Yes, i'm also going with the registration date as mentioned in the form and not marriage date. Because as per marriage certificate from India the marriage date and registration date are totally different.
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Go ahead with that as people have got OCI with either choice.
That said, I suppose the logic behind asking for this is for spousal application as, in that case, there is a requirement that two years must have passed after marriage. For that purpose they should be using date of marriage not registration date. But you never know what their thought process is.
Thank you for confirming all these with references on OCI sample fo. That’s a good source then. Thanks looks like my application is good
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@ranjeeth87, your application is past BLS, and in the post Ack phase, no need to worry.
That does not mean BLS won't reject applications that follow the sample -- they are in a race to the bottom; they often raise silly objections and ask walk-in applicants to avail their value-added services ($60 for OCI, $30 for passport surrender) to "correctly" refill the form. I saw it happening to numerous applicants in a few hours I was there.
@ranjeeth87, your application is past BLS, and in the post Ack phase, no need to worry.
While waiting in line for my in person OCI application, another applicant told me he was asked to either pay to fill the form again or come back later for writing ‘Nr’ for ‘Near’ in an address.
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If they start picking on Indian addresses (like that of relatives), we are all doomed. There are so many "behind Gods back" addresses in India for which there is no norm on how to write.
Could you please share the date of application --- would like to add to the tracker. Thanks.
No Ack yet, hopefully tomorrow or day after should see some progress, I just hope that it gets processed soon as I have travel plans towards mid Dec
I don't see how a Canadian MP can speed up OCI which is handled by Indian govt. The best you can do is to write to the high commission if your situation is urgent. But I am guessing with the ongoing situation, a lot of people will be already doing it and they won't speed up your case unless there is a compelling reason.
We had a similar situation with slow visa processing last year when e-visa was not yet resumed for Canadians. The HCI was hardly helpful -- they blamed it on "strained resources" and partly on BLS at that time. Ottawa has been woefully slow compared to the other two missions with OCI processing for a long time and they seem to be doing nothing about it. They could divert some of the resources that was earlier used for Visa processing to OCI: probably there are operational constraints with that, but I do not think the HCI really cares.
In this particular case, pleading the local (Vancouver) Consul General or the vice Consul in charge of OCI may be more effective than contacting the high commission in Ottawa.
Its like adding fuel to the fire...
I am trying to cancel an appointment on BLS website. However, I am not able to cancel it & instead getting error message "Invalid Request". Has anyone else faced it? Is there any workaround?