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by GBINR
Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:14 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

OCI timeline -

Application in person : 04/06/2012 Date of acknowledgement : 04/06/2012 Photo/Signate Scanned : 06/06/2012 Registration granted : 26/06/2012 Documents printed : 27/06/2012 Dispatched from Delhi : 29/06/2012 Documents Recd London : 02/07/2012 COllected in person : 04/07/2012 Finally end of the ...
by GBINR
Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:25 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Hi, not sure if anyone can help me here but I have been waiting for over 6 months for my OCI to be approved. We submitted our documents and application on 23/12/2011 and till now it is still showing UNDER PROCESS. Is it supposed to say something else? I have tried ringing the Birmingham Consulate ...
by GBINR
Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:38 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

OCI timeline

Application in person : 04/06/2012
Date of acknowledgement : 04/06/2012
Photo/Signate Scanned : 06/06/2012
Registration granted : 26/06/2012
Documents printed : 27/06/2012
Dispatched from Delhi : 29/06/2012
Documents Recd London :
by GBINR
Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:02 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

I am planning to apply for OCI for myself and my wife,few queries I have 1) Do myself and wife both need to go personally to HCI london for application. 2) Do they require Marriage certficate.The concern is my marriage certificate is laminated.? Please help I can say only for point (2) OCI is ...
by GBINR
Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:58 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: OCI Time Line

Has anyone recently applied for OCI. My wife has applied in person on 04/June in person and we are bit eager as we plan to go to India in July2nd week. If there is no quick progress by mid June, we plan to apply for visa, for safer side. Some people have had it granted in a couple of days. Others ...
by GBINR
Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:29 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: OCI Time Line

Has anyone recently applied for OCI. My wife has applied in person on 04/June in person and we are bit eager as we plan to go to India in July2nd week. If there is no quick progress by mid June, we plan to apply for visa, for safer side. Application in person : 04/06/2012 Date of acknowledgement ...
by GBINR
Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:39 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: OCI Collection

Hi, I got my OCI documents back to HCI, London and would like to collect that. I applied under family application (2 adults + 2 children). If I want to send my passports through post, do I need to send 4 different special delivery covers for 4 passports or will one special delivery is enough? And ...
by GBINR
Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:07 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

I’ve got my OCI document, so does my son who is 16. His British passport will expire in April. We plan to travel to India in March. I am going to apply for a new British passport for him. I don’t think there will be sufficient time for us to apply for U-Visa in his new passport. Can he travel with h ...
by GBINR
Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:52 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

I’ve got my OCI document, so does my son who is 16. His British passport will expire in April. We plan to travel to India in March. I am going to apply for a new British passport for him. I don’t think there will be sufficient time for us to apply for U-Visa in his new passport. Can he travel with h ...
by GBINR
Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:49 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: Help reqd on OCI

1. OCI submission and collection can be done by post or in person. If you read the timelines before, you can see people who had used exclusively in person, exclusively by post(me), combination of both(Sharmaji). 2) If you read the OCI guidelines in HCI London, it says clearly. You should NOT send ...
by GBINR
Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:07 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: Help reqd on OCI

Hello Friends, I will be submitting the application for 2 adults & 1 kid at the same time. All the three of us were having Indian passport and now have British passport. Can you please clarify following points on OCI: 1. I understand that you can submit your applications either by post or by in ...
by GBINR
Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:18 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: OCI Application in person by Spouse

Hello guys Can you please advise if I can surrender OCI application at HCI London on behalf of my wife. Regards Ohm "surrender" ???? Did you mean submit? Assuming it as submit, just read all 3 or 4 threads before this page. I remember, 1 of our members had his application submitted by his/her ...
by GBINR
Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:37 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Final update on OCI timeline

My OCI Timeline: Update Sent by special delivery on 14/11/2011 Received HCI on 15/11/2011 Acknowledged on 09/12/2011 Photos/Signature scanned on 12/12/2011 Granted on 12/12/2011 Printed on 13/12/2011 Dispatched on 15/12/2011 Received at HCI, London on 22/12/2011 Passports sent by post/SDE, for OCI ...
by GBINR
Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:33 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: collect OCI by post

Can someone kindly confirm the procedure for collecting OCI by post. Information like the kind of documents we need to send and how many special delivery envelopes need to be attached. We (2 adults + 2 kids) applied for OCI in CGI, Edinburgh by post. We need to collect them at CGI, Edinburgh ...
by GBINR
Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

OCI Timeline updates

My OCI Timeline: Update Sent by special delivery on 14/11/2011 Received HCI on 15/11/2011 Acknowledged on 09/12/2011 Photos/Signature scanned on 12/12/2011 Granted on 12/12/2011 Printed on 13/12/2011 Dispatched on 15/12/2011 Received at HCI, London on 22/12/2011 Passports sent by post on - OCI along ...
by GBINR
Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:50 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: oci misc services - edinburgh

Yes vey big difference between these two. My postal application reached on 21st October got acknowledgement (online status) only on 2nd December. Today scanned and granted. Thanks for the reply nax any idea whats the diffrence does edinburgh hci sends the application to new delhi or do they send to ...
by GBINR
Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:26 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: OCI for new born in UK

Greetings, My wife and I are UK citizens and passport holders. Have surrendered Indian passports and not applied for oci yet. We are expecting a child in 2 months from now. The questions are: Will our new born be eligible for OCI? Is it ok to apply for our OCI now, and apply for the new born at a ...
by GBINR
Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:53 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Update for OCI

My OCI Timeline: Update Sent by special delivery on 14/11/2011 Received HCI on 15/11/2011 Acknowledged on 09/12/2011 Photos/Signature scanned on 12/12/2011 Granted on 12/12/2011 Printed on 13/12/2011 Dispatched on 15/12/2011 Received at HCI, London on Passports sent by post on - OCI along with ...
by GBINR
Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:54 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

No where in my comments, I have asked for postal applications should be treated in par with in person. And I did not mention you or any of your posts in my post. The point is, in HCI website "http://hcilondon.in/oci.php" it says "Postal applications may take a week for us to acknowledge." So when I ...
by GBINR
Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:54 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

I do not find it surprising that HCI does not process postal applications quickly. I know that some people cannot make it to the HCI as they live far away, cannot commute, do not have the time they can take off their busy schedule or house chores or some other reason. But realistically, if you ...
by GBINR
Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:05 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

My OCI Timeline: Update Sent by special delivery on 31/10/2011 Received HCI on 01/11/2011 Acknowledged on 28/11/2011 Photos/Signature scanned on 29/11/2011 Granted on 29/11/2011 Printed on 30/11/2011 Dispatched on Received at HCI, London on OCI along with passports received on Sharmaji, Good. Hope ...
by GBINR
Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:44 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

I agree with you. We can see that from the status update of krazydude. So if anyone wanna get it quick, he/she should go in person.
by GBINR
Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:04 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Must be lucky day as I called up the number and someone picked up after first ring. Very nice guy and he said that they are currently processing 20th October postal applications and it will take 10 more days for my applications to be acknowledged and further 10 days for OCI to be granted. Fingers ...
by GBINR
Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:01 am
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Thank you GBINR. My father himself does not have an OCI card as he has a long term visa that doesnt expire until 2013. So i thought i would apply for my OCI before he does. I hope that doesnt cause a problem. Do you have an OCI card? I'm wondering if it will be easier to wait until my father has ...
by GBINR
Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:52 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
Replies: 5701
Views: 2134153

Re: OCI based on Father's Indian Origin

I'm currently applying for an OCI based on my father's Indian orgin. He had an Indian Passport and now has his surrender certificate. The guidelines state: "Evidence of relationship as parent/grand parent, if their Indian origin is claimed as basis for grant of OCI." Has anyone applied on this ...