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canadalove85

canadalove85

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OCI requirement for minor states that the birth certificate needs to be attested by High Commission /Embassy/Consulate of the country they are born in. Is this necessary or can we just upload the Birth Certificate of the child and self attest it?

Can anyone who has done the OCI for children confirm this?
 
phoenix232

phoenix232

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HI,
I submitted my application 2days back at BLS ( in-person ) and the BLS site says "Processing at Consulate General" . How long will it take for me to track it on the OCI site?
 
canadalove85

canadalove85

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canadalove85 said:
OCI requirement for minor states that the birth certificate needs to be attested by High Commission /Embassy/Consulate of the country they are born in. Is this necessary or can we just upload the Birth Certificate of the child and self attest it?

Can anyone who has done the OCI for children confirm this?
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Can someone please provide any inputs on this
 
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Wandering Mind

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Hi,

Asking the following questions for someone who is not on this forum and would appreciate any advice you may have:

1. Is it mandatory to surrender the Indian passport immediately after receiving Canadian citizenship and passport, or is there a grace period?

2. For someone who doesn't intend traveling to India anytime soon (or maybe never), is it worth applying for OCI?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Neha023

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Nov 21, 2022
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Timeline of OCI process - Postal application

Date of Application -04-OCT-2022
Acknowledgement Date BLS - 17th October 2022
Date Of Acknowledgment MEAOCI Status Enquiry(ociservices.gov.in)- 09-NOV-2022
Documents Printing Status MEA PROCESSED - 30-NOV-2022
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )MEA NEW DELHI - 30-NOV-2022
Document received At MEA TORONTO - 30-NOV-2022
Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping BLSBLS Application Tracker - 02-DEC-2022
Passport ready For Dispatch after OCI stamping -BLSBLS Application Tracker - 02-DEC-2022
Purolator package received - 6-DEC-2022
 
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dmoney

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Nov 14, 2022
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canadalove85 said:
Can someone please provide any inputs on this
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I had applied via Postal route for our twin sons. The checklist mentioned that original birth certificate and passports are required to be sent along with copies of the same and other documents as applicable. That's what I did and paid for 3 couriers.

While our OCI is still showing "under process", the originals were returned yesterday (approx. 5 weeks after the Purolator courier had reached BLS) and per the timeline mentioned by others on this forum, our OCIs should arrive by next week.

Not exactly the kind of data point you were looking for, but hopefully this provides some guidance.
 
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charliep40

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Neha023 said:
Timeline of OCI process - Postal application

Date of Application -04-OCT-2022
Acknowledgement Date BLS - 17th October 2022
Date Of Acknowledgment MEAOCI Status Enquiry(ociservices.gov.in)- 09-NOV-2022
Documents Printing Status MEA PROCESSED - 30-NOV-2022
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )MEA NEW DELHI - 30-NOV-2022
Document received At MEA TORONTO - 30-NOV-2022
Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping BLSBLS Application Tracker - 02-DEC-2022
Passport ready For Dispatch after OCI stamping -BLSBLS Application Tracker - 02-DEC-2022
Purolator package received - 6-DEC-2022
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Ditto timeline except DOA OCI website 8 Nov and processed 29 NOV thereafter all same
 
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alex the king

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Category........
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NDVO
NOC Code......
3112
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07-07-2016
AOR Received.
14-11-2016
Med's Request
22-12-2016
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11-01-2017
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27-10-2017
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07-11-2017
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canadalove85 said:
OCI requirement for minor states that the birth certificate needs to be attested by High Commission /Embassy/Consulate of the country they are born in. Is this necessary or can we just upload the Birth Certificate of the child and self attest it?

Can anyone who has done the OCI for children confirm this?
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My Kids, they did self attested and counter signed by both parents (we did the Same for My Son surrender and OCI).

I don't think that would be an Issue.

My Daughter Born in Canada with Canadian Birth certificate issued in French in Quebec
My Son born in India with Indian Birth certificate attested by HRD Kerala (did during the PR application as it was a requirement).


BLS returned the originals and took copies that were self attested for both kids.
 
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reb9988

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Aug 26, 2017
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Neha023 said:
Timeline of OCI process - Postal application

Date of Application -04-OCT-2022
Acknowledgement Date BLS - 17th October 2022
Date Of Acknowledgment MEAOCI Status Enquiry(ociservices.gov.in)- 09-NOV-2022
Documents Printing Status MEA PROCESSED - 30-NOV-2022
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )MEA NEW DELHI - 30-NOV-2022
Document received At MEA TORONTO - 30-NOV-2022
Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping BLSBLS Application Tracker - 02-DEC-2022
Passport ready For Dispatch after OCI stamping -BLSBLS Application Tracker - 02-DEC-2022
Purolator package received - 6-DEC-2022
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at what time during the day does the OCI status page update ? My DOA was 17th Nov and its already 8th which is 21 days but I still see Under Process. Getting anxious as the travel date approaches.
 
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eager

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reb9988 said:
at what time during the day does the OCI status page update ? My DOA was 17th Nov and its already 8th which is 21 days but I still see Under Process. Getting anxious as the travel date approaches.
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I think few more days to go for you I guess, my DOA was Nov 12 and I got an update two days ago as 'processed'.
 
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