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OCI process

tatateagold

Star Member
Jul 7, 2017
56
57
Updated for me with tomorrow's date - 1 adult, 1 minor

Date Of Acknowledgment16-OCT-2023
Registration Status at MissionTORONTO
OCI- NumberXXXX
Documents Printing StatusPROCESSEDOn07-NOV-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )NEW DELHIOn
Document received AtTORONTOOn

Date Of Acknowledgment16-OCT-2023
Registration Status at MissionTORONTO
OCI- NumberXXXXX
Documents Printing StatusPROCESSEDOn07-NOV-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )NEW DELHIOn
Document received AtTORONTOOn
 

VK777

Full Member
May 7, 2019
23
20
Thank you @eas2lv for maintaining the tracker..kindly update the below :

Minor OCI application
22nd sep: Postal received by BLS (purolator tracking)
26th sep: BLS acknowledgement email
29th sep: Application date on BLS portal
16th oct: acknowledgement on OCI website


Self and spouse OCI applications:
Oct 16th: Postal received by BLS (Purolator tracking)
No email acknowledgement yet from BLS :( Called them and they asked to wait another 5 days and then check.
Minor Oci application
16th october: acknowledgement
06 november: processed and dispatched at Delhi, received at Toronto

Self and spouse oci applications:
Oct 16th: Postal received by BLS
Oct 28th: application date on BLS portal
 

forw.jane

VIP Member
Apr 29, 2019
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strange but mine says something else

Documents Printing Status PROCESSED. On. 02-NOV-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ). NEW DELHI On 03-NOV-2023

Document received At OTTAWA On
Ottawa is special :) The last one gets updated after 4 days and same day BLS will change to "Passport ready For Collection after OCI stamping"
Hopefully tomorrow for you.
 

eas2lv

Champion Member
Oct 6, 2023
1,133
551
Toronto
Category........
WP
Visa Office......
Toronto
NOC Code......
21100
strange but mine says something else

Documents Printing Status PROCESSED. On. 02-NOV-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ). NEW DELHI On 03-NOV-2023

Document received At OTTAWA On
No idea about Ottawa -- they appear to be in a different league.
Document received has no entry? About 15 years ago it used to take 2 weeks for dispatch to receive (physically dispatched).
That said 02 Nov and 03 Nov may be the same day as dates are in IST and it changes at 2:30pm (now 1:30 pm).
 
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mangomadness

Newbie
Oct 27, 2023
9
1
Hi All,

Received OCI status update today as processed, seems like all the September 29th applicants are receiving today. No update on the BLS side of the website though:

Hoping to see if I can pick up from BLS Toronto, any recent experiences with this?

Date Of Acknowledgment16-OCT-2023
Registration Status at MissionTORONTO
OCI- NumberXXXX
Documents Printing StatusPROCESSEDOn07-NOV-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )NEW DELHIOn
Document received AtTORONTOOn
 

mangomadness

Newbie
Oct 27, 2023
9
1
Also, another question. Anyone travel with a 5 year e-visa applied back in 2020? I'm hoping this e-visa is still valid, but some BLS guy told me 10 year e-visa's were banned. So just wanted to double check if anyone had any issues with the 5 year e-visa's.
 

eas2lv

Champion Member
Oct 6, 2023
1,133
551
Toronto
Category........
WP
Visa Office......
Toronto
NOC Code......
21100
Also, another question. Anyone travel with a 5 year e-visa applied back in 2020? I'm hoping this e-visa is still valid, but some BLS guy told me 10 year e-visa's were banned. So just wanted to double check if anyone had any issues with the 5 year e-visa's.
After the covid years, in 2022, most visa's (except the 10 year ones) got restored, but e-visa's (which are not visa, but ETA) issued prior to March 2020 were not restored that time. Ask the consulate before you travel -- do not depend on BLS hearsay one way or other.
 
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time1976

Full Member
Oct 17, 2023
28
20
Significant movement today on the applications acknowledged on Oct 16. So heartening to see. Toronto tracker has only 2 applications with no updates and I'm hoping that's because those folks haven't reported them yet and not because there isn't anything to report.

Just a few more days to go, personally (Oct 19/20). Can't wait for this week to end