Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

cpcg wrote:Applied for OCI at CGI Birmingham in person for whole family (2+2) - 12/12/2013
Will update the progress accordingly

I too have applied for OCI at Birmingham for family (2+2) on 2/12. Lets keep each other posted about our progress.

Applied for OCI (me + wife and daughter) on the 22nd October in person. Date of acknowledgement was the 24th October.

The online status service showed "PROCESSED" (OCI No. was also issued) on the 22nd Nov for all of us, and remained in that state for 2.5 weeks. On the 9th Dec, the status went back to "UNDER PROCESS".

On the 11th Dec they once again went to "PROCESSED" and a new OCI number was issued.

On the 13th they were dispatched (16th in the case of my wife) and mine has arrived along with my daughters. Still waiting for my wifes which should be here tomorrow hopefully.

Its been a painful journey...I wonder if someone else has had this sort of experience?

Applied for me, my wife and 2 kids.

Below is status for me and my elder son. For my wife and younger son is still under process.

Submission: By Post
Date of submission - 11-Nov-2013
Acknowledgement - 26-Nov-2013
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On - 17-DEC-2013
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On -- Not Yet
Document received At LONDON On -- Not Yet

In person application at HCI London
Date of Application : 12-NOV-2013
Date Of Acknowledgment : 12-NOV-2013
Documents Printing Status : PROCESSED On 05-DEC-2013
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) : NEW DELHI On 13-DEC-2013
Document received At : LONDON On 13-DEC-2013

Went to HCI London at 0820 AM today (17 DEC 2013 ) and around 50 people in queue for OCI collection . Around 0910 AM , submitted passport and on-line status print out and was issued Token.

For collecting Passport went to HCI at 16:20 PM and around 150 people in queue already and with two counters open , was able to collect Passport and OCI booklet by 17:05 .

In person application at HCI London (Adult + Minor)
Date of Application : 20-DEC-2013
Date Of Acknowledgment : 20-DEC-2013
Documents Printing Status : TBC
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) : TBC
Document received At : TBC

In person application at HCI London
Date of Application : 16-DEC-2013
Date Of Acknowledgment : 16-DEC-2013
Documents Printing Status : 08-JAN-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) : 10-JAN-2014
Document received At LONDON:13-JAN-2014
PP sent by Royal Mail to HCI : 14-JAN-2014
PP returned by HCI : TBC

* due to change of collection process I am sending the Passport by Royal Mail tomorrow and fingers crossed lets see how quickly they complete and return*

In person application at CGI Birmingham (2 Adults + 2 Minors)
Date of Application : 02-DEC-2013
Date Of Acknowledgment : 02-DEC-2013
Documents Printing Status : Processed on 06-Jan-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) : New Delhi on 07-Jan-2014
Document received At : TBC

File Acknowledgment Number GBRL*******
Date Of Acknowledgment 03-DEC-2013
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
OCI- Number A*******
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 30-DEC-2013
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 31-DEC-2013
Document received At LONDON On 02-JAN-2014

OCI Application Timeline for Edinburgh Indian Consulate - may be useful for someone in scotland.
Applicant Name : XXX
File Acknowledgment Number GBRE00XXXXX
Date Of Acknowledgment 23-OCT-2013
Registration Status at Mission EDINBURGH
OCI- Number AXXXX
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 30-NOV-2013
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 10-DEC-2013
Document received At EDINBURGH On 16-DEC-2013

Good Luck and Happy New Year to All.

Submitted in Edinburgh on 04-NOV-2013
Applicant Name XXXXXXXXXX
File Acknowledgment Number GBREXXXXXXXXXX
Date Of Acknowledgment 19-NOV-2013
Registration Status at Mission EDINBURGH
OCI- Number XXXXXXXXXX
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 23-DEC-2013
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 26-DEC-2013
Document received At EDINBURGH On 31-DEC-2013

Submited passports 31-DEC-2013
OCI expecting on 02-01-2014 ( as 1st is a holiday)

It took nearly 2 months to get my OCI.
Good Luck Everyone!

Hi all, I have found browsing this form very useful and this is my first post on it.
My OCI application (2 adult + 1 child) has been processed and despatched to HCI London. I won't be able to collect it in person so will be using the postal method.
Can anyone guide if I need to send 3 self addressed return envelopes or will 1 envelope suffice?

Thanks.
RPM

Updated:

imranb wrote:In person application at CGI Birmingham (2 Adults + 2 Minors)
Date of Application : 02-DEC-2013
Date Of Acknowledgment : 02-DEC-2013
Documents Printing Status : Processed on 06-Jan-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) : New Delhi on 07-Jan-2014
Document received At : TBC

I went to stand in the queue to submit my son's passport for OCI stamping this morning. Apparently starting today 13/01/2014, they will only entertain postal applications for OCI stamping. Postal application must include, needless to say, foreign passport, OCI status print out and self addressed envelope.

imranb wrote:Updated:

imranb wrote:In person application at CGI Birmingham (2 Adults + 2 Minors)
Date of Application : 02-DEC-2013
Date Of Acknowledgment : 02-DEC-2013
Documents Printing Status : Processed on 06-Jan-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) : New Delhi on 07-Jan-2014
Document received At : TBC

Hi Imranb,
Have you collected your OCI in person or by post. Mine is still under process. As few have said the consulate collect the passports through post only, I don't know if you have experienced the same at CGI birmingham. Please let me know. Thanks

I got my 'Documents Received' status on 7th Jan 2014 and was just about to go down there today and for some reason decided to check the timings, which brought me here. Also, my brother went down to pick his up last week who has the same status as mine was turned away and told that the submitting/collection procedure had changed to a single slot of 1400-1600hrs and now this!!!

I am feeling pretty angry and disgusted about the whole procedure to say the least. I don't particularly want to send the passport via post as they accept no liability whatsoever.

RPM,

When you say 2 adults and 1 child, I presume it is for you , your spouse and child? Then 1 SD envelope is fine.
If you are applying for 2 wifes and 1 child then 2 SD envelopes (Better safe than sorry) Even if they live in the same address you never know when the World Strong Women Contest will begin!!

Keep adding the SD envelopes as the wives increase....LOL
cheers
vr

anonimouse wrote:I got my 'Documents Received' status on 7th Jan 2014 and was just about to go down there today and for some reason decided to check the timings, which brought me here. Also, my brother went down to pick his up last week who has the same status as mine was turned away and told that the submitting/collection procedure had changed to a single slot of 1400-1600hrs and now this!!!

I am feeling pretty angry and disgusted about the whole procedure to say the least. I don't particularly want to send the passport via post as they accept no liability whatsoever.

unfortunately you don't have any other option but to receive by post. though loss of documents in post is not rare but royal mail is quite efficient and reliable. don't worry.

rpm_ctbt wrote:Hi all, I have found browsing this form very useful and this is my first post on it.
My OCI application (2 adult + 1 child) has been processed and despatched to HCI London. I won't be able to collect it in person so will be using the postal method.
Can anyone guide if I need to send 3 self addressed return envelopes or will 1 envelope suffice?

Thanks.
RPM

In case you still haven't sent passports for OCI stamping send 3 self addressed envelopes. Each application is treated separately.

ban.s wrote:unfortunately you don't have any other option but to receive by post. though loss of documents in post is not rare but royal mail is quite efficient and reliable. don't worry.

Thanks. Yes I agree and it seems that the options change just like the weather and hoping that they might change it back soon enough to collect it in person. It says that the OCI is available for collection for 42 days after the date of acknowledgement - really don't know what that means or how they enforce it?

I cannot take a chance to send it through the post as I am travelling in a weeks time and then back for a few days, then back out again - so cannot be without a passport...

anonimouse wrote:...It says that the OCI is available for collection for 42 days after the date of acknowledgement - really don't know what that means or how they enforce it?

I cannot take a chance to send it through the post as I am travelling in a weeks time and then back for a few days, then back out again - so cannot be without a passport...

42 days from acknowledgement i.e. receipt of the application/entry onto their system. It's for guideline only and usually OCI is issued within 5 week from acknowledgement (takes longer for postal).

Apply for collection when you won't be needing the passport for 10-12 days.

ban.s wrote:

anonimouse wrote:...It says that the OCI is available for collection for 42 days after the date of acknowledgement - really don't know what that means or how they enforce it?

I cannot take a chance to send it through the post as I am travelling in a weeks time and then back for a few days, then back out again - so cannot be without a passport...

42 days from acknowledgement i.e. receipt of the application/entry onto their system. It's for guideline only and usually OCI is issued within 5 week from acknowledgement (takes longer for postal).

Apply for collection when you won't be needing the passport for 10-12 days.

So, in order to get the OCI which has already been issued - then theoretically there is no deadline to get it stamped?

No, there is no deadline for collection.

ban.s wrote:No, there is no deadline for collection.

Thanks. Phew..that takes some pressure off.

VR wrote:In person application at HCI London
Date of Application : 16-DEC-2013
Date Of Acknowledgment : 16-DEC-2013
Documents Printing Status : 08-JAN-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) : 10-JAN-2014
Document received At LONDON:13-JAN-2014
PP sent by Royal Mail to HCI : 14-JAN-2014
PP returned by HCI : TBC

* due to change of collection process I am sending the Passport by Royal Mail tomorrow and fingers crossed lets see how quickly they complete and return*

VR - hello there,

I've got a question, did you receive any email from HCI to send it by post? or does it show in your status?
I applied on 20th December - I got Status as 'Processed' so far...

Forbc123,

On the website their collection procedure has changed from 13th January 2014.
My Status got updated on 13th to show they have got the document back from Delhi.
I had no option but to send it by post on 14th next day 1pm delivery with a return self addressed envelop and a printout of the status and British Passport.

Also people were being turned away since Monday when they attempted to go for collection in person. In a way its good. When you do a cost benefit analysis of going there to collect with the process they had in place, people were losing an entire days earnings(Billing) plus having to spend 40 quid to get there by train or fuel for the car.
cheers
vr