Further logic: if you become citizen of any country, it is not legally mandatory to get passport. You can live in Canada without Canadian passport, therefore for surrendering Indian passport, your Canada passport should not be mandatory.
OCI process
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Hello to all. I have a question regarding the OCI. I have applied my Canadian Citizenship and I am just waiting for my Oath Ceremony which can happen in next few weeks.
My question is , my wife and son are both Canadian born. My wife’s dad is still holding his Indian Citizenship. After becoming Canadian Citizen I want to apply an OCI rite after. Can I also apply an OCI for my wife and my son ?
Your reply would be highly appreciated. Looking for your response.
My question is , my wife and son are both Canadian born. My wife’s dad is still holding his Indian Citizenship. After becoming Canadian Citizen I want to apply an OCI rite after. Can I also apply an OCI for my wife and my son ?
Your reply would be highly appreciated. Looking for your response.
Yes, I dont see why not? Both their fathers were Indian citizens, so both, wife and son, are eligible for OCI.
This is what i found today
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 02-AUG-2018
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 03-AUG-2018
Document received At VANCOUVER On 10-AUG-2018
I guess next step should be dispatch. Does dispatching status get update on BLS tracking website or on passport website ?
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 02-AUG-2018
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 03-AUG-2018
Document received At VANCOUVER On 10-AUG-2018
I guess next step should be dispatch. Does dispatching status get update on BLS tracking website or on passport website ?
Dear All,
I got my Canadian passport recently. They have issued my name as below :
Given Name: XXX; Surname: <Given Name as per Indian passport>
Instead of leaving the Given Name as blank they have put "XXX"
I need to apply for OCI card and i was told that i need to update the fields as per Canadian passport.
So will my OCI card have my Given Name as XXX ? Is it better to do a legal name change before applying for OCI ? Is it worth the wait ? I don't want my OCI to reflect XXX... Kindly advise.
Appreciate all the help !!!
I got my Canadian passport recently. They have issued my name as below :
Given Name: XXX; Surname: <Given Name as per Indian passport>
Instead of leaving the Given Name as blank they have put "XXX"
I need to apply for OCI card and i was told that i need to update the fields as per Canadian passport.
So will my OCI card have my Given Name as XXX ? Is it better to do a legal name change before applying for OCI ? Is it worth the wait ? I don't want my OCI to reflect XXX... Kindly advise.
Appreciate all the help !!!
Horrible experience at BLS Toronto.
Rejoicing on getting my Canadian citizenship and getting the Canadian passport in less than 5 days, I started the application process for renunciation of Indian citizenship and obtaining Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI).
It turned out to be a bureaucratic nightmare. According to the OCI checklist, all my documents were in order. However, all the 4 times I went to submit my OCI application, their incompetent staff brought up new issues which were not mentioned anywhere on their website/OCI checklist or even by their own employees when I visited them before.
It turned out to be a horrible experience at BLS Toronto and you should anticipate delays despite having all the paperwork. Expect to go there atleast 4-5 times. Their processes are chaotic and you are at the whim of their incompetent employees.
BLS Toronto is a total mess. All I wish now is to never having to visit this office again.
Also my friend mentioned in his own review "Every applicant has to run around multiple times to the office to finally get their OCI if they are lucky. In this process there is tremendous wastage of resources including time, money and effort. During the first try the applicant stands long hours in the queue,finally the BLS staff will go superficially over the first few pages of your application and tell you , the application is missing blah, blah, blah. You rectify that , come back again and stand in the queue. When your turn comes , this time the staff goes through some more pages and tell you the application is missing blah,blah blah. You go back home and come back again another day.This cycle is endless and if you are lucky ,your application might finally see the light of the day. Someone should tell the BLS staff, that once they see an application they should go through it thoroughly and write it in a piece of paper the missing areas instead of mouthing blah ,blah ,blah so that atleast the next time the process is successful."
Rejoicing on getting my Canadian citizenship and getting the Canadian passport in less than 5 days, I started the application process for renunciation of Indian citizenship and obtaining Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI).
It turned out to be a bureaucratic nightmare. According to the OCI checklist, all my documents were in order. However, all the 4 times I went to submit my OCI application, their incompetent staff brought up new issues which were not mentioned anywhere on their website/OCI checklist or even by their own employees when I visited them before.
It turned out to be a horrible experience at BLS Toronto and you should anticipate delays despite having all the paperwork. Expect to go there atleast 4-5 times. Their processes are chaotic and you are at the whim of their incompetent employees.
BLS Toronto is a total mess. All I wish now is to never having to visit this office again.
Also my friend mentioned in his own review "Every applicant has to run around multiple times to the office to finally get their OCI if they are lucky. In this process there is tremendous wastage of resources including time, money and effort. During the first try the applicant stands long hours in the queue,finally the BLS staff will go superficially over the first few pages of your application and tell you , the application is missing blah, blah, blah. You rectify that , come back again and stand in the queue. When your turn comes , this time the staff goes through some more pages and tell you the application is missing blah,blah blah. You go back home and come back again another day.This cycle is endless and if you are lucky ,your application might finally see the light of the day. Someone should tell the BLS staff, that once they see an application they should go through it thoroughly and write it in a piece of paper the missing areas instead of mouthing blah ,blah ,blah so that atleast the next time the process is successful."
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It’s a new rule in place .... we can do both on same day at bls Brampton too. Once you surrender passport we get a receipt ... on same day we can use that receipt and file oci too .... some staff in bls don’t say this because they are ignorant ... but some staff do know this and they accept
Got OCI booklet today. So i can say one should expect to have OCI process finished with in 30 to 40 days max.
Applied on 12 July 2018 and got booklet today 15 Aug 2018. Hope this will help others to have idea on timeline.
Applied on 12 July 2018 and got booklet today 15 Aug 2018. Hope this will help others to have idea on timeline.
I have a slightly different question. I surrendered my passport last week and also applied for an OCI. This week something came up and I have to visit India within the next 2-3 weeks. I am positive I will not have the surrender certificate within this time frame. My question is - can I visit India using my Canadian passport, and a temporary Indian eVisa (if I can successfully get it)? I got my Canadian citizenship on May/28th. I will just fall outside of the three month grace period by the time I make this trip. Please let me know your thoughts.