Recent content by canadamaple

You will likely hear something in the next 10 days or so. The wait is tiring, but you will get the OCI card - like all of us :)

From what I can tell it is IST working hours.

Ditto!

12 weeks for me. But I think BLS is partially to be blamed for the delay. For 4 weeks, they did not open my envelope. If they were a bit more prompt, I would have had my OCI card in 8 weeks or so.

You bet! Ottawa is super super slow :(

I would say that VFS may be marginally better than BLS. But again, this can vary from location to location.

Ottawa is slow. I got my OCI yesterday (I too am an Ottawa applicant) with an acknowledgement date of May 25th. You will likely see some progress in the next week or 10 days. Cheers!

If they are US citizens, the e-visa is still available to them. Its just UK and Canadian citizens that are affected.

No idea. There has been a push from various entities and associations to reinstate e-visas, but there has been no progress so far. Citizens of the UK are also affected by the suspension of e-visa. This is why, I applied for an OCI card. Good luck!

I just checked my OCI card and I too see that the print seems to cast a bit of a shadow below it. In order to not feel disappointed by the print quality, I am going to treat this as a 3-D effect or a security feature ;)

Hey Congratulations on getting your OCI. It must feel like a relief. I agree, the print quality is not the greatest. Isn't India supposed to be the IT capital of the world? I wonder what happens when it comes to consular matters. My address seems to be complete in my case, but other applicants...

Normally you should be able to collect it. You can try calling BLS - occasionally they are helpful ;)

Yay!! Congratulations!

Hello everybody! The moment is finally here. Just received my OCI card :) This has been a long journey. I am so glad to finally have my OCI card on hand. Everybody on this forum have been so friendly and helpful. I could not have done this without your support. The process to get the OCI is...

Any time between now and the end of the current year would be great!