Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

mesn wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:55 pm

Thanks for the info. Hope its valid for Goswell Road too. Our passport surrender application took 4 hours. So, planning to go alone and apply on behalf of Wife and Kid if that's accepted.

rnirola wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:15 pm

Hi, I have couple of questions regarding OCI applications are below:

I, my wife and my kid we all have got british passport and we all have got Indian Passport Surrender certificates also.

Ques 1) During my, wife OCI application there is ques in application form which is below

Are You applying OCI on the basis of Indian Spouse/ Spouse's OCI-Card? * with yes or no option You need to select no, since your wife held Indian passport her claim to root (india) is direct

Now I am the spouse and I have got british passport + Surrender certificate.

so on above question Do I need to choose yes or no -- I am confused here I am an indian but now got british passport and Indian passport is cancelled.You are british now no more Indian as per citizenship

Ques 2) I have one more ques in the form is below

Relation With the Root Indian * and options are Father, mother, GrandFather, GrandMother, GreatGrandFather, GreatGrandMother, Self Self

which one is the correct to fill here

Any help would be useful

Thanks in advance

dontringthebell wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:21 pm

mesn wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:55 pm

Thanks for the info. Hope its valid for Goswell Road too. Our passport surrender application took 4 hours. So, planning to go alone and apply on behalf of Wife and Kid if that's accepted.

Yes very much so, I applied OCI for my daughter, wife and myself at Goswell Road centre, I applied on their behalf and carried consent letter.

Please carry as many appointment letters as the jumber of your applications.

other-countries/oci-application-experience-t319965.html

dontringthebell wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:23 pm

rnirola wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:15 pm

Hi, I have couple of questions regarding OCI applications are below:

I, my wife and my kid we all have got british passport and we all have got Indian Passport Surrender certificates also.

Ques 1) During my, wife OCI application there is ques in application form which is below

Are You applying OCI on the basis of Indian Spouse/ Spouse's OCI-Card? * with yes or no option You need to select no, since your wife held Indian passport her claim to root (india) is direct

Now I am the spouse and I have got british passport + Surrender certificate.

so on above question Do I need to choose yes or no -- I am confused here I am an indian but now got british passport and Indian passport is cancelled.You are british now no more Indian as per citizenship

Ques 2) I have one more ques in the form is below

Relation With the Root Indian * and options are Father, mother, GrandFather, GrandMother, GreatGrandFather, GreatGrandMother, Self Self

which one is the correct to fill here

Any help would be useful

Thanks in advance

Thank you for the quick reply

rnirola wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:57 am

Hi All,

I am also applying the OCI for my daughter, I, my wife both got british passport and indian passport surrender certificate
My kid born here and held indian passport initially but now got british passport and indian passport surrender certificate

In my kid application

Relation With the Root Indian * options are father, mother, grand father, grand mother, great grand father, great grand mother, selfSELF, Anyone that held indian passport/citizenship has direct claim to OCI, (they are directly connected to the root)

Which one is right option to choose.

Thanks in advance

dontringthebell wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:40 pm

rnirola wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:57 am

Hi All,

I am also applying the OCI for my daughter, I, my wife both got british passport and indian passport surrender certificate
My kid born here and held indian passport initially but now got british passport and indian passport surrender certificate

In my kid application

Relation With the Root Indian * options are father, mother, grand father, grand mother, great grand father, great grand mother, selfSELF, Anyone that held indian passport/citizenship has direct claim to OCI, (they are directly connected to the root)

Which one is right option to choose.

Thanks in advance

Thanks for the reply. one more doubt as my kid born in UK and held indian passport initially then got british passport.
in this case it will be Self option or As father option.

rnirola wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:03 pm

dontringthebell wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:40 pm

rnirola wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:57 am

Hi All,

I am also applying the OCI for my daughter, I, my wife both got british passport and indian passport surrender certificate
My kid born here and held indian passport initially but now got british passport and indian passport surrender certificate

In my kid application

Relation With the Root Indian * options are father, mother, grand father, grand mother, great grand father, great grand mother, selfSELF, Anyone that held indian passport/citizenship has direct claim to OCI, (they are directly connected to the root)

Which one is right option to choose.

Thanks in advance

Thanks for the reply. one more doubt as my kid born in UK and held indian passport initially then got british passport.
in this case it will be Self option or As father option.

starliteab wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:54 pm

I, my spouse and 2 sons all have British Passports. I would like to obtain OCI for my spouse and 2 sons. I got my OCI in 2015 itself.

myself: UK passport (born in India) + OCI issued in 2015
spouse: UK passport (born in India - naturalisation)+ Indian passport surrendered
2 x sons: 5 year old and 1 year old. both born in the uk.

Question 1 :
- spouse should select "relation with Root" as SELF?
- 2 sons should select "Relation with Root" = Mother or Father? ( note that I plan to go with the 3x application forms to VFS on behalf of the applicants) You could choose either mother or father. However, if you had registered your children as indian citizen or if they have held an indian passport prior to registering a british citizen they would choose SELF as well.

Question 2:
on the day of application (say London - Goswell) will I need to submit any original documents - and particularly do I need leave the applicants UK passports with VFS? Please carry all originals with you. They would not take the passport but could ask you to check. When I applied not so long ago they took:
For wife Naturalisation Certificate, Surender Certificate
For daughter Registration Certificate, Birth Certificate, Surender Certificate.

In case your children are applying on the basis of parents as relation to root, they might also ask for marriage certificate.

Question 3:
There are so many web links with step by step guide - could someone point me to the one which they believe is most useful and updated with the latest rules? You could follow any, its quite straight forward, keep digital photo and signature/written name image files handy prior to start applying. If children can write their name that is accepted instead of signatures.

Once you complete online application take a print out and sign the declaration page for your children. Take it to VFS on the day of the appointment alon gwith photocopies of documents and carry 3 printouts of appointment page. I'll share my experience too.

other-countries/oci-application-experience-t319965.html

Many thanks!

meerasm wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:46 pm

Hi All

I had applied for my Son's OCI in December 2021.
Date of acknowledgement - 23 Dec 2021.
Original Documents has been returned safely.
Its been more than 11 weeks now and the Status still remains " UNDER-PROCESS". It has crossed the normal processing time of 5-6 weeks and I did wait expecting the OCI to arrive(thinking the Status may not be updated).Unfortunately, the OCI hasn't arrived yet or no update on the status too.
We had applied for OCI few years ago (3 applications together) and got it processed in less than 6 weeks. This is strange.
Kindly Advise whom to contact for more details on the application. Please share your thoughts on this.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Many Regards
Meera

dontringthebell wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:10 am

starliteab wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:54 pm

I, my spouse and 2 sons all have British Passports. I would like to obtain OCI for my spouse and 2 sons. I got my OCI in 2015 itself.

myself: UK passport (born in India) + OCI issued in 2015
spouse: UK passport (born in India - naturalisation)+ Indian passport surrendered
2 x sons: 5 year old and 1 year old. both born in the uk.

Question 1 :
- spouse should select "relation with Root" as SELF?
- 2 sons should select "Relation with Root" = Mother or Father? ( note that I plan to go with the 3x application forms to VFS on behalf of the applicants) You could choose either mother or father. However, if you had registered your children as indian citizen or if they have held an indian passport prior to registering a british citizen they would choose SELF as well.

Question 2:
on the day of application (say London - Goswell) will I need to submit any original documents - and particularly do I need leave the applicants UK passports with VFS? Please carry all originals with you. They would not take the passport but could ask you to check. When I applied not so long ago they took:
For wife Naturalisation Certificate, Surender Certificate
For daughter Registration Certificate, Birth Certificate, Surender Certificate.

In case your children are applying on the basis of parents as relation to root, they might also ask for marriage certificate.

Question 3:
There are so many web links with step by step guide - could someone point me to the one which they believe is most useful and updated with the latest rules? You could follow any, its quite straight forward, keep digital photo and signature/written name image files handy prior to start applying. If children can write their name that is accepted instead of signatures.

Once you complete online application take a print out and sign the declaration page for your children. Take it to VFS on the day of the appointment alon gwith photocopies of documents and carry 3 printouts of appointment page. I'll share my experience too.

other-countries/oci-application-experience-t319965.html

Many thanks!

starliteab wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:32 am

Thanks very much ! one more question if you dont mind.. Not at all
1. Do I need to submit online application separetely for the 3 of them ? 3 separate applicationsor I can add addtional members while completing one main applicaiton online? you can't, though only one appointment is required. you may mention while booking appointment that other applications would be accompanying yours. however, you need three different application forms.
2. can i book in-person appointment before submitting online application? very much so and thats how everyone does it.
Thank you

kumar84 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:26 pm

Dear Members,

I am trying to book OCI appointment however there is a mandatory field
File No./ Application Reference No./Ref No. :

Any idea what this field refer to? Do I need to submit the application first and then only can book appointment?

Is this something recently changed ?

Is https://ociservices.gov.in/welcome correct URL and I need to select NEW OCI Registration

Do we need to register and submit for each family member? and when booking appointment can book it in single slot?

Thanks.
Kumar

dontringthebell wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:48 pm

starliteab wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:32 am

Thanks very much ! one more question if you dont mind.. Not at all
1. Do I need to submit online application separetely for the 3 of them ? 3 separate applicationsor I can add addtional members while completing one main applicaiton online? you can't, though only one appointment is required. you may mention while booking appointment that other applications would be accompanying yours. however, you need three different application forms.
2. can i book in-person appointment before submitting online application? very much so and thats how everyone does it.
Thank you

kumar84 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:53 pm

Thanks dontringthebell.

Quick question on Passport Surrender Certificate for Minor. Do we need to get thumb impression in the application form? children can also write their name, though this is a separate application to OCI.

Appreciate your help.
can I use 'OCI Registration Temporary Application ID' which we get before uploading the image and signature ? final application ID

Is the Application ID same as the final application ID? its different

Does any one have been to belfast vfs office from London. What would be the best way to travel? Thanks I haven't traveled for the vfs appointment but quickest would be a flight

anv1 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:19 pm

Timeline of my New OCI application: self
Application Date: 17/09/20
VFS Center: Birmingham
Date of acknowledgment: 18/09/20
Original docs Received back: 22/09/20
Documents Printing Status: 09/10/20
Dispatched From New Delhi (OCI): 09/10/20
Document received At Birmingham: 09/10/20
Dispatched by VFS: 12/10/20
OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED: 16/10/20
Couldn’t be bothered to ask for a letter from my employer, hence submitted a payslip. However after a couple of days after submitting the application got a email from embassy asking about my job profile as the payslip didn’t have the details, for which I promptly replied.

Subha100 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 04, 2022 10:11 am

JOb profile is something like Job tile like IT consulatant, Store manager etc or daily atctvitvy has to be provided ? Yes