I got it back after about 14 days in total. They told me to come back after 10 days. when i went after 10 days and waited for good 2 hours from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. They told me to come again the next day as the lady on the order side of window told me there is some sort of panetly. She was unable to...

wphsmpteir1 wrote:Is it really necessary to surrender your passport to HCI, London

Yes from my visit last week it looks like it is necessary from 21/sept/2009 plus pay 90 pounds for the same

Hi I went yesterday to indian embassay for OCI with all possible documents they will ever ask for, but that told me that they have just changed to rules this week. Apparently my friend went last week and he was able to surrender the passport and apply for OCI straight away. I went with same document...