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Hi All, We submitted application on Oct 26 & got air in Nov 4. When I try to create an account in tracker website, its saying invalid details & maybe your info not in our system yet. strangely, I got an email from ircc saying application created in their system on Nov 10 & is in progress. How...

US Citizens need not carry any other proof even if they are Canadians. A US passport should suffice and CBSA can always look up your Canadian citizenship status. https://travel.gc.ca/returning/travelling-to-canada

OCI Timeline: Submitted (BLS Toronto; walk-in) - Feb 12, 2022 MEA website update: Feb 28, 2022 OCI Printed: March 25, 2022 OCI Shipped and Recvd at TO: March 30, 2022 BLS handed package to Purolator: April 5, 2022 OCI delivered by Purolator: April 6, 2022. Same to same as zagcollins :)

Hello raj, How did your trip to India go? I have one coming up in May and hence asking.. Did they stamp the OCI upon arriving and did they verify it during exit from India as well? I believe the OCI has our Canadian passport info. right?

This is a bad idea, unfortunately you would have to deal with too much of bureaucracy because you cannot enter india with Indian passport & have an exit stamp in another passport. Indian immigration guys will stop you & I know someone that had a two year ban on entry to India while attempting...

We literally have the same timelines. I see Original Ready for dispatch on BLS and OCI says file in progress today. For me they retained my citizenship cert, I guess you applied for your kid? Hopefully by March 10/12th, we should get OCI in hand/

haha, not a lot of people recognize the guy from 24 - especially on this forum :) We're literally here to seek and give help as necessary. Yeah you can go to Brampton although I'm not familiar with its crowd/appt management. Get ready to stand outside for some time. 1) This is better that...

Hi, I sincerely suggest you visit the nearest BLS center, Toronto if you would like to get an entry visa as its the fastest for walk-ins compared with Brampton. The thing is you can apply for surrender and entry visa together but not OCI. For OCI, you will need surrender certificate first and a...

VFS already is the agent for US applications. There I’m told everything is postal & with a clear defined checklist of all the pre-requisites. I wish they were given the chance in Canada too.

You are absolutely right deepax, this feels like they would like to deny as many applicants per day as possible & these are the same sarkari babus that complain all the tourists go elsewhere, never visit India. Why the heck would any foreigner want to deal with these BLS people? I saw 80+ year...

Just done with my OCI submission today & what a messy process it is. This is my second appointment, ent yesterday to my surprise the lady at Toronto office requested that I upload my spouse’s passport & landing papers. What the heck? It’s not mentioned on the checklist online to upload this on...

It takes a while to get the certificate depending on the office of your ceremony. Mine was Montreal and I had it in Nov. I didn't get the cert. in hand until Dec 19 with the "supply chain" issues. Passport on the other hand is a different story. If you need it urgent, go to 74 Victoria Street...

Hey, did they request marriage certificate or spouse passport copy for your OCI? I know its not in the official checklist but I'm getting confusing info. as some folks mentioned it was needed. P.S: I'm asking about OCI for a couple and not the child's

I don't think they would take anything original. I just went for surrender of my passport today & there are at least 3-4 candidates that are there because of a minor error in postal submission. Just do a walk-in or better book an appointment for Toronto BLS. They gave me back my 129$ DD as they...

Not sure about 1) I mailed my application via purolator & that’s all they said they accepted. 2 No need to send original of citizenship cert., a copy with your signature should do.

I guess they trying to remind Indian “ Paper procedures“ one last time to all of us before they give us that damn OCI. I don’t know maybe we should seek a broker & grease the palms of consulate general & co. to see some movement on the file.

Bad idea my friend, due to the bubble restrictions between india & uk they only allow for OCI/Indians from uk to India not the other way around. Regardless of your citizenship, BA will only allow passengers to get to UK/Cayman that’s it, you can’t go any further than that. Don’t book BA.

This is super informative. Appreciate your help.

Hello folks, I just had a question reg. visitor visa for my in-laws. So they finished up biometrics and we haven't gotten any updates from IRCC yet. They were given a form by VFS for Courier/SMS request form. When I logged into https://vfs-cic.mioot.com/forms/PS/ I see all the fields in this...

Hello folks, I just had a question reg. visitor visa for my in-laws. So they finished up biometrics and we haven't gotten any updates from IRCC. They were given a form by VFS for COurier/SMS request form. When I logged into https://vfs-cic.mioot.com/forms/PS/ I see all the fields in this form...