OCI process

[abbas.pasha]

Travelers using OCI at the time of online checkin might not be able to complete their online checkin.
They will have to checkin for flights over the counter. This is because of OCI expiry date which in most cases does not have any expiry date.

It happened with me when I traveled from YYZ to DEL earlier in March.

I was just now looking at info online and found this post on from Vistara. Try that if it works for you

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656713755277901937

 

[abbas.pasha]

Ack Oct 16th for OCI any ideas when can expect it ? Travel plan safe for Dec - 15 ? Family application for 3

Usually OCI ETA is 30 days after acknowledgement date.
you should be safe

 

[ujji]

Hello all,
I was filling out the Entry Visa form for my Dad and discovered that the Given Name field is Mandatory. On his Canadian Passport, his full name is printed in the surname field and the Given Name field is left empty (No XXX). Is anyone else in the same boat? Just trying to figure out a way around it.

 

[Gagzgill]

Very interetsing if true. I tend to distrust everything I read on facebook (too many trolls). Eager to know what @RuchiWalia or others who applied at that time period say.

I applied evisa on Sept20th - my status is still same. No update yet.

 

[time1976]

I applied for e-visa on Sept 19 (might have been Sept 20 according to IST). The decision to suspend was effective from Sept 21. So I tend to not trust those folks who are claiming their e-visa applications have been approved post the resumption announced earlier today.

 

[GagzV]

For Ottawa -

Name	Date of Acknowledgement	Processed date	OCI received date	Total processing time
truthbetold	21-JUL-2023		03-Oct-2023	10 weeks 4 days
samdevban	1-AUG-2023	27-Sep-2023	05-Oct-2023	9 weeks 2 days
reenal	14-AUG-2023	6-Oct-2023	13-Oct-2023	8 weeks 4 days
@sasharma25	16-AUG-2023	17-Oct-2023
rizwan23arif	16-AUG-2023	12-Oct-2023	17-Oct-2023	8 weeks 6 days
myindia	17-AUG-2023	13-Oct-2023	20-Oct-2023	9 weeks 1 day
VimalSagar	18-AUG-2023	17-Oct-2023	25-Oct-2023	9 weeks 5 days
chvvkc	18-AUG-2023	17-Oct-2023	23-Oct-2023	9 weeks 3 days
@Shinda545	22-AUG-2023	18-Oct-2023
@bulls23	23-AUG-2023	19-Oct-2023
ksr070	23-AUG-2023	19-Oct-2023	24-Oct-2023	8 weeks 6 days
@forw.jane	1-SEP-2023
@GagzV	11-SEP-2023
@anksyahoo	16-SEP-2023
@ankurbhatia17	28-SEP-2023
@Sammzk	13-OCT-2023

Thanks for maintaining the tracker. Ottawa Seems to be running very slow. Did anyone try reaching BLS and checking if there is any update as we have past 6 weeks after Ack date. Hoping to see some update soon.

 

[aaravchugh]

For the visas that are opening on the 26th. Whats the quickest one to get? Just wondering

 

[eas2lv]

For the visas that are opening on the 26th. Whats the quickest one to get? Just wondering

Good question. I think its conference visa (5 days in the past, consulate site still says 5 days, BLS states conflicting numbers).
You need an invitation from a conference though. The only one for which no such extra documentation is required (except proof of PIO) is entry visa.

 

[forw.jane]

Thanks for maintaining the tracker. Ottawa Seems to be running very slow. Did anyone try reaching BLS and checking if there is any update as we have past 6 weeks after Ack date. Hoping to see some update soon.

Contacting BLS is a futile exercise. They just tell nothing is in there hand. It's totally High commission driven.

 

[RuchiWalia]

Very interetsing if true. I tend to distrust everything I read on facebook (too many trolls). Eager to know what @RuchiWalia or others who applied at that time period say.

No still the same status..

It says processed with below details bt again I have no info nothing no pdf or evisa

 

[RuchiWalia]

Today is MEA weekly briefing.. hopefully they will announce some good news about evisas

 

[Alwaysmile]

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Today is MEA weekly briefing.. hopefully they will announce some good news about evisas

Keep posted fingers crossed

 

[nivaan5]

Travelers using OCI at the time of online checkin might not be able to complete their online checkin.
They will have to checkin for flights over the counter. This is because of OCI expiry date which in most cases does not have any expiry date.

It happened with me when I traveled from YYZ to DEL earlier in March.

I was just now looking at info online and found this post on from Vistara. Try that if it works for you

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656713755277901937

Hi there
We had the same issue when we tried checking in for our son who is a oci holder a few months ago. We were flying Etihad. At the counter they told us to enter the expiry date of the passport in the expiry date field

 

[aryanz]

Hi Eas2lv,
I have received, ACK can you update tracker please. Thanks

Date Of Acknowledgment	26-OCT-2023
Registration Status at Mission	TORONTO
OCI Application Status	UNDER-PROCESS

 

[aaravchugh]

Good question. I think its conference visa (5 days in the past, consulate site still says 5 days, BLS states conflicting numbers).
You need an invitation from a conference though. The only one for which no such extra documentation is required (except proof of PIO) is entry visa.

Thank you, Time to get invited to a conference LOL