I wonder if somebody can help. I am applying under OCI miscellaneous service for my son, who has a new passport. Where do we stick the photo on the application form? When I applied for the original OCI, the application printout had a space to stick the hard copy of the photo, but now the uploaded ph...
I wonder if somebody can help. I am applying under OCI miscellaneous service for my son, who has a new passport. Where do we stick the photo on the application form? When I applied for the original OCI, the application printout had a space to stick the hard copy of the photo, but now the uploaded ph...
Hi Can somebody please confirm to me that when we submit passport for getting the OCI after it has been received at high comission does VFS provide an acknowledgement. Yesterday I submitted my passport and there was no acknowledgement given. I am a bit worried if what happens if they lose the passp...
Another day gone and no signs of my son's passport or OCI. Sent on 8 June! I wonder how long it takes for Birmingham embassy to cancel a PIO card and send the OCI card- when I did for myself in April- got it back in 8 days! It is 12 days now and still counting! Contacted VFS who said it is nothing t...
Birmingham embassy seems to be extremely slow, even surpassing its own low standards. Looking at the timeline on this forum, the time from submission of passport to receipt of passport and OCI card seems to be on an average 3-4 days for London and 5-7 days for Birmingham. I submitted my son's passpo...
I was given to understand that one can make a family application on behalf of 4 family members and I get the option of choosing individual or family at the start. However, in the online format, I am not offered that option at any point. Does that mean I have to make 4 separate applications ie comple...
Hi I am planning to apply PIO for myself and family. I have some queries regarding PIO family application (3 applications). 1. How many self addressed pre-paid spl del envelopes need to be submitted with family applications? Only 1 for all or separate for each applicant? 2. In pts 13 & 15, if appli...
Timeline for surrender certificate Application sent by post: 10/5/14 Application received by vfs global: 12/5/14 Wrong set of documents received : 21/5/14 (vfs global sent somebody else's documents to me! Spent all of 21/5/14 making heated telephone calls) Wrong documents sent back: 22/5/14 Surrende...
VFS global are a bunch of idiots. They have sent somebody else's cancelled passport and surrender certificate to me in the prepaid envelope I had sent them! Can't they even read names properly! It is not as if the names are similar in anyway- the name of the person's documents I received does not ev...
I don't understand why they need photocopy of british passport! Would it not satisfy them to see the naturalisation certificate to convince them? People may take up citizenship, but not bother having a passport if they have no immediate travel plans. Another thing I don't understand is why they need...
My rant did the trick! Passport just arrived. My timeline is as follows Passport sent by post (not check and send): 03/04/14 Passport recived by passport office: 04/04/14 SMS recieved: 09/04/14 Interview letter received: 01/05/14 Interview attended: 02/05/14 Date of return of documents: 06/05/14 Pas...
How the pasport office works, I have no idea! I sent my application on 3rd April, went for my interview on 2nd May, and yet, no passport. And I see people who applied later than me and went for the interview later than me and have their passports in hand! Makes no sense
Called leeds council to arrange for the ceremony- next available date is 15 may. Asked for private ceremony- they took my number and said they would contact me in the next 10 working days!!!!!!! I am ready to pay money and still they don't seem too interested
I have been a silent observer on this forum- now I post my timeline Applied via NCS on 15/1/14 Date of receipt by ukba 16/1/14 Date of acknowledgement letter 30/1/14 Fees debited 30/1/14 Date of receipt of acknowledgement letter 6/2/14 Date of approval letter received-15/3/14 (letter dated 10/3/14) ...
