Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

sorabh333 wrote:Hi - I am going to embark on OCI journey - need some guidance.
OCI application by post to CGI birmingham - is following the list of documets:

1) Completed and signed application form with photo
2) Photo copies of British Passport (Self Attested)
3) Copy of Naturalization Certificate (Self Attested)
4) Copy of Surrender Certificate (Self Attested)
5) copy of used pages of old indian passport(s)(self attested)

Can anyone advise if above are OK or do i also need to send any original documents at all?

i have been reading the posts in this foum - realllly helpful !!!

thank you sooo much in advance.

smatt wrote:Dear Memebers/Friends/experts,

Can anyone able to tell current OCI - Postal processing date, kindly help.

Regards,
smatt

smatt wrote:Dear Memebers/Friends/experts,

Can anyone able to tell current OCI - Postal processing date, kindly help.

Regards,
smatt

Mauser1905 wrote:OCI for 2 adults and 2 children as a family group
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Documents Sent by Post : 17 Dec 2012 (CGI Edinburgh)
Documents Received at Edinburgh : 18 Dec 2012
Joint Affidavit Request by CGI: 27 Dec 2012 (See update 1 below)
Joint Affidavit Sent by Post: 28 Dec 2012
Joint Affidavit Received by CGI: 31 Dec 2012
Application Acknowledged : 07 Mar 2013
Photo/Signature Scanned : 17 Apr 2013
Registration Granted : 17 Apr 2013
Printed : 19 Apr 2013
OCI Dispatched from India : 25 Apr 2013
Recd at Edinburgh : 9 May 2013
Passport Sent for Stamping by Post : 9 May 2013
Passport recd at Edinburgh : 10 May 2013
Passport and OCI recd back at home : 16 May 2013

Interim Update 1:
Received call from CGI on 27 Dec 2012 to submit Joint Affidavit for minor applicant stating that child never had Indian passport.
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... =affidavit
CGI Edinburgh has posted a notice on their website quoting applications from 1 November 2012 will be granted by 15th April 2013. 6 months processing time due to huge number of applications.
CGI's OCI team sent email with the reference numbers listed for al members and provided detailed information on how to collect in person or by post. very helpful information. Also stated that print out of that email required when collecting in person or by post.
Final update - All OCI process complete. Also note that long term visit visa's we had on our British pasports for India were cancelled by putting cancelled stamp on those vignettes

senthil_1977 wrote:Hi.
Postal application to London 28/03/2013.
Acknowledgement 16/05/2013.

A long anxious wait...... Finally the acknowledgement.

What happens next? Will I receive a letter or have to keep looking at the status? And after that do I have to send all the family members passports to Indian embassy?

Senthil

Rkuks wrote:Dear siddhverma
Same in my case. I applied by post to HC london and they recieved on 8th April. Was it London that you applied?Time lines to other places are way different.
The status on the online enquiry will only begin to change when they acknowledge your application.
The last I had enquired they had replied by e mail on the 8th may that they were doing applications dated 20 th march. By this analogy either you should have been acknowledged or probably in the coming week. They are probably very slow.
You can mail them at the following address and enquire on the status ----att.oci@hcilondon.in

Hope this helps

london7 wrote:hi,
my OCI has been received at Birmingham. I'm going to send my passport to them by post.
However I have a problem and that is I have lost my payment receipt sent by them to me. I have the acknowledgement slip.
What should I do? will they refuse to give me the OCI without the receipt?

london7 wrote:Thank you Manish.
I will send them my passport and acknowledgement slip.