OCI process

[sindhuj]

Postal application received by BLS Brampton on Oct-6.

Applied on Oct 30th

 

[kellyCB]

1. What is the National Identification number field in OCI application? Is it Canadian Citizenship certificate?
2. What is previous passport? Some say leave it empty whereas BLS has been telling other folks that it's the old Indian passport number. Can someone who got their OCi application accepted provide clarity?

 

[coolhyd]

They’re still processing Oct.17 in Vancouver. I don’t expect mine to be done for another two weeks. Which will be Christmas so it may delay it further with holidays. I’m hoping for first or second week of January. I fly out on Feb.06 and if I don’t see anything by second week of January I will get an E-Visa just in case.

Get evisa now. It's just CA$58.

 

[Mishti]

Get evisa now. It's just CA$58.

I applied for e-visa. The cost is USD 89 now

 

[Mishti]

They’re still processing Oct.17 in Vancouver. I don’t expect mine to be done for another two weeks. Which will be Christmas so it may delay it further with holidays. I’m hoping for first or second week of January. I fly out on Feb.06 and if I don’t see anything by second week of January I will get an E-Visa just in case.

Yes, my acknowledgment date is Oct 18 from Vancouver. Nothing yet.

 

[sindhuj]

Wen did u apply

 

[Mishti]

Wen did u apply

Last Thursday. It shows USD 80 initially and then with some additional charges a.ounts to 89

 

[Doom__V]

Courier fees has to be paid online.
Give them a call and ask for link. If you directly pay online, they charge for 3 Couriers whereas in actual now you only have 2. One for drop off, other for oci booklet drop off. No need to pay for original drop off

 

[AzureGekko]

Last Thursday. It shows USD 80 initially and then with some additional charges a.ounts to 89

which visa did you apply for?

 

[Jyoti071]

Get evisa now. It's just CA$58.

On the website it says it’s $80 USD and I assume there will be some other minor charges too (the site mentions 2.5% charge for payment). This is about $120 CAD/person and that’s $360 CAD for 3 people. I am better off to wait as it takes less than a week for E-Visa approval and I still have 8 weeks before our flight. If my OCI isn’t processed by Jan.20th I will then apply for the E-Visa. I am hopeful because from acknowledgement I have 13 weeks, unless Vancouver slows down by quite a bit I should be ok.
I am watching spreadsheet and timelines here closely in hopes that people are updating the info.

 

[aghuman]

@harneetk @Sapru any update?

 

[forw.jane]

1. What is the National Identification number field in OCI application? Is it Canadian Citizenship certificate?
2. What is previous passport? Some say leave it empty whereas BLS has been telling other folks that it's the old Indian passport number. Can someone who got their OCi application accepted provide clarity?

1. Kept it as blank. Its optional field does not even get printed.
2. Blank as its the first Canadian passport you holding.

 

[Knowledgeseeker01]

@forw.jane Please update my application details to the Ottawa OCI tracker.

Applied for OCI through walk-in at Ottawa

BLS location: Ottawa
Application submitted: Oct 31st
BLS Ack: Oct 31st
OCI Ack: Nov 2nd
Documents Printing Status: PROCESSED on 11-DEC-2023

 

[rockdale]

On the website it says it’s $80 USD and I assume there will be some other minor charges too (the site mentions 2.5% charge for payment). This is about $120 CAD/person and that’s $360 CAD for 3 people. I am better off to wait as it takes less than a week for E-Visa approval and I still have 8 weeks before our flight. If my OCI isn’t processed by Jan.20th I will then apply for the E-Visa. I am hopeful because from acknowledgement I have 13 weeks, unless Vancouver slows down by quite a bit I should be ok.
I am watching spreadsheet and timelines here closely in hopes that people are updating the info.

I have applied E-visa on Friday 8 dec and got confirmation after 10 hours. It was only $57 CAD.

 

[bombayintoronto90]

In Postal application, did you send original Canadian passport ?

No they said it's not needed.