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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by softsword » Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:57 am

The OCI status enquiry page does not load up and throws error: Invalid Input. Please go back and try again.

This has been the state for the past two days..

Is there any other way we can check the status?

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by tushar_mars » Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:35 am

Dear jsh, Krish19 & david1955,

Can you let us know what's the passport submission time window? Saw it somewhere that its between 08:30 to 11:00 AM, is that correct?
Can someone please confirm the passport submission time window once the OCI has been approved? Thanks.

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by Krish19 » Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:36 am

Time you mentioned is correct.

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by pc12345 » Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:02 pm

RNSHAN wrote:
pc12345 wrote:
Yes rnshan, i have been travelling a lot recently so was unable to submit my passport. Hopefully it comes through next week like you say. Do you have the email id's you used to contact them. It would be very helpful.
thanks
Here are email addresses .... Do give your ref / file / GBRL no etc
info.inuk@vfshelpline.com
Info.Ociuk@vfshelpline.com
or even call
+44 203 793 8629*
+44 203 788 4666*

info.london@hcilondon.in
thank you rnshan!

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by pc12345 » Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:10 pm

tushar_mars wrote:
Dear jsh, Krish19 & david1955,

Can you let us know what's the passport submission time window? Saw it somewhere that its between 08:30 to 11:00 AM, is that correct?
Can someone please confirm the passport submission time window once the OCI has been approved? Thanks.
i submitted late afternoon and it was fine.

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by Anndeep » Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:34 pm

Hello
Please could you let me know what is a domicile document what information it contains and where can I obtain it to apply for OCI
Thank you

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by ILR4PVM » Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:18 pm

Adult Application Date : 20-06-2016
VFS Center: London Goswell Road
Date of acknowledgement : 21-06-2016
Original docs Received : 28-06-2016
Documents Printing Status (Processed) : 21-07-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI : 25-07-2016
Document received At London: 27-07-2016
Passport Submitted in person : 28-07-2016
Passport and OCI document received : 05-08-2016

Child Application Date : 29-06-2016
VFS Center: London Goswell Road
Date of acknowledgement : 30-06-2016
Original docs Received : 09-07-2016
Documents Printing Status (Processed) : 28-07-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI : 29-07-2016
Document received At London: 03-08-2016
Passport Submitted in person : 04-08-2016
Passport and OCI document received : 13-08-2016

Phew :!: a 6+ years journey ends 8)

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by pc12345 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:18 pm

VFS Center: London Goswell Road
Date of acknowledgement : 25-APR-2016
Documents Printing Status (Processed) : 14-JUN-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI : 16-JUN-2016
Document received At London: 21-JUN-2016
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON : 5 - AUG - 2016
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED : 17 - AUG - 2016

Received documents back in time thankfully :)
VFS are currently experiencing delays. Plan travels accordingly and give a minimum of 10 business days for documents to be returned back to you.

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by david1955 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:48 am

OCI for me and my wife :

Application Date : 01/07/2016
VFS Center: Hounslow
Date of acknowledgement : 04/07/2016
Original docs Received : not required by VFS, so never submitted
Documents Printing Status : PROCESSED On 03-AUG-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI : 04-AUG-2016
Document received At London: 11-AUG-2016
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON : 12-AUG-2016
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED : 19-Aug-2016

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by jsh » Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:31 pm

jsh wrote:Date Of Acknowledgment 14-JUL-2016
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 18-AUG-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 19-AUG-2016
Document received At LONDON On 19-AUG-2016


Date Of Acknowledgment 20-JUL-2016
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
Documents Printing Status UNDER-PROCESS

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by jsh » Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:32 pm

jsh wrote:Date Of Acknowledgment: 06-JUL-2016
Registration Status at Mission: LONDON
OCI- Number: xxxxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On: 03-AUG-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On: 04-AUG-2016
Document received At LONDON On: 11-AUG-2016
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON : 17-AUG-2016
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED :

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by Krish19 » Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:40 pm

Krish19 wrote:Application Date : 05-07-2016
VFS Center: London Goswell Road
Date of acknowledgement : 06-07-2016
Original docs Received : 14-07-2016
Documents Printing Status (Processed) : 03-08-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI : 04-08-2016
Document received At London: 11-08-2016
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON : 12-08-2016
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED : 20-08-2016


Finally journey is over!....

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by jilpangs » Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:12 am

Krish,

I also submitted on 12-Aug in London Goswell Road. But haven't received yet.

did you call for status?

Jil

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by ToneGen » Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:00 pm

Hello,

My OCI is processed and arrived at B'ham consular. I am planning to go to submit the passports soon. Couple of queries in this regard,

1. In the "declaration passport submission for issuance of OCI" what is "barcode oci tracking envelope number" On the Red DX envelope is this the one starts with 10.....(just numbers) or GBRB04.....?
2. one of the documents to be produced is "Copy of the OCI Application form" what is this? Have we not produced it already when I applied?

Thanks much in advance!!

Best Regards

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by jilpangs » Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:44 am

Hi ToneGen,

Even i had same problem of finding the right barcode, so left it blank and the officer at desk filled it themselves. so dont worry.

Copy of OCI application is not mandatory. Documents required section will have 8 items listed but we need only first 5 items.

1)Printout of on-line status report.
2) Declaration form given along with Pack.
3) British/Foreign Passport in original.
4) Barcoded Envelope
5) Acknowledgement receipt of the OCI application.

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by jilpangs » Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:50 am

Application Date : 01/07/2016
VFS Center: London Goswell Road
Date of acknowledgement : 04/07/2016
Original docs Received : 11/07/2016
Documents Printing Status : PROCESSED On 04-AUG-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI : 05-AUG-2016
Document received At London: 11-AUG-2016
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON : 12-AUG-2016
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED : 23-AUG-2016

PHEW !!! Travelling on 26-AUG, so received OCI just in time.

Thanks everyone for all your help during the journey. Good Luck to everyone.

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by ToneGen » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:00 pm

Hi ToneGen,

Even i had same problem of finding the right barcode, so left it blank and the officer at desk filled it themselves. so dont worry.

Copy of OCI application is not mandatory. Documents required section will have 8 items listed but we need only first 5 items.

1)Printout of on-line status report.
2) Declaration form given along with Pack.
3) British/Foreign Passport in original.
4) Barcoded Envelope
5) Acknowledgement receipt of the OCI application.
Thanks for the info jilpangs..... I am doing the same :)

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by sarangi_master » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:47 pm

Hi Guys - I need some help regarding my application.

My current status:
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 05-AUG-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 08-AUG-2016
Document received At LONDON On 11-AUG-2016

The documents are received but what are the next steps?

Thanks!

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by jsh » Wed Aug 24, 2016 8:08 am

jsh wrote:Date Of Acknowledgment: 06-JUL-2016
Registration Status at Mission: LONDON
OCI- Number: xxxxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On: 03-AUG-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On: 04-AUG-2016
Document received At LONDON On: 11-AUG-2016
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON : 17-AUG-2016
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED : 22-AUG-2016

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by jsh » Wed Aug 24, 2016 8:11 am

sarangi_master wrote:Hi Guys - I need some help regarding my application.

My current status:
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 05-AUG-2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 08-AUG-2016
Document received At LONDON On 11-AUG-2016

The documents are received but what are the next steps?

Thanks!
Hi
You need to login into https://passport.gov.in/oci/statusEnqury
Take a print off the screen with the statuses and take that with your passport to the London office - where you applied.
If this is PIO to OCI, then you need to take your PIO card too.

Also might few of the other stuff guys mention above (although i didnt... )

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by tushar_mars » Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:17 am

Application Date : 12-07-2016
VFS Center: London Goswell Road
Date of acknowledgement : 13-07-2016
Original docs Received : 20-07-2016
Documents Printing Status :
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI :
Document received At London:
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON :
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED :
Hello everyone,

It's been more than 42 days since I submitted my OCI application however the status still shows as UNDER-PROCESS. Is this normal for processing to take so long and the worrying bit is that I've got plans to travel in mid-September.

Any reply would greatly help.Thanks.

Tushar

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by amokashe » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:28 am

My Son's OCI application Timeline:

VFS Center: MANCHESTER
Mission: BIRMINGHAM
Application Date : 27/06/2016
Date Of Acknowledgement : 29/06/2016
Original docs Received : 13/07/2016
Documents Printing Status : Processed on 11/08/2016
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI : 12/08/2016
Document received At BIRMINGHAM: 16/08/2016
Passport Submitted in Person (VFS Manchester) : 17/08/2016
SMS/Email received: 22/08/2016
Passport and OCI booklet Received : 24/08/2016(Delayed because of DX! :x )
Total Days: 58 Days

Yippee! :D

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by amokashe » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:46 pm

tushar_mars wrote:
Application Date : 12-07-2016
VFS Center: London Goswell Road
Date of acknowledgement : 13-07-2016
Original docs Received : 20-07-2016
Documents Printing Status :
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI :
Document received At London:
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON :
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED :
Hello everyone,

It's been more than 42 days since I submitted my OCI application however the status still shows as UNDER-PROCESS. Is this normal for processing to take so long and the worrying bit is that I've got plans to travel in mid-September.

Any reply would greatly help.Thanks.

Tushar
It took me around 45 days from date of submission to process the application. I expect your status may change in coming week or so.

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by amokashe » Wed Aug 24, 2016 1:04 pm

ToneGen wrote:Hello,

My OCI is processed and arrived at B'ham consular. I am planning to go to submit the passports soon. Couple of queries in this regard,

1. In the "declaration passport submission for issuance of OCI" what is "barcode oci tracking envelope number" On the Red DX envelope is this the one starts with 10.....(just numbers) or GBRB04.....?
2. one of the documents to be produced is "Copy of the OCI Application form" what is this? Have we not produced it already when I applied?

Thanks much in advance!!

Best Regards
They just asked for following documents:
- British Passport Original
- OCI acknowledgement receipt (given at time of submission of OCI application)
- Online OCI status printout (https://passport.gov.in/oci/statusEnqury)
- Postage kit - 2 envelopes (given at time of submission of OCI application)

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Re: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

Post by jsh » Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:14 am

tushar_mars wrote:
Application Date : 12-07-2016
VFS Center: London Goswell Road
Date of acknowledgement : 13-07-2016
Original docs Received : 20-07-2016
Documents Printing Status :
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI :
Document received At London:
PASSPORT SUBMITTED IN PERSON :
PASSPORT AND OCI DOCUMENT RECEIVED :
Hello everyone,

It's been more than 42 days since I submitted my OCI application however the status still shows as UNDER-PROCESS. Is this normal for processing to take so long and the worrying bit is that I've got plans to travel in mid-September.

Any reply would greatly help.Thanks.

Tushar
I would query it as the ones i sent on 14th July has been processed... They do it based on the dates...

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