Did you send it to Brampton? Assuming it gets added to the BLS site soon, it's going to be about 3 weeks from then for it to be acknowledged by MEA (for Brampton applications). From then on it will take 3.5 weeks to get processed and another week for it to be available at counter for pick-up at BLS and few more days for it to be delivered. Your timeline is going to be tight as you have only 7.5 weeks before your flight. Won't hurt to look into a visa application if you want to avoid any anxious moments. Visa applications used to take 2 to 3 weeks but recently even that has gone up. With the holidays coming up, I won't be surprised if there is a surge in the applications.
Same here. Applied on the 17th for a tourist and surrender. Received by them on the 18th October but no update for the last 16 days as well. Calls to the call centre have been of no use. No way to contact them in the Surrey office either. Not sure If i'll get my visa in time for travel in December. Please share if you get an update.
Not yet as i apply for OCI which take longer to process . You have apply for visa and i am pretty sure you will get your visa soon as visa stamping is done in canada office .
Postal Application received at BLS Surrey: Sept 15th
Processed by Surrey: Sept 28th (after 2 phone calls)
Date Of Acknowledgment 30-SEP-2022
Registration Status at Mission VANCOUVER
OCI- Number ******
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 26-OCT-2022
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On: 29-Oct-2022
Document received At Vancouver On: 29-Oct-2022
BLS Status Update: (Passport ready For Dispatch after OCI stamping) : 01-Nov-2022
Did you send it to Brampton? Assuming it gets added to the BLS site soon, it's going to be about 3 weeks from then for it to be acknowledged by MEA (for Brampton applications). From then on it will take 3.5 weeks to get processed and another week for it to be available at counter for pick-up at BLS and few more days for it to be delivered. Your timeline is going to be tight as you have only 7.5 weeks before your flight. Won't hurt to look into a visa application if you want to avoid any anxious moments. Visa applications used to take 2 to 3 weeks but recently even that has gone up. With the holidays coming up, I won't be surprised if there is a surge in the applications.
High commission Toronto says upload self attested documents.. how does that make sense in a soft copy.. do I need to self attest and then upload documents?. Please help
My journey from Citizenship application to OCI finally ended. Thanks everyone in the forum for helping out. This forum is really better than other social media platforms which had lots of misinformation.
Keep doing the good work and help others with only accurate information that would be helpful to folks here. Cheers!!
High commission Toronto says upload self attested documents.. how does that make sense in a soft copy.. do I need to self attest and then upload documents?. Please help
Hi, I went to Toronto BLS to apply for OCI and Surrender my passport at the same day. Waited from 8 AM to 1.30 PM due to long queue, but was not able to make it up. At 1.30 , application accepting process was stopped. Appointment is full till DEC and not able to see any appointment schedule after DEC. Nowadays people come at 4 AM to get a spot in the walk in line. Can anybody suggest when the new appointment schedule ( JAN ) will be available ? I'm not preferring postal submission.
Hi, I went to Toronto BLS to apply for OCI and Surrender my passport at the same day. Waited from 8 AM to 1.30 PM due to long queue, but was not able to make it up. At 1.30 , application accepting process was stopped. Appointment is full till DEC and not able to see any appointment schedule after DEC. Nowadays people come at 4 AM to get a spot in the walk in line. Can anybody suggest when the new appointment schedule ( JAN ) will be available ? I'm not preferring postal submission.
Does the status 'Counter Delivery to BLS Centre after OCI stamping' imply the document is ready for pickup or is it followed by a 'Ready for pickup' status?
