Hi There, I got my OCI acknowledgement on the 6th August and sent my postal application with Special delivery on the 8th August. It was confirmed on the 12th as 9th was a bank holiday. Its been more 9 days they still have not dispatched the OCI. Let me know if someone has similar timelines and have ...

Hi Folks, We had applied for the OCI application for our new born son online and I have sent the documents by post on the 11/06/2013. The documents tracker indicates the documents have reached okay. When I check the status of the application (https://passport.gov.in/oci/) it says "No Record Found". ...

Hi Guys, I am a british citizen and have an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India), my wife has an Indian Passport. We recently had a baby a few weeks ago. We intend to go back to India, so ideally we would like to apply for an Indian Passport for the baby and Right of Abode in UK. Could you let me know th...

Hi There, We are planning to call my mother-in-law to visit us in UK. Her passport ws issued in 2006 and it seems to have a ECR stamp. I read somewhere that this means we have to get Emigration clearence from the Passport office. Is this right ? Does she have to do that even if she is just visit us ...

When I got married I was already a PR so my wife had to apply for a probationary settlement VISA valid for 2 years to come to UK. She was granted the VISA on 21/02/2011 (valid until 21/05/2011) and she landed in UK on 12/04/2011. I believe one has to complete 2 years of Settlement in UK before apply...

Thanks

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the replies. My wife wants to remian an indian citizen so there is no reason to get an ILR and then subsequently a British Citizenship. ILRs are expensive and also they take more time I guess.

Just wanted to know the options.

Thanks,
Kartik

Hi Guys, I got married when I was an ILR, I am currently a British citizen. My wife initially got a 2 year probationary Settlement VISA. I believe after the 2 years you are supposed to apply for the ILR. If I dont want the ILR can I just extend her stay in UK. Do I have to apply for the ILR. Any hel...

Hi Folks, I am a british citizen and my wife is an Indian Citizen. We are expecting a baby and I think my wife will have an ILR by the time we have the baby. We are planning to have the baby in the UK. I would like the baby to have Indian Citizenship like my wife. So was hoping the baby can also hav...