OCI re-issue timeline: Date Of Acknowledgment 27-AUG-2019 (Goswell Road Walk in Service) Registration Status at Mission LONDON Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 28-AUG-2019 Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 30-AUG-2019 Document received At LONDON On 30-AUG-2019 Submission of documents at ...
I recently did a OCI re-issue due to new British passport using the Misc services.
All you need to provide is a self attested photo copy of a Council Tax Bill or Utility Bill when you submit it with the application form.
The new OCI card was issued with the new address
As I did not receive any responses to my post, I today (Bank Holiday Monday) went to Goswell Road to use the Walk In Service. This information will help others who cannot wait 3 weeks for the next available appointment. - The Walk In Service is between 8:30am to 10:30am at Goswell Road, London I arr...
Please can someone urgently advise me. My Son and Daughter are Minors and are current OCI holders but as they both recently have been issued with new British Passports, I have been told they I need to submit a OCI Miscellaneous Service for the transfer of OCI to the new Passport. I have therefore co...
Does anyone know if I am submitting OCI re-issues for 2 children that I need to provide 2 Royal Mail Special Delivery Envelopes or is just only 1 required for both?
Many Thanks for the detailed explanation !
Yes it is frustrating they still follow such rigid processes.
Since the British passport has to be renewed every 5 years for children, I'm dreading going through this whole process of OCI re-issue again until the children reaches 20
I am in the process of applying for the transfer of OCIs from my children's old passports to new and have a few questions: 1) Do you need both the Thumb prints and signature or only one will do? My 5 year old does not not write clearly so will only his thumb print be enough? My 10 year old can write...
Hi My cousin is planning to visit with his family and has asked me to send Sponsor documents for his visiting visa to the UK as he will be staying in my house. One of the items listed I need to send him is my bank statements for the last 6 months. Does anyone know how much money I would need as savi...
Hi I am trying to apply for a PAN card from the UK and completing the form directly rather than going through an Agency: https://www.tin-nsdl.com/services/pan/pan-index.html Does anyone know if I need to send copies of my ID documents to India or to an office in UK? The option to upload documents di...
https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/overview He/family needs to provide documentary evidence of the ties to home country (property ownership, employment, finances, family etc) If they wish to visit France, they will also need to apply for a Schengen visa BEFORE traveling to the UK and AFTER th...
hi , I'm in same situation. I'm planning to travel to India with my child 6 years old in few days. But she just received her new British passport. But her OCI is in old passport. Do you know if we can travel with both the passports ( I mean OCI on old passport and then blank new British passport) W...
Hi Please can someone guide me on the following: I am a British citizen and my cousin and his family would like to visit us for a 2 week holiday from India. As well as travelling in the UK, they would also like to go to Paris for a few days. Please can you therefore advise me the procedures. I can s...
Yes it can take that long for re-issue. I was in the same situation last year with my 5 year old daughter. I emailed HC and they advised me to take old UK passport, New Passport and OCI card when we travelled to India. There was no issues there and back and no one at the airports in UK or India ques...
Hi I am trying to help my elderly uncle apply for OCI who is 85 years old and was born in India but does not have his Indian password, surrender certificate and Indian birth certificate. He was given British citizenship in 1968 in Singapore but they took and never returned his Indian passport. He do...
Hi I am trying to help my elderly uncle apply for OCI who is 85 years old and was born in India but does not have his Indian password, surrender certificate and Indian birth certificate. He was given British citizenship in 1968 in Singapore but they took and never returned his Indian passport. He do...
Hi Can anyone confirm if the following means I need to go to VFS and hand over passport ? Date Of Acknowledgment 15-APR-2015 Registration Status at Mission LONDON OCI- Number A1803395 Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 06-MAY-2015 Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 08-MAY-2015 Document rec...
Can anyone advise is it better to take with you a Self Addressed Envelope when attending VFS with your passport for collection?
Or is it safer to pay VFS to deliver?
Yes have applied without any issues and waiting for it to be processed. Just take the docs i have mentioned to your local VFS after booking online. Despite many people saying you need to take 2 copies of everything, they only asked for the originals and ONE photocopy. Theres no need to attach a phot...
Your mum is applying for OCI on the basis that her husband (your father) is a Indian passport holder so she does not need you or your father present. Just make sure she takes husband's original passport and copies (self attested), marriage certificate, birth certificate and any naturalisation / surr...
