Hi Can you please does it take 3 days oce its shipped from VFS ? I have a email that OCI is shipped yesterday and i have havent got any confirmation from DX yet ? I have a flight to catch on staurday .Please can you give any info you have from your experience ideally, it should be the next day, but...

Appointment Date: 28/June/2021 Number of applicants : Two (Both Indian Origin) Date of Acknowledgement: Never got any ACK . VFS Center: Bradford Original docs Received back: 10/July/2021 (had to send email to inf.birmingham@mea.gov.in to ask the status. I think that helped to get the documents back)...

Applicant 1 (OCI For Minor) VFS Center: Cardiff VFS Submission: 14-Jun-2021 Date of acknowledgment: 17-Jun-2021 Original docs Received back (Birth Cert. Only): 22-Jun-2021 Documents Printing Status: (PROCESSED) : Waiting Dispatched From MEA (OCI) New Delhi: Waiting Document received At London: Wait...

I'm not sure I understand the timelines everyone is posting here. For example, if I understand the process correctly, then we have submit our application online first and then book the appointment to take all documents with us. I'm struggling to find any appointments unless I go to Bradford in the ...

thanks mate, appreciate your help. The email did the trick.. got a response from the OCI team that the email is forwarded to VFS and they will respond but got the documents today before any response from the VFS. The tracking shows the packet was sent yesterday evening and the reply to the email wa...

thanks mate, appreciate your help. The email did the trick.. got a response from the OCI team that the email is forwarded to VFS and they will respond but got the documents today before any response from the VFS. The tracking shows the packet was sent yesterday evening and the reply to the email wa...

thanks mate, appreciate your help.

thanks for your response, that worries me... did you use Royalmail pre-paid envelopes ? No, it was DX Courier from VFS. I have never heard VFS using Royal Mail. They use DX Courier. Why don't you email CGI Birmingham and ask for the status? They do reply. ah good idea, did;nt know that .. thanks a ...

they don't use royal mail but it was on the list of documents required so we took out envelopes with royal mail stamps ( 2 pre-paid self-addressed envelopes https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/docs/1605272008Document%20Requirement%2004112020.pdf) And VFS made us sign a document that said they are not respo...

thanks for your response, that worries me... did you use Royalmail pre-paid envelopes ?

Hi, Does anyone know what are the timelines to receive the original documents (UK passport and Surrender Certificate) back? I submitted my application to Bradford VFS last Monday (28th June 2021) and they provided the Royamail prepaid envelopes but the tracking still doesn't show any data. VFS perso...

yeah we parked right outside the center on free street parking...thereis also a paid parking near by but did not see it as we got the free one.

Thank god for this forum, I was going for my appointment on Monday with just 1 photo, but everyone here mentioned need two photos, so will have to click a new one and re-upload.

one question, do we need self-attested photo copies of all pages of Old Indian Passport?

Birmingham

Super impressed with the processing speed.

Applied in-person last week (20th May) and received the letter today.

Hope OCI is fast as well.

has anyone tried cancelling the appointment or changing the location?

The search of appointment by passport number only gives an option of print, no option to amend/cancel the appointment.

is it allowed to visit Scotland in the current lockdown?

I don't see an option to select any date.. the dates are either red , grey or red with corss and only Hounslow and Goswell. and I am not able to click on any date even in April.

any pointers ?

Thanks again,

no, I have not submitted the surrender application yet.

Thank you for the update and tip. Thats bad that they returned the certificate folded in half in a small envelope. The certificate must be badly creased then! I would suggest you make a complaint and get the certificate replaced for free. https://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/natura...

yeha I sincerely hope it's an error .. another weird thing I noticed was. When I put my application reference on TnT website it shows two consignments 1 for the passport and the other for the documents, but for my wife, it only shows the passport... so not sure how her documents are getting deliver...

Thanks mate,

which link did you use to submit the application to surrender the passport?

thanks mate.

Looking at the timeline, seems like many applications are going to Liverpool now. I called them after I posted here and apparently, they received my application on the 22nd although they put that they received the documents on the 19th of January amd she said they are looking to have someone look a...

hmmm... now the next challenge seems to be the horrible service of TNT. I received an email from the Passport office that the passport is on the way on the 18th (for my wife LIVERPOOL) and 19th (for me NEWPORT.). The status on TNT initially showed delivery of 22nd (yesterday) then at 5 pm changed t...