Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Thanks you so much for advice

I will emailing today

Is it okey to email that shetty guy ??? Otherwise i havent got clue who to email? Lol

y2j wrote:Thanks you so much for advice

I will emailing today

Is it okey to email that shetty guy ??? Otherwise i havent got clue who to email? Lol

Mail them on ss(dot)oci(at)hcilondon(dot)in

y2j wrote:I dont know bcz i did not get my passport back but i did received surrender certificate only ? Pls need ur advice guys

Where was your last Indian passport issued from?
Is the copy you have clear one? also check if the passport number on the surrender cert matches with it.

My only indian passport issued from thane ( mumbai ) when i was 17 yrs old. Also photo copy of my old passport is in absulutaly good condition.
Also on surrender certificate my passport no. Is same as my passport but i dont know to be honest what to do now?

Plss share any suggestion you have

Many thanks

File Acknowledgment Number GBXXXXXXXX
Date Of Acknowledgment 25-JUL-2014
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
OCI- Number XXXXXXXX
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 02-SEP-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI) NEW DELHI On 05-SEP-2014
Document received at LONDON On 07-SEP-2014
Passport sent to HCI london 08-SEP-2014
Passport received at HCI on 09-SEP-2014
Passport (U-Visa) with OCI Reg. book received on 12-SEP-2014


This ends my immigration journey.

Hi Folks,
Please could someone clarify? My wife and our two kids are applying for their OCI cards.
Is the fee £175 for the application or is it £175 x 3?

Many thanks if you can help.

Anand

anandm1 wrote:Hi Folks,
Please could someone clarify? My wife and our two kids are applying for their OCI cards.
Is the fee £175 for the application or is it £175 x 3?

Many thanks if you can help.

Anand

175x3

175x3[/quote]

Many thanks.

Quick question about OCI supporting documents. Taking info from https://www.hcilondon.in/oci.html , section C,

1) It says copy of Naturalisation certificate whereas it states photocopy of the applicant's foreign passport. So for postal applications do I need to include the original and copy of the naturalisation certificate or is the copy enough. Further down it also states "All the original documents may please be sent (except British/foreign passport where only a copy is required) with one set of self-attested photocopy of the documents with the application."

2) If submitting the surrender certificate , is there a need to send the Indian passport?

3) Read somewhere that for people born in India, they need to provide birth certificate from municipal panchayat. Is this true, does having an indian passport not cover that?

Thanks in advance.

amthekkel wrote:Quick question about OCI supporting documents. Taking info from https://www.hcilondon.in/oci.html , section C,

1) It says copy of Naturalisation certificate whereas it states photocopy of the applicant's foreign passport. So for postal applications do I need to include the original and copy of the naturalisation certificate or is the copy enough. Further down it also states "All the original documents may please be sent (except British/foreign passport where only a copy is required) with one set of self-attested photocopy of the documents with the application."

See below

2) If submitting the surrender certificate , is there a need to send the Indian passport?

NO

3) Read somewhere that for people born in India, they need to provide birth certificate from municipal panchayat. Is this true, does having an indian passport not cover that?

No need for birth certificate except for minors.

Thanks in advance.

Only One set to below documents along with the postal order & and self addressed stamped envelope.

1. Orignal Print out of the Form A & B with
ONE PHOTO PASTED.
2. Copy of Surrender certificate with Original.
3. Copy of cancelled Indian Passport(s).
4. Copy of Certificate of Naturalisation with Original.
5. Copy of British Passport.

All copies must be self attested.

y2j wrote:My only indian passport issued from thane ( mumbai ) when i was 17 yrs old. Also photo copy of my old passport is in absulutaly good condition.
Also on surrender certificate my passport no. Is same as my passport but i dont know to be honest what to do now?

Plss share any suggestion you have

Many thanks

Was your passport valid when you surrendered?

Did you email HCI and Shetty? any replies?

Applicants: 2 Adults and 2 british born children
Document checlist:
A document containing the following information:
-Applicant's Name corresponding to British Passport No and OCI Appointment No

Supporting documents attached:-
Father and Mother:
Photograph - 51 x 51 mm
Copy of Surrender certificate.
Copy of Certificate of Naturalisation.
Copy of British Passport(photo page).

British born children:
Photograph - 51 x 51 mm
Copy of British Passport
Copy of Full UK Birth Certificate

Method of Application: In person at HCI London
Date of Application: 30th July 2014
Registration status: London
Document printing Status: Processed on 4th September 2014
Dispatched from MOIA(OCI): New Delhi - 5th September 2014
Document received at: London on 8th September 2014

Immediately despatched the following using a single special delivery envelope for all four applicants.....
Original British Passports(4) + online OCI Status report(4) + Special Delivery return envelope (4)

Document received by OCI Section, High Commission of India, India House, Aldwych, London - WC2B 4NA on 10th September 2014.
Document received for all four applicants(2 Adults and 2 children) on 13th September 2014.

Thank you all. Appreciate your effort to keep all of us going.

I sent my OCI appliation by post on 5/09/2014
Received back original Surrender cert and Naturalisation cert on 13/09/2014
How do I get the acknowledgement, by post or email?
How long does it take?

jacsll55 wrote:I sent my OCI appliation by post on 5/09/2014
Received back original Surrender cert and Naturalisation cert on 13/09/2014
How do I get the acknowledgement, by post or email?
How long does it take?

If you got your originals back, go here and fill in your passport number and date of birth to get the required details about your application.
https://passport.gov.in/oci/forgotRegis

File Acknowledgment Number: XXX
Date Of Acknowledgment:c 28-JUL-2014
Registration Status at Mission: LONDON
OCI- Number: XXX
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On: 04-SEP-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI on: 05-SEP-2014
Document received At LONDON On: 08-SEP-2014
Passport sent On: 09-Sep-2014
Passport tracked as received by them On: 10-Sep-2014
Delivery attempted On: 13-Sep-2014

Not happy with Royal mail as they didn't even ring the bell but left a something for you card so I will go and collect it tomorrow.

File Acknowledgment Number: XXX
Date Of Acknowledgment: 28-JUL-2014
Registration Status at Mission: LONDON
OCI- Number: XXX
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On: 04-SEP-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI on: 05-SEP-2014
Document received At LONDON On: 08-SEP-2014
Passport sent On: 09-Sep-2014
Passport tracked as received by them On: 10-Sep-2014
Delivery attempted On: 13-Sep-2014
Passport and OCI Booklet collected On: 14-Sep-2014

Seems like a long journey has finally come to an end will let my wife decide when she wants to become a british citizen till then I will be away from immigration hassles!

Hi

I have sent email to then and they have already forwarded my email to concerned department and now they will get back to me soon.
Hopefully i get my oci very soon, cant wait to see my family

I ll keep u all update with out comes

Thanks

y2j wrote:
I ll keep u all update with out comes

Thanks

Fingers crossed for you!

OCI Application Method : By Post (First Class)
OCI Application Date : 16-AUG-2014
Online Registration No/Web-File Number : GBRLNXXXXXXX (1)
File Acknowledgment Number: GBRLYYYYYYYY (2)
Date Of Acknowledgment: 26-AUG-2014
Registration Status at Mission: LONDON
Documents Printing Status :
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI) NEW DELHI on:
Document received At LONDON On:
Passport sent On:
Passport Delivered back to me On:
OCI- Number:


Mentioning following points as could not find clearly mentioned in the forum -

(1) When we generate the online PDF form, the ref number on that is what HCI calls as the "Online Registration No" on the http://passport.gov.in/oci/statusEnqury page.
If we go to http://passport.gov.in/oci/forgotRegis and use passport number and date of birth, they also call it "Web-File Number".

(2) We need to explicity go online to http://passport.gov.in/oci/statusEnqury page and "check status online using your Application Reference and Passport Number" per the acknowledgment letter that is posted back to you. That will display the File Acknowledgment Number which is a totally seperate number which HCI does not mention in the ack letter.

Do not think point 2) is correct. It may well be the case that postal application receives different acknowledgement (I doubt ) but while submitting in person in HCI, the receipt I got definitely had File (Acknowledgment) No. and many people have used that number to successfully track their application.

There have been times when because of system glitch, only File Acknowledgement No. works.

akash08 wrote:Do not think point 2) is correct. It may well be the case that postal application receives different acknowledgement (I doubt ) but while submitting in person in HCI, the receipt I got definitely had File (Acknowledgment) No. and many people have used that number to successfully track their application.

There have been times when because of system glitch, only File Acknowledgement No. works.

I agree with Akash08 I got the slips with all the numbers needed to track as well.

Still waiting for Passport from CGI BHM.

Date Of Acknowledgment 02-JUL-2014
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 01-SEP-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 02-SEP-2014
Document received At BIRMINGHAM On 05-SEP-2014
Sent passport through SD. - received at CGI BHM on 11-09-2014

akb wrote:Still waiting for Passport from CGI BHM.

Date Of Acknowledgment 02-JUL-2014
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 01-SEP-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 02-SEP-2014
Document received At BIRMINGHAM On 05-SEP-2014
Sent passport through SD. - received at CGI BHM on 11-09-2014

I sent mine to BHM today too.. so looks like they will take 7to 10 working days..

Dear Friends

Would you know when to commence tracking the OCI Application submitted. I submitted my application in London on the 05th Sept 14.

I tried to track, but comes up with them asking some weird questions.

Thank you

juliemjohn wrote:Dear Friends

Would you know when to commence tracking the OCI Application submitted. I submitted my application in London on the 05th Sept 14.

I tried to track, but comes up with them asking some weird questions.

Thank you

Try with File Acknowledgment Number: XXX and passport number