Hi My OCI documents finally reached Indian Consulate, Birmingham. Here is my timeline Date Of Acknowledgment 04-APR-2013 Registration Status at Mission BIRMINGHAM OCI- Number XXXXXX Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 12-JUL-2013 Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 16-JUL-2013 Document ...

I meant to say in my first post if my original British passport remains with them what other photo identification can I take other than driving license.

My OCI already despatched from Delhi on 16th July. i did not submit my passport. Had called them regarding what exact documents they need.

No. You have to wait 7 days to collect.

yes my OCI has been dispatched on 16th july 2013

Hi- I want to clarify one point. When we go to Birmingham consulate to collect OCI document personally do we need to show any photo identity? My original British passport is already with them. I do not have a driving license. Has any one faced this problem?
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Thanks Showy for your update and congratulations for getting the OCI booklets finally.

Hi, Please could someone post out a timeline of your OCI that would have been submitted at cgi Birmingham around 26/27 March 2013. Will be travelling to india at the end of july. Very anxious as nothing has changed since the acknowledgement. Shows as follows: acknowledgement: 26 March 2013 ...

Thanks for sharing your timeline. Your OCI was printed in just 12 weeks time. In that case ours should have been printed this week. Let us see.
Had it been London HCI we could have got in early May.

Why don't you email Birmingham OCI again? Please inform us if there is any change in your status.
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London HCI OCI processing is way way faster than CGI Birmingham. Applied on 4th April in person in Birmingham and still it is under process. Whereas people applying in June in London have got their OCI already. Why is such a huge time gap? Anyone who got OCI recently from Birmingham , can you please ...

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I applied for OCI in person in Birmingham on the 4th April 2013. The status still shows Printing is under process. Has anyone applied in Birmingham around that time? Need to go to India last week of July.
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Thanks for sharing your timeline. Can anyone from Birmingham who recently had their OCI share their timeline please?

Has anyone tried to check the online OCI status Enquiry? I am getting the same message that invalid input. Until a few days ago also I got the status saying 'Under Process On'. Now that page is not loading at all.
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Hi I applied at Birmingham and it was acknowledged on 6 March and has now finally been granted and document printing status is processed 3 June. Anyone know how long the Delhi office takes to send it back? Thanks Hi Congrats. Does your status say whether your documents have been dispatched from ...

OCI in London appears to be much faster process compared to Birmingham.
Has anyone got his OCI recently who applied in Birmingham?
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Exactly I too get the same message as yours. Printing- Under Process . No mention of OCI being granted at Mission or documents scanned.

I have applied OCI in person at CGI Birmingham on 4th April. Online status shows Printing under process.
Can anyone who has just got his or her OCI from Birmingham share the timeline? Then we can have a fair idea what is the backlog there.
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Papia

Mzala wrote:Still no letter for me 3 days later & cant find a number to call to enquire. Anyone knows what number i can call? Just thinking it might take ages to get a response if i use the email address provided

Hi- did you get the approval letter?

Hi There will be no problem during naturalization if you claim child benefit after having ILR. In the child benefit form my husband had to quote his NI card number. I sent only the original birth certificate of my daughter. I also sent photocopy of my husband's ILR stamped passport page and a ...

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No I did not call up customer service. However I informed the caseworker of that point but she did not seem to take it that seriously, just said that is fine.
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Yes I ticked 'YES' in that box.
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Hi papiaroy, Did you submit the following documents? 1) All 5 years P60 2) Bank statements and payslip older than 12 months 3) A covering letter 4) Any absence spreadsheet Hi My husband had carried all of the above. He had 4 P 60s and 1 P45. Bank statements for the last 15 months Salary slip ...

Thanks for the update. I will send the copies of HO documents and original birth certificate.

I think it is a good idea to ask people who have got their passports back after postal application. That should give you a rough guideline.
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