@gajanan.pujar : if you had a proof of what you sent, I would escalate it to their Grievance team in Canada to BLS for poor service and intent to defraud a customer with resend etc, this has unfortunately started to happen in ontario quite a lot, I would request people to start raising it in these channels as well as Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Ontario to bring BLS Canada to justice along with IHC that at the backend has been claiming fat commissions via postal services
OCI process
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Mine reached Toronto yesterday let’s hope to get in hand by Tuesday or Wednesday due to long weekend.
Has anyone from Vancouver BLS recently receive their OCI? I applied on 18-Jan, Acknowledged 20-Jan.. still waiting
Hi friends, can you please share recent timelines for postal OCI applications in Toronto jurisdiction
Friends - My fathers OCI online update(Since he received a new passport) i have just completed and its showing as "Your application has been acknowledged by competent authority. It is being processed and will be updated soon. " for the last 2 weeks. and he has to trave to india on april 9th. Will this be an issue in travelling? Please advice @forw.jane
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i was facing this last time i had to cancel appointments, eventually got them cancelled only on phone
but today when i had to cancel another appointment - it let me do so. no issues.
give it a good 2 weeks' time. only then will it start showing some meaningful status on the government's site (not BLS).
there's a trick/hidden-in-plain-sight information on BLS update page. if you see an additional comments/notes/information section below the usual details about your application - that contains a number. this number is Purolator tracking number for those who've paid for courier delivery. in my case BLS website was giving not v clear status apart from the fact that OCI has been issued, but i just tried entering this number on Purolator website. voila! it turned out to be my tracking no. and the package was out for delivery when i was checking it!!!!!
hi. PL SPREAD THE WORD - since today morning Mississauga & Brampton BLS have released OCI/Passport appointments for EVERY day of April. most Saturdays are booked though
hi. this morning Mississauga & Brampton BLS have released OCI/Passport appointments for EVERY day of April. most Saturdays are booked though
obtained our CA PPs March last year and finally applied for my own OCI this year - received it in March. now applying for my family. as usual, there are questions because of how the website/process is designed!!
for my family, i'm answering yes to the qn if any family member has applied for OCI (which is me).
Q1 - it asks for the date of application. what to mention here? date the family member submitted their application online, or the BLS appointment date?
Q2 - it asks for status - OCI granted/not granted. for family members whose OCI application is still under process, should i choose 'not granted'?
Q3 - if 3 family members are applying for OCI together, do they mention others in this category (family members who've applied for OCI)?
Q4 - linked to 1 & 3 the above (if we choose online submission date), the date on the application is 2nd Apr (because it is 2nd in India already), but system isn't allowing me to select 2nd as it is still 1st here!! should i leave it as 1st?
for my family, i'm answering yes to the qn if any family member has applied for OCI (which is me).
Q1 - it asks for the date of application. what to mention here? date the family member submitted their application online, or the BLS appointment date?
Q2 - it asks for status - OCI granted/not granted. for family members whose OCI application is still under process, should i choose 'not granted'?
Q3 - if 3 family members are applying for OCI together, do they mention others in this category (family members who've applied for OCI)?
Q4 - linked to 1 & 3 the above (if we choose online submission date), the date on the application is 2nd Apr (because it is 2nd in India already), but system isn't allowing me to select 2nd as it is still 1st here!! should i leave it as 1st?