Hi All, Iam applying for OCI for my wife and daughter.I have completed the application and uploaded all the documents.My query is 1.In the application completion instruction which comes with the printed application it mentions about signature to be "inside the box" but as far as i can see in the app...

Hi All, My wife and daughter have recently got British citizenship and now they need to surrender their Indian Passports/get surrender certificate to proceed with their OCI applications.They have an appointmnet booked at London VFS centre,I am just wondering if I can go and submit the application/do...

Eligibility criteria:ILR + Spouse of British Citizen Method of application: Online Date of application and fees: 05/05/2021 Date of biometrics: 26/May/2021 @Luton Date on decision email (and date the email received): Letter dated 24/9/2021 ,received today. Date of ceremony info letter: 4/10/21 Date ...

Thanks will contact HMPO first.

Hi All, Would greatly appreciate some advice in getting a replacement/duplicate Naturalisation Certificate for my daughter.She recently got her british citizenship by registration and then we applied for her British Passport and as part of that application we had to send the original Naturalisation ...

Hi All,

OCI application site is still not working both on mobile as well as PC..is this common to have this kind out outage...cant beleive a important site can go offline for 4 days

Hi All,

Trying to login to the OCI application website ociservices.gov.in and its not working for last couple of days..is anyone else facing similar problems ?

Thanks

Eligibility criteria:Dependent Child of British Citizen( Applied Immediately after ILR )( Child born ouside UK when one parent was on ILR) Method of application: Online Date of application and fees: 05/05/2021 Date of biometrics: 1/June/2021 @Luton Date on decision email (and date the email received...

Thanks a lot for the quick reply..your answers are very helpful ...Thanks.

Hi All, Just need some clarification regarding British citizenship application.I am a naturalised British Citizen from 2011.My dependent child ( 10 years old)and wife have recently got ILR.Iam planning to apply for citizenship for both of them.Child was born in India 1 month after i got my ILR in 20...

Applied for ILR Route : Set (M) -5 year spouse Date application sent : 08/11/2020 Document Uploaded : 10/11/2020 Date Biometrics Enrolled : 18/11/2020 Application type: Standard Approval/Refusal Received : Approved 25/03/2021 BRP Card Received : Awaiting Thanks to this forum seniors and all members ...

Applied for ILR Route : Set (M) -5 year spouse
Date application sent : 08/11/2020
Document Uploaded : 10/11/2020
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 18/11/2020
Application type: Standard
Approval/Refusal Received : Awaiting
BRP Card Received : Awaiting

Please see my post from today...FLR(M) Extension documents submitted
Thanks

Hi , Sorry about the long letter..... I got the dependent visa for my wife and kid ( dependents of British citizen) I st extension in the 5 year Rule category.I just wanted to share the documents i submitted as it may be useful to someone... We applied at the premium service centre croydon on 21/5/1...

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Hi All, I am a naturalized British Citizen.My wife and daughter ( 6 yrs old) are Indian nationals.My wife and daughter applied for a EEA/EU Schengen visa to visit France in April 2016( visited April 12-15th).They have been given 1 year multiple entry Schengen visa. Now we all have booked for a 5 day...

Hi My wife and child applied for schengen visa last week and got 1 year multiple entry visa through French embassy.Going on holiday to france for 1 week. Applied in : Tlscontact London Me: naturalised british citizen/working in Uk Wife&child: indian nationals on dependant spouse visa Application: th...

Hi My wife and child applied for schengen visa last week and got 1 year multiple entry visa through French embassy.Going on holiday to france for 1 week. Me: naturalised british citizen/working in Uk Wife&child: indian nationals on dependant spouse visa Application: through anyvisa ltd( recommended ...

Dear All, I have a bit of a tricky situation ...hoping to get advice on Visa application for my wife & Child from India.Both wife and child have Indian passport. I am a naturalised British Citizen( Indian National before) from 2011 ( 2 years work permit+2 years HSMP+1 year Tier 1 General--ILR---Natu...

Hi all, I have applied for 2 yrs family visitor visa for my parents from chennai, India. The status is "under process in British embassy. It's 4 weeks since application was submitted, getting very worried now..... They have been here for few months 4 yrs ago and have been to USA as well Is 4 weeks n...

Hi all,

Finally received my British passport today afternoon... And finally ends my journey which began in 2003.thanks to all the members and the board for the invaluable advice and guidance.
Many thanks to all

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Yes a lot of questions....but its like a rapid fire round...so was over in 15-20 mins or even less.I didnt stumble or get stuck anywhere so it went very quickly...

Hi All, Had my passport interview today.I was bit stressed today morning,read a lot of forums and pretty much knew what questions to expect.My experience at the passport office at Luton. My interview was at 9.30,arrived at location 20 mins earlier.Sat nav wont show the exact spot,but pretty much eas...

Hi,

I understand people with dual citizenship ie british and for example american.Then you wont get british consular help while in the USA.But what happens to people with OCI visa/card while in india.

As we known OCI is not dual citizenship as per indian govt..

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Got my Citizenship approval letter!!! Criteria : 2 years WP+2 years HSMP+1 Year Tier 1 General+1 year ILR Type : ncs hatfield Date of submission : 15/03/2011 Date application received by UKBA :: 28/03/11(Received letter saying to send a new payment form as it was not sent from NCS!!!!!) Date of debi...