Quick update on this matter, hoping it will be useful for people in similar situation. So, the minor booked ticket to the UK on Emirates with the option of unaccompanied minor. He was assisted to the check in counter by the Emirates staff, but did not get a green signal from Dubai to check in. Even ...
You can get lucky and find an appointment near by. However, you can only book another appointment when the existing one is cancelled. You cannot cancel it yourself. Instead, you have to mail HCI (email id on their appointments page). As per experience of many in this board it takes days to cancel or...
There is no need to take children to vfs office to submit their application. Either parent can submit the application. To be on a safer side, carry an authorisation from your spouse authorising you to submit your child's application on her behalf. That should be good enough.
You can book appointment in any jurisdiction. Only point to note is that you fill the form for that jurisdiction. For example : if you are from London but have appointment available in Birmingham, in your application choose jurisdiction as Birmingham and not London even though you are resident of Lo...
Hi, I have recently applied for a British passport. However there is an issue with what name will be printed on the British passport - as my Indian passport does not have a surname (and only a given name). Eg: Indian Passport states - Given Name :John Smith Surname : (blank) I have since spoken to ...
Thanks for the reply. Regarding traveling alone when the visa has an endorsement of person to accompany, the UKVI site itself mentions "If you arrive in the UK without the person named in your visa, you’ll need to show that your parent or guardian consents to your travel and accommodation arrangemen...
Hi All I am asking this question on behalf of my friend. My friend is on ICT in the UK. She had applied for visitor visa for her son to travel to the UK who is 12 years old in April, 22 but got the visa only now. Whilst applying she had mentioned in the application that she would travel along with h...
You can submit your application outside your jurisdiction. Only care to take is that when you fill the application, choose the jurisdiction that you will submit to. E.g. If you live in Birmingham but want to submit application in London, choose your jurisdiction as London. Birmingham jursidiction ap...
Not sure where you got the 90 days timeline, but HCI london website does not mention that Indian Passport has to be surrendered within 90 days. Did you get this info from official website?
You should be fine. It's not enforced strictly. I submitted application for surrender of indian passport after 5 months of getting british passport. No questions asked.
Hi All I am a bit confused with the guidance AN which states "You can only apply to naturalise as a British citizen if you are an adult (aged 18 or over). Children under the age of 18 may be registered as a British citizen if they meet the relevant criteria." I want to apply for Citizenship for my d...
There is no fine if passport is surrendered late. The grace period of 3 months is only for using indian passport on acquiring foreign nationality in lieu of foreign passport. Even in this case, govt has stopped issuing monetary penalty. You can submit application for surrendering Indian passport whe...
My question do we need to handover our british passport at VFS for new OCI application because we have travel coming up in 4 days of our OCI appointment. Can anyone clarify this part? Thanks in advance. You have to submit the original British Passport along with OCI application at VFS. You will rec...
Hi If you haven't received the original documents yet from HMPO, I can fairly assume you have not submitted application for Surrendering your Indian passport which is a must before you submit your OCI application at VFS. I have read posts where original documents asked at VFS varies from place to pl...
Assuming you are going to India for tourism/short stay/family visit, you can apply for a tourist visa (visa vignette will be endorsed in your passport) by applying online: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/index.html You will have to take a prior appointment with the VFS through the https://www.h...
It is rightly mentioned that the address that matters is the Indian (permanent) address. Even in India, you can have the address updated when it's due for renewal unless you apply for renewal to reflect the new address. This is applicable even if the passport is issued abroad. The HCI prints foreign...
Hi In my case, they took the Original Indian passport and Naturalisation Certificate which were returned after cancelling the Indian Passport along with the Surrender certificate in 4-5 days. They did scan my British Passport while accepting the application; so please carry your British Passport too.
I tried on Chrome and Firefox and it didnt work. Finally worked on Microsoft Edge browser. Clear browser cache and try multiple browsers. It should work.
Based on the information in the HCI website: https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/docs/1637214486FreshOCI18112021.pdf For the help of our diaspora, applications for any service can be accepted at any place, i.e., London, Birmingham and Edinburgh. So wherever you get an appointment, please go ahead and submi...
Hi All One of my friends in his OCI Application has specified the Mission as : Birmingham (as he comes under the CGI Birmingham jurisdiction). 1. He has booked an appointment in London. Is this allowed or the submission has to be with VFS offices in Birmingham jurisdiction? I remember earlier in HCI...
Sorry to hear about the loss. I hope you and your family are safe; which is most important. Regarding OCI, you can go to the https://ociservices.gov.in --> OCI Miscellaneous Services and apply for a new OCI. Please refer to the FAQá/important links section of this website and that of HCI London on t...
If you are in the UK, it's easier to get your passport sorted from UK than doing it from India. I would advice you to get your passport sorted from UK rather than getting it done from India when on a short visit; primarily because of the appointments, police verification etc.
