He needs a visa and will likely have to pay the fee. Thank you very much for your quick reply So in the application they are asking a question A close member of your family is a national of the European Union, the EEA or the Swiss Confederation. * YES/NO If YES, we are getting these options Family ...

Hi Guys, A quick question. I am an Indian citizen with Spouse visa in UK and my husband is British citizen. My 2 kids are also British citizens. My father has got UK 6 months family visitors visa from India and he will be here with us in the United Kingdom from next month. is he allowed to travel wi...

Can we do the document scan ourselves or is it must I need to go via VFS. Bit confused as I am not sure how hard or easy to do the document scanning ourselves. Yes you can but if you are not confident in scanning & uploading the document then buy this service for the date when you will be enrolling...

Can we do the document scan ourselves or is it must I need to go via VFS. Bit confused as I am not sure how hard or easy to do the document scanning ourselves.

Hi there We are planning to apply visit visa for my father. Just want to check the procedure of documents scanning on VFS website. Is it must that we buy the service or can we upload the documents ourselves. I am not able to see the option when I proceed further. Can you please guide me whoever appl...

New born OCI Application Date : 30-11-2015 File Acknowledgment Number GBRB0B... Date Of Acknowledgment 01-DEC-2015 Registration Status at Mission BIRMINGHAM Documents Printing Status PROCESSED ( as on 22-01-2016) Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI :25-01-2016 Document received At Birminhgam:28-01...

New born OCI Application Date : 30-11-2015 File Acknowledgment Number GBRB0B... Date Of Acknowledgment 01-DEC-2015 Registration Status at Mission BIRMINGHAM Documents Printing Status PROCESSED ( as on 22-01-2016) Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI :25-01-2016 Document received At Birminhgam:28-01...

New born OCI Application Date : 30-11-2015 File Acknowledgment Number GBRB0B... Date Of Acknowledgment 01-DEC-2015 Registration Status at Mission BIRMINGHAM Documents Printing Status PROCESSED ( as on 22-01-2016) Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI :25-01-2016 Document received At London : PASSPOR...

New born OCI Application Date : 30-11-2015 File Acknowledgment Number GBRB0B... Date Of Acknowledgment 01-DEC-2015 Registration Status at Mission BIRMINGHAM Documents Printing Status PROCESSED ( as on 22-01-2016) Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI : Document received At London : PASSPORT SUBMITTE...

If we are renewing British passport, do we need to apply for any miscellaneous services of OCI? Yes and every time, until your child is 20. Thank you both for your replies. So, on that note how do we need to apply OCI if we are going to be based in India. For example if the British passport of my d...

Hello Friends My daughter got British passport for 5 years and she also got OCI. She is currently in India and she will be there for a while. We might need to renew the British passport while in India. If we are renewing British passport, do we need to apply for any miscellaneous services of OCI? Pl...

Hello, Cannot really see much timelines now a days. Is it really quiet or people not updating. New born OCI Application Date : 30-11-2015 File Acknowledgment Number GBRB0B... Date Of Acknowledgment 01-DEC-2015 Registration Status at Mission BIRMINGHAM Documents Printing Status UNDER-PROCESS Anyone g...

If the child goes abroad but you stay in Great Britain, you can usually only get Child Benefit for up to 12 weeks, unless certain exceptions apply. None of which appear present in your statement. Hi Amber Thanks for your reply. Yes, child is abroad and parent will be in UK. So it is only 12 weeks a...

Hello few questions about Child Benefit Child is planning to fly abroad and stay sometime with grand parents. If the parent is still in UK and supporting child financially (sending money from UK to grand parents), Are we ok to claim child benefit. How long they can be away? Also I know that legally ...

Looks like it is taking ages from Birmingham.

Applied in person on May 6th and nothing changed. Does anyone know what date they are processing currently

I got PIO for my 2 year old and it is valid for 15 years and there is no need for renewal every 5 years when renewing passport. OCI needs renewal every 5 years when renewing british passport. So i think PIO is better in that way. My daughter has got PIO and we also applied for OCI. She is only 2 ye...

mrproblem wrote:It has been over 10 days and nothing changed. Any updates for the candidates who applied in Chennai

Got it today, took 15 days in total (applied on 31/05)

The renewal is not mandatory.......I thnik so.......... it's mandatory: 16. Whether OCI documents have to be re-issued each time a new passport is taken? OCI registration certificate and visa have got to be re-issued each time a new passport is issued up to the completion of 20 years of age and onc...

Hello people , just to let everyone know They recently introduced a new rule re OCI that it has to be renewed untill age 20, every time when passport is renewed and also once above 50 age Ref: OCI website this is not a new rule - i don't know exactly when this was introduced but it's in place for q...

Hello people , just to let everyone know They recently introduced a new rule re OCI that it has to be renewed untill age 20, every time when passport is renewed and also once above 50 age Ref: OCI website this is not a new rule - i don't know exactly when this was introduced but it's in place for q...

It has been over 10 days and nothing changed. Any updates for the candidates who applied in Chennai

Any more updates from Chennai VFS for Family visit. Applied last week and nothing changed

destiniation_london wrote:Does anyone know if HCI works on weekends to accept OCI applications

Are you saying that if we can submit OCI over weekends via postal or in person?

If it is via postal, I am sure you can, but if it is in person, I would say that you are expecting too much....

Thanks for the reply. How much should I show in the account, is there any cap? How long should I show the bank statement for Mat I think some basic questions are clearly answered, like how long etc? here http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/out-of-country/visitors.pdf A little ef...

I think if both parents are visiting at the same time, your application will be scrutinized more compared to one of them travelling alone regardless of the purpose of visit. We only sent a photocopy of the tenancy agreement, but sent original council tax bill. Travel insurance is not listed in UKBA...