the waiting area.
4) Pre-screening: The receptionist quickly checked my application and gave me a number and I proceeded to the waiting area.
5) There were 3 operational counters at the time - another 30 minutes wait before my number was called.
6) The officer took my application, jotted down my Surrender ARN (from Vancouver BLS receipt last Friday) on my application, did
not verify any of my originals, paid by Debit for a total of $388.10. Took like 5 mins. I was given an ETA of 4-5 weeks.
7) A side note: I did request for pickup instead of Purolator, since Purolator does not service my building, to which she was fine; but the issue was that I would again need to come all the way to Surrey (and not Vancouver BLS), since app was submitted at Surrey. So I decided to go with Purolator (eeks!) to avoid that trip.
8) I was in and out of the building in exactly 1 hour.
Documents submitted for OCI (VANCOUVER JURISDICTION ONLY):
- Application form
- 1 Photo
- Indian Passport copy (First + Last pages)
- DL copy
- Canadian Passport copy (Bio page only)
- Canadian Citizenship Certificate copy
- Professional Details of the applicant (A pay stub + a self declaration letter stating my job title and company details)
- Unmarried self declaration letter
All docs were self attested with just my signatures. Note that Checklist, Visa pages from Indian Passport, Observation page from Canadian passport, or COPR copies were
not needed and returned back.
