OCI process

[rushi07]

URGENT QUESTION:
For Ontario, I have booked an appointment for fresh OCI at Toronto location. IS THIS CORRECT?
BLS International Services,
1448 Lawrence Avenue East, Unit 6A,Toronto, ON M4A 2V6, Canada

Second. Do we submit Canada Passport and Citizenship certificate ORIGINAL?

Kindly help.

 

[niswe]

URGENT QUESTION:
For Ontario, I have booked an appointment for fresh OCI at Toronto location. IS THIS CORRECT?
BLS International Services,
1448 Lawrence Avenue East, Unit 6A,Toronto, ON M4A 2V6, Canada

Second. Do we submit Canada Passport and Citizenship certificate ORIGINAL?

Kindly help.

nothing submitted in original and carry all just for verification.

address in mentioned on appointment sheet

 

[spartanjsv]

@harryguns any further updates?

 

[eas2lv]

@spartanjsv For our continued faith in the system we need to see yours processed tomorrow. Please don't let us down

 

[spartanjsv]

@spartanjsv For our continued faith in the system we need to see yours processed tomorrow. Please don't let us down

Seriously buddy….This waiting is killing me…

 

[VimalSagar]

UPDATED Finally

Date Of Acknowledgment	18-AUG-2023
Registration Status at Mission	OTTAWA
Documents Printing Status	PROCESSED	On	17-OCT-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )	NEW DELHI	On
Document received At	OTTAWA	On

@forw.jane and @sasharma25 FYI. Thanks to all members here and good luck to everyone

 

[spartanjsv]

UPDATED Finally

Date Of Acknowledgment	18-AUG-2023
Registration Status at Mission	OTTAWA
Documents Printing Status	PROCESSED	On	17-OCT-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )	NEW DELHI	On
Document received At	OTTAWA	On

@forw.jane and @sasharma25 FYI. Thanks to all members here and good luck to everyone

Updated now? Wow

 

[Mk9900]

BLS status will change when they receive the document from the consulate. Generally it takes a couple of days after "processed" for the consulate to sign/stamp the OCI and pass to BLS. Oct 13 was Friday, so expect that to happen today or tomorrow. Flight on Oct 27 looks safe to me though tense. You may want to arrange pickup at BLS (the day they the get it) in case you paid for courier. BLS has a FAQ item on how to do that.

Status got changed to “Counter Delivery to BLS after OCI stamping” (Oct 16)
Does this mean I can go to BLS for pick up or I have to wait for another update? I have courier option but just want to try to pick up for safe side.
Please advise.

 

[sasharma25]

I feel @sasharma25 application would be processed but din't see any update for that.

Name	Date of Acknowledgement	Processed date	OCI received date	Total processing time
truthbetold	21-JUL-2023		03-Oct-2023	10 weeks 4 days
samdevban	1-AUG-2023	27-Sep-2023	05-Oct-2023	9 weeks 2 days
reenal	14-AUG-2023	6-Oct-2023	13-Oct-2023	8 weeks 4 days
@sasharma25	16-AUG-2023
@rizwan23arif	16-AUG-2023	12-Oct-2023
@myindia	17-AUG-2023	13-Oct-2023
@VimalSagar	18-AUG-2023
@Shinda545	22-AUG-2023
@bulls23	23-AUG-2023
@forw.jane	1-SEP-2023
@GagzV	11-SEP-2023
@anksyahoo	16-SEP-2023
@ankurbhatia17	28-SEP-2023
@Sammzk	13-OCT-2023

Quick update: my OCI got processed on Aug 17th. Now waiting for next steps

 

[anksyahoo]

UPDATED Finally

Date Of Acknowledgment	18-AUG-2023
Registration Status at Mission	OTTAWA
Documents Printing Status	PROCESSED	On	17-OCT-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )	NEW DELHI	On
Document received At	OTTAWA	On

@forw.jane and @sasharma25 FYI. Thanks to all members here and good luck to everyone

so exactly 2 months from date of ACK. Let's see how it holds for others.

Congratulations.

 

[Shinda545]

Quick update: my OCI got processed on Aug 17th. Now waiting for next steps

You mean 17 oct right

 

[patelboss]

When did you mail this in btw? I mailed on Wed Oct 11th and it was delivered to BLS on Thurs Oct 12th but no updates on the BLS website yet at all. Says 'No records found' still.

I mailed on Oct 10

 

[abbas.pasha]

Status got changed to “Counter Delivery to BLS after OCI stamping” (Oct 16)
Does this mean I can go to BLS for pick up or I have to wait for another update? I have courier option but just want to try to pick up for safe side.
Please advise.

By end of the week you should be able to receive the courier.

 

[adi92]

Hi Folks, have OCI appointment tomorrow. Applying for myself but married. Can someone confirm documents to be uploaded?
1. Indian surrendered passport details
2. Canadian passport
3. Work exp letter

I am married but applying as self, do I need to upload wedding certificate and spouse passport? We got married in the U.S. so I want to avoid the whole issue with apostille although its not needed if you are applying for yourselg.

 

[MarvelMagnum]

UPDATED Finally

Date Of Acknowledgment	18-AUG-2023
Registration Status at Mission	OTTAWA
Documents Printing Status	PROCESSED	On	17-OCT-2023
Dispatched From MEA (OCI )	NEW DELHI	On
Document received At	OTTAWA	On

@forw.jane and @sasharma25 FYI. Thanks to all members here and good luck to everyone

Wow!! 2 months just from acknowledgement to start of processing at Delhi! That's rough.. I thought the TOTAL time was 6-8 weeks for OCI from what is mentioned on the BLS/