Narayanan1234 wrote: I sent my original passport

By original - do you mean your Indian or the foreign one, in any case you are not required to send anything in original except for Surrender certificate

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: (5 years WP + 16 months ILR Method of application: Postal Date of submission :: 28/03/2013 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 13/04/2013 Date of receipt of approval: Waiting ... Date of Ceremony: Still waiting ,plz tell me should I need to contact ukba An...

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

destiniation_london wrote:
I was thinking of taking snaps from Boots Photo booth for OCI , they do say 50 X 50 mm. I know the HCI says specifically 51 X 51 mm ... would it matter, has anyone applied with the 50 X 50 mm photos taken from Boots or any other booth.
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Has anyone tried this, would it be fine

ric1982 wrote:Why do you need to submit surrender certi. for visitor visa for India?!!!
Its required to get OCI and they will take the original. They are two different things.

If you were of Indian origin before your acquired foreign nationality, you need to submit surrender certificate even for Tourist visa

Need opinion guys - if I apply for OCI and then in the meantime If I need to urgently travel to India just in case, would I be able to get myself Visitor visa. If yes., then would VFS accept copy of Surrender certificate as the original would have been submitted to HCI. I was thinking of taking snap...

Hello, Here are my timelines: OCI Application: 02-April-2013 (Postal, London) Received In London HCI: 3-April-2013 OCI acknowledgement : 27-May-2013 Return of Original surrender certificate: 28-May-2013 (Post) Current status: Documents Printing Status UNDER-PROCESS On Thanks. I got an email from OC...

I finally received my OCI thorough post, Good Luck to every one who all are in same boat. Thanks for your help and support. Cheers Manish My Timeline ( all together 11.5 weeks in Total for Postal application) OCI Application: 04-Mar-2013 (Postal, London) Received In London HCI: 5-Mar-2013 OCI ackno...

Yes! They had to accept a copy, I guess. They have attested a colour copy ( Luckily I kept one) and said I could use it for future purposes. Kind regards, venga_pal Good, this is insanely ineffeciency from them...I know in-person appointments are better and quicker but what about the people like me...

OCI Application: 02 March 2013 (Postal to London) Royal mail tracking confirmed delivery on : 05 March 2013. After a long wait... and a number of emails, I was informed on 23April2013 that my application was received at the embassy but misplaced (lost with in) :evil: I was asked to come in person t...

Any help guys on when does the tracking actually appears, at the minute its still showing 'record does not exist' even after a day.

I sent my application for surrender of passport yesterday by royal mail special delivery, on tracking the item it shows delivered at 7 in the morning. but when trying to track the application on VFS it still says record does not exist, I guess they haven't put my application into their system yet. D...

Hi Experts, I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I can't seem to find it, so apologies for duplication if this topic already exists. I got my UK citizenship certificate on 27th April 2013, and now have a UK Passport as valid from 16th May 2013. Previous to this, I have a valid Indian p...

need_a_tier1 wrote: And you do get a debit/credit card charge slip for the hefty passport surrender fee.

Debit/Credit card charge slip????

But, do we not have to send postal order

Can someone please confirm what do we get back on surrender of passport from VFS???


I assume our cancelled indian passport and an A4 sized surrender certificate page. Is this correct?

I went for my passport interview yesterday 16-05-2013 and called today morning to find out the status. they told me that following interview my application went for exam again to make sure all information is correct. So, I am not sure what is going on..... I gave all answers correct. any advise / s...

anyone ??

For surrendering the indian passport, we need to send a pre-paid self-addressed envelope to get the surrender certificate and cancelled indian passport back. Is that all they return back , surrender certificate (A4 size I assume) and indian passport. So do we have to send that big grey colour envelo...

Passport for: Adult post naturalisation Method of application: Post Office Check and Send (Belfast) Date of application:27/04/2013 Date of fee collection: 27/04/2013 (Paid at post-office) Date application acknowledged by IPS: 02/05/2013 (through text message) Date of return of documents: 10/05/2013 ...

Eligibility criteria: 3 years work permit + 2 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR Method of application: NCS (Hammersmith & Fulham) Date of submission to NCS: 05 - April - 2013 Date of acknowledgement letter: 12/4/13 (recd a few days later) Date of Approval letter: 1/5/13 (recd 10/5/13!) Contacted council th...

1) leave it blank

2) No problem, should be ok

Passport for: Adult post naturalisation Method of application: Post Office Check and Send (Belfast) Date of application:27/04/2013 Date of fee collection: 27/04/2013 (Paid at post-office) Date application acknowledged by IPS: 02/05/2013 (through text message) Date of return of documents: 10/05/2013 ...

yes

I second your thoughts mate, I was also under the impression that they would use the next day special delivery but my application reached them after 3 working days which clearly is not special next day delivery. Yes, they do bend the certificate without realising the value it may hold to some people...

there is no way to apply OCI online, it's just an online filling of application form, which you have to take a print-out to apply for OCI.

One of the required document is surrender certificate.

so there is no way you can apply them in parallel.