I have been encountering a strange error occasionally. To take an example (this happens right now, may not after some time when additional posts have been made!): 1. Go to: Immigrationboards.com Forum Index -> Other countries 2. For the sticky thread Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) 3. Click on l...

Please do keep in mind that the 'printer problem' might have been something much bigger, hence took a while to be resolved.

Hopefully your OCI is actioned soon. All the best.

My updated status : Date Of Acknowledgment: 23-MAY-2011 Photo/Signature: Scanned on 24-MAY-2011 Registration status: Granted on 24-MAY-2011 Documents Printing Status: PRINTED Documents Printed On: 04-JUN-2011 Documents Dispatched to Concerned Mission/Office on: 07-JUN-2011 Documents Received at LON...

It seems the printer is working now. I checked my status today, and it says PRINTED on 04-JUN-2011 Date Of Acknowledgment: 23-MAY-2011 Photo/Signature: Scanned on 24-MAY-2011 Registration status: Granted on 24-MAY-2011 Documents Printing Status: PRINTED Documents Printed On: 04-JUN-2011 Documents Di...

klal - you could give it a try. But don't be too hopeful of a positive result!

Today I made my OCI application in person at HCI London. Status at the OCI website: Date Of Acknowledgment: 23-MAY-2011 Photo/Signature: Scanned on 24-MAY-2011 Registration status: Granted on 24-MAY-2011 Documents Printing Status: NOT PRINTED Documents Dispatched to Concerned Mission/Office on: NOT ...

pinkotai, glad to read your post. It's important that we do give credit where it is due. In fact, just recently I was at VFS Hayes for surrender certificate and the lady there was quite courteous and efficient. And I complimented her on the quality of service provided. I hope my experience at HCI Lo...

modasu - Thank you very much. That's very clear!

Now that I have got the Surrender Certificate in hand, I am now onto the next step, i.e. applying for OCI. Have a few questions: 1. First I have to register myself for OCI at the site https://passport.gov.in/oci/OnlineOCIRegistrationG.jsp - there's one question there that confuses me a bit... "Previ...

in-london wrote:I submitted my SC application at VFS Hayes office in person on April 1st.

Picked up the SC at VFS Hayes today (15-April).
Elapsed time: 10 working days

I submitted my SC application at VFS Hayes office in person on April 1st.
The status still shows as In Process at the VFS Global page.

What is the number to call to check on progress?

While your points are correct, one could run into other problems, e.g. even if you are only transiting through a country, e.g. via Dubai for a London-India flight, the transit country may insist on your having a passport with validity >6 months. It's best to avoid such issues if possible. That would...

It's a good idea to ensure your passport has >6 months validity on it when you do international travel.

See here, e.g. http://www.wordtravels.com/travel-inspi ... iry-issues

Great to hear the news. Assume you can now apply for OCI next? I am planning to go to VFS personally and apply for surrender certificate. I have printed out the pages from the sites you kindly provided, and plan to use them to support my argument that I don't need to pay any fine either. But based o...

This is a very informative post indeed. Thank you very much. I do have couple of clarification questions: 1. You mentioned "Keep checking your status online" - which site provides this info, and do you get a reference number to check against? 2. I understand we have to self-attest the copies of the ...

Seedy - any progress on your application?

Albania does allow dual citizenship.

I will wait to hear from Seedy before starting on my application process...

preetyza - Given your situation, the best option for you may be to apply for visitor/student visa now and once you land in India, apply for OCI from there. Do make sure you take all relevant documents with you!

All the best.

Seedy, thanks very much for your illuminating post. It's very useful indeed. The CGI Birmingham site that you mentioned even states the following: "6. Penalty for retention/renewal/travel on Indian Passports after acquisition of foreign nationality would be applicable only for applicants whose passp...

I hope someone here can help with my query: I became a UK citizen in March 2010, and plan to apply for OCI. However, I wonder if I may run into a problem when I request a surrender certificate.... I took up another citizenship in 2001, but never surrendered my Indian passport which expired in 2003. ...