OCI process

[bond7890]

Status changed to GRANTED, June 10 2026

Congratulations! Do you remember when was it acknowledged by consulate?

 

[AD_CAN]

Status changed to GRANTED, June 10 2026

congrats! when was your acknowledgement date?

 

[Tommyboy007]

congrats! when was your acknowledgement date?

I applied May 6th. The acknowledgement came on May 11th.

 

[jagann]

	Submitted	Acknowledged	Granted	Printed (Dispatched)	Received at BLS	In hand
Canadian_eh	Mar 5	Mar 7	May 22	June 3 (June 4)
Vkamath	Mar 12	Mar 14	May 25	June 5 (June 8)
Jagann	Mar 16	Mar 18	May 28
milestogo	Mar 24	Mar 27	June 3
Man8243	Mar 28	Mar 31	June 5

Jagann comes next for Printed

update oci print in process and number generated

 

[sodapop123]

I submitted my OCI application in person at BLS Toronto [premium lounge] today and wanted to share a few observations that might help others:

1. e‑OCI is coming, but for now they confirmed that applicants will still receive a physical booklet.
2. Premium Lounge users can still choose pickup. They just ask you to sign a form and write “voluntary pickup” on it.
3. If you are using Premium Lounge, it’s actually better not to start the OCI application online yourself. I had pre‑filled mine but didn’t submit it. The BLS staff ended up changing several things anyway - for example, they removed my birth district (said it wasn’t needed) and selected “No” for the question about having relatives in India.

Overall, if you’re a former Indian citizen, the main thing they care about is whether
a. you have a surrender certificate.
b. your parents were also Indian citizens.

The application is pretty straightforward.

Did they tell you when to expect to receive the OCI card ?

 

[Canadian__eh]

Dispatched from printing cell on June 4th. No status change on BLS tracker so far - still processing at consulate general.

Status update - OCI card received at Mission/FRRO on June 11. BLS tracker has status changed to - In transit from Consulate to BLS

 

[bond7890]

Did they tell you when to expect to receive the OCI card ?

They told me standard 6 weeks.

 

[zeninmaking]

Hello!

Can someone please help answer these questions:

We have 2 OCI renewal applications due to passport update - one for my child and other for myself. We are in Toronto juristidiction.

Minor application (4 year old)
1. Do we need to upload 2 declaration forms (voter id and ration card related) - one with the thumbprint of my son and attested by both parents and one with my signature since I am now a Canadian citizen? Should the fle reference number in both be my child's application id (asking because I have my own application in progress)?
2. Do we need to upload a no objection letter signed by parents or is it no required for renewal?
3. Can we travel immediately after submission of the renewal application? Do we get a confirmation or an acknowledgement that we can travel with even if the application is not processed?

Thanks in advance!

 

[milestogo]

Updated

	Submitted	Acknowledged	Granted	Printed (Dispatched)	Received at BLS	In hand
Canadian_eh	Mar 5	Mar 7	May 22	June 3 (June 4)	June 11
Vkamath	Mar 12	Mar 14	May 25	June 5 (June 8)
Jagann	Mar 16	Mar 18	May 28	June 10
milestogo	Mar 24	Mar 27	June 3
Man8243	Mar 28	Mar 31	June 5

 

[vkamath]

My Card is at the Consulate June 13 and BLS shows:

(In Transit from Consulate General to BLS Centre)

 

[milestogo]

Vancouver applicants timelines:
Vancouver applicants timelines:

	Submitted	Acknowledged	Granted	Printed (Dispatched)	In transit to BLS	In hand
Canadian_eh	Mar 5	Mar 7	May 22	June 3 (June 4)	June 11
Vkamath	Mar 12	Mar 14	May 25	June 5 (June 8)	June 13
Jagann	Mar 16	Mar 18	May 28	June 10
milestogo	Mar 24	Mar 27	June 3	June 15
Man8243	Mar 28	Mar 31	June 5

 

[Canadian__eh]

Status update - OCI card received at Mission/FRRO on June 11. BLS tracker has status changed to - In transit from Consulate to BLS

BLS tracker status changed on June 15 to - Document dispatched via Courier.

 

[Tejay0]

Has anyone who applied for OCI through the Vancouver Consulate with an acknowledgement date of 17 April received approval yet?


Update got approved today.

 

[milestogo]

Has anyone who applied for OCI through the Vancouver Consulate with an acknowledgement date of 17 April received approval yet?

Thats too soon my friend Nothing moves in 1st 2 months for sure , you are looking at 9-10 weeks for approval.

 

[zeninmaking]

So, I submitted my son's (4 year old) OCI update application (passport update) in the OCI portal and immediately got a message saying the application can't be processed as it's been over 3 months since the passport has been issued and that it will now be a paid service at BLS. However, the passport was issued on March 17th and today is June 15th (so 2 more days to go).
Why did it consider as over 3 months?
Even if we have to pay, does anyone here know how to proceed now? Can we make the payment online and submit it? We called BLS and they are not familiar with how to proceed now.

Please, we travel in 2 weeks - if someone has been in a similar situation, please let me know.

Thanks!