Hi All, I booked a VFS appointment for my OCI application. Please help with the below queries. 1. Employer Reference letter: I am an IT contractor and have my own limited company. What document do I need to submit? Your contract document on current assignment 2. Uploading documents: I don't find a ...
Hi, Can someone help with a list of Indian visa documents for a normal visa and also for a medical visa. Currently, hold UK passport but in the past held an Indian passport.
Hi All, I am currently living in UK and I have a situation where my wife and child need to permanently move to India and it's urgent. I have a 2-month-old child and I have got her Indian birth registration certificate. I have applied for an Indian passport but the appointment date is after 45 days....
@dontringthebell - thanks for your response. With 30 days OCI turn around as well, it will be very tight timeline for the date I want to be in India (11/04). So it will be gamble to wait for OCI. Yes OK, understood will apply for Tourist visa. I did have a look at the tourist visa application and i...
Hello All, Looking for guidance on Entry visa to India with British passport. (I am not sure whether this is the right visa I need to apply, so appreciate if you can review below background and advise me. Thanks ) I recently received my first British Passport via Naturalisation route. Before becomi...
Looking for some help, applying for Indian tourist visa for the whole family on Friday. My wife has recently surrendered her Indian passport. For the section “previous visa/current valid visa” my wife has travelled to india before but on her Indian passport, but it asks for last visa number, type o...
Thank you very much for letting me know. Much appreciated! As far as I know, the evisa system for UK nationals is not there at the moment. I've only ever applied for e-tourist visa (same day) & emergency entry visa during covid (Dec 2020) (3 days from contacting Indian high commission to grant)...
Hi. I am applying for my 2 month old son’s oci. For the document self attestation- do i sign or does it need his thumb impressions? Also how do they take the payment? Pls respond quickly as my appointment is on Monday. Many Thanks Thumb impression is good. I did same with my daughters first indian ...
Passport slots are usually busy because surrender applications and other miscellaneous applications go through same queue. If you need it urgently due to emergency you may write to HCI stating your emergency and request an appointment.... if your concern is you would be without a passport before you...
VFS Manchester - New OCI Application Application Date - 17 Jan 2022 Date of Acknowledgement - 19 Jan 2022 Original Documents returned - 21 Jan 2022 Document Printing Status - PROCESSED on 11th Feb 2022 Is the next step - delivery of the OCI? I have had no other notifications yet. Anyone else around...
Online tourist visa could be same day as well. I applied it at 7 pm UK time and had it by 11:30 the same time in 2019. You could seek an urgent appointment stating your emergency with the respective indian high commission, they would speak to you, let you know the documents they require and if satis...
Well done to everyone successfully getting their OCIs. I have a query about going to the centre in Hounslow. Can my husband go there on his own with our and his forms as it is too much of a hassle to make the trip there with our 3 yr old from Norfolk. Ours is about submitting the forms to get our O...
I'm applying for OCI and have couple of questions ? I have 2x2 photos for OCI but it has a White background, and while reading the requirements. It says light color background (not white) ? should i have to retake new pics or White background will work ? It will work For child (6 & 9 ) - Do i h...
I hope someone can help. I am a UK citizen citizen by birth as is my son who is aged 26. I used my mother's Indian passport to get my OCI a couple of years ago but cannot find the passport! I wish to apply for an OCI for my son; I have a photopcopy of my mother's Indian passport - will the photocop...
That is fine, simply print, sign and take it with you for the appointment. Also, you may write a letter explaining loss of OCI card & subsequent re-issue of british passport. It would be accepted.
Hi everyone, I need some advice. I am travelling to India with my 14 year old son on Saturday. We both have British passports with 5 months validity, we both have OCI which is valid and retuning in 2 weeks time Will this be a problem with Airline or Immigration, please help if anyone has faced simi...
Thank you for the reply. I am filling in the form for the re-issue. However, as the form picks up information from my original information it keeps the old British passport number- which is no longer valid. We had to cancel those and get new British passports issued due to the burglary. I have crea...
Marriage certificate is required to endorse partner's name in OCI. Like in Indian passport you have the parents names and spouse name. Urgent - I have been struggling to get letter of employment from my company, HR being a complete pain. Can I use my contract of employment which was signed 2 years ...
Yes they would ... I used this link to apply for the paper visa. At the end of the registration of the application, there is a button to book appointment and pay. This does not seem to be working and keeps giving an internal server error. I have separately booked a Visa appointment in London through...
I just checked and Canada & UK are not their to some issues between governments https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/india-excludes-china-hong-kong-macau-uk-and-canada-from-availing-e-tourist-visa/as87669630.cms Might get back in sometime. https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/ apply...
