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please DO NOT travel to India on your Indian passport once you have acquired your Canadian Citizenship (in fact once you have completed your oath ceremony to be precise) - you will not be able to exit India since your PR card is cut & gone & you dont have a Canada visa either. You need to apply...

no idea - i refused to pay for the courier scam :P /s

Can be picked up to 90 days - this is what was mentioned on the receipt. We picked up after 2 weeks. A few things to bear in mind as they make pick up not so easy -they would rather you pay the $30 per application for courier so they make money: 1. pick up times are 3-4:30 M-F (no saturdays...

OCI was finally picked up via walk in yesterday - was ready 2 weeks ago, but was travelling so couldn't pick up earlier. Timelines as below, for Brampton: OCI applied (walk in): 28.07.22 OCI updated on website: 09.08.22 OCI ready for pickup: 02.09.2022

Status on BLS updated to: Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping Does this mean that i can go collect it now?

not a good idea - you can enter India with the Indian passport. How will you get back? Since you dont have a PR card anymore & havent got your Canadian passport as yet. Only way is for Canada consulate in India to issue you travel papers, which take ~3 months. So you wont be able to show...

1. Yes - you can apply for Indian tourist visa in the same visit as you apply for your surrender certificate

i applied at Brampton via walk in on 28Jul.. update visible on OCI website only on 8Aug. so it takes a few days

he is travelling back to India on a non-expired Indian passport. Not sure what issue is worrying you.... once back, he can renew his passport in India which is a pretty quick process these days.

Canadian passport.. it does take 10-12 days to show up on the OCI website.

got mine updated on the OCI website today... so around 12 days after application. Yours should also get updated i think next week then

did a walk-in for family & me (3 applications) on 28 Jul.... unable to track status on OCI website yet. Says record not found. BLS site says "Processing at Consulate General" How long does it take for the OCI website to get updated?

applied December 23rd... current status: "Surrender certificate has been granted and is available for issuance"; its been that way now for over a week. I would therefore suggest atleast 4-5 weeks for the surrender certificate to come through from the date of application in person.

PIO is not available any more from what i know...

Thank you! was able to check status... "under review at Consulate" Thank you! For visa they were willing to accept the surrender certificate receipt (in fact he mentioned that if I had brought the visa application form, they would have accepted it together with the surrender certificate...

need help with 2 queries: 1. i applied for surrender certificate via walk-in at BLS Brampton on 23Dec. I am unable to track the status right now on the passport seva link. Keep getting an error to input the correct file number (i am using the one from the application form which is the same on...

Also a Jan 2020 Mississauga applicant - family applicant. Had our oath ceremony after a lot of pushing, finally on Dec 3rd. Awaiting our certificates now. When was your oath ceremony?

i would push them regularly to get moving on your file. Seems like "the squeaky door gets the grease" approach works best...

Citizenship application status marked as closed - updated on 3rd December. Certificate awaited as next step.

Just received oath invite for 3rd December. Family of 3. Mississauga