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NEED URGENT HELP PLEASE Hi guys, I applied for OCI on January 15th in Paris (France) office. There has been absolutely no update on my application. I check OCI page everyday. I have reached out to VFS Paris couple of times, and they have no answer, Their own timelines say 6-8 weeks processing...

Any response is appreciated please!

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Thanks hardnut. Anybody who has gone through penalty part can share please? I thought this is a thread to discuss OCI and plenty of people should have gone through surrender step.

Yes, I did travel on Indian passport. Though I travelled from France to India, not Canada. I received my citizenship in Feb and went to India in July - so after 3 months of grace period. I have not received cancelled Indian passport yet, just submitted the application through walk-in. Are you...

Hi, I am hoping somebody can shed some light on the penalty one has to pay while surrendering Indian passport. I did surrender my passport recently and only paid application fee even though I had travelled to India once after becoming Canadian. I am curious if they overlooked it or they would...

Unfortunately they are not giving.

As you as you click on that link, you see advisory that says no visas are being issued. Restrictions are still there, but Indian citizens and OCI are being allowed to travel under ongoing mission. I didn't apply for visa since advisory clearly says it wont be issued. If I still apply just to...

True, except that no visas are being issued, remember?

Thanks everyone for your responses. I am completely aware that I should have given up my Indian passport already, but as you know, things got shutdown (still are) and I couldn't get an OCI here, even though I had my Canadian passport back in February. That leaves me no choice but to travel on...

Really? 6 months requirement I am hearing first time. I thought people have been applying for OCI in India frequently.

Yes, I do have a long stay French visa on both passports :) Just curious, if I enter in India with Indian passport, do I have to apply for a exit permit or a fresh visa with FRRO (for Canadian passport)? Looks like FRRO is working and all applications are online anyway. I am considering to...

No buddy, I have Canadian passport and I will return to France as I live here now. I will come back to France on Indian passport if FRRO is not working. My main worry was about travelling on Indian passport after grace period, but looks like that not big of an issue.

Hello everyone, I am currently living in France, and hoping to travel to India over summer, around 1st week of July. I became Canadian citizen in Feb 2020, so my 3 months grace period is over now. I wanted to obtain my OCI card but everything got shut down and couldn't apply for one. Now I need...

There isn't really separate sessions for each language. You can just choose to not speak in one of the languages as oath taking in both languages takes places back-to-back. Though make sure you are speaking those words in one of the languages as I saw couple officers roaming around and checking...