Many congrats! Displaced mail is the new lost luggage it appears...

Thanks all. Just as an update, I got my documents today (5 working days to process by HCI). My timeline: Posted documents by Royal Mail Special Delivery 12pm on Fri 24 Jan Documents received by HCI at 9am on Mon 27 Jan (next working day) OCI & Passport Documents sent back by HCI on Fri 31 Jan OCI & ...

That's a shocker. I just can't believe Royal Mail's 'Guaranteed' service could not deliver (but that's why some of us are stressed as it could easily happen to us). At what stage was your SAR traceable online? As soon as HCI had posted it? I'm getting an error message on mine continuously which is w...

Sorry to hear that. Did the HCI send your documents back via Special Delivery? You have plenty of time to get a replacement British passport - you can get one in one day if you book an appointment and pay the fees although you have time to just get one in the standard 10 days: https://www.gov.uk/get...

Many congrats. When did you first see tracking information in the Royal Mail site for your SAE? Was it on the 30th?

Your timelines are exactly the same as mine so far except for the end result!

Hi - when people have had their passports delivered by Special Delivery by Royal Mail, does it say the following (was signed by "Manju" at Eastern Central City?. Getting paranoid that it wasn't delivered. Should it not give the exact address? Thanks Sanjay Track point 27/01/14 09:46 DELIVERED27/01/1...

Sajiv - does your final delivery when you sent show the following? Doesn't sound like HCI to me although was signed by someone called "Manju"?

Date

Time

Status

Track point




27/01/14

09:46

DELIVERED27/01/14

EASTERN CENTRAL CITY

Actually, your link does work for my outward mail - it's very detailed. It won't work for the return because it obviously hasn't been sent out as yet.

Thanks

Thanks - sensible advice. It's only stressful because I'm flying out on the 18th for a wedding and my passports are now out of my control! That link you sent doesn't work for my Special delivery: keeps saying it doesn't recognise the tracking ID. I've been using: http://www.royalmail.com/track-trace...

Hi Sajiv Thanks for your post. When were your documents processed and ready to collect (mine was 13 Dec)? Does your reply envelope tracking also say "Please Come Back Later"? I wish the HCI would add the collections procedure to their online processing data than for us to pay Royal Mail to do the sa...

Many thanks. I have been using the tracking service on Royal Mail - it says my original packet was delivered at HCI on Monday but there is no information on the return SAE. That would make sense to me - no nformation until HCI have dispatched it? Or did you have a status for your Special delivery SA...

Many thanks

Hi there Sweating over my own OCI application (leave for India with my two baby daughters on 18 Feb) - I had no idea that you had to post your passport for collection from 13 Jan 2014. When did that change and why was it not more prominent on the HCI website? Can someone please tell me whether the S...

Hi there Sweating over my own OCI application (leave for India with my two baby daughters on 18 Feb) - I had no idea that you had to post your passport for collection from 13 Jan 2014. When did that change and why was it not more prominent on the HCI website? Can someone please tell me whetehr the S...