Hi all, We have finally received our passports and OCI booklets yesterday ie 17th Nov. VFS and HCI did respond to emails after 24 hours at least. Over phone also they were quite helpful and provided us the correct status, and also the tracking nos. The system works, just a bit of patience, and in ca...

I came to know from High Commission of India by emails/phone that the passports/OCI have been forwarded to VFS and should be dispatched from there (I always thought High Commission would be doing this.) So we are following up the VFS to get our passports OCI posted across, as we are travelling on th...

Hi Hamid, When you submitted your passport on Friday, was there any kind of acknowledgement receipt, or SMS, email that you received? I submitted the passports on 3rd November Thursday but still waiting to hear back, Its been 11 days now... Whats the max delay anyone has faced to get the Passports /...

Good to hear Hamid you have got things sorted out.
Now that you have already submitted the passports, I am sure it would all be completed in no time.

Hi Hamid, You may send an email to info.london@hcilondon.in or public response unit of high commission 02086295950 Hope this helps. Hi guys, do you know which email address I sent request for status update, as sent few emails earlier to OCI help desk no replay so far. Its almost 73 days since date o...

Hi Hamid, We have seen applications from the same week as yours being processed and coming up in the last few days, so in my opinion, it could be a matter of a few days now. You could wait for a week or 2 to see where this is. In any case, a visitors Visa just takes 3 to 5 days and could act as the ...

Just a quick update from my side, they seem to have started talking up Sept OCI applications now. After calling them few times today, they promised to reply back to my last week's email by EOD as my application has crossed 8 weeks duration now. This is the reply I just received, although it appears ...

I was wondering if anyone has heard back on their OCI applications from the September batch...
We applied on the 1st Sept and still waiting.

Thanks

Hi Nhv,
You definitely need to take back your comments from few days ago..
Anyways happy for your matter to be resolved.

Hi Raam, Applied for OCI for family of 4 people on 1st Sept, received acknowledgement in 2 days. Still waiting for processing to be completed. Need to travel on 22nd November, and guess its getting time to think and plan for applying Visitors Visas. Anyone else from Aug end or Sept 1st week, has hea...

Thanks Lem...
So it would be the printout of the OCI status enquiry page, payment receipts handed back by them, red covers for the pre-paid courier given by them and the British passports. That should be enough to explain the case to them.
SO now back to the waiting room

There was also a mention of taking along the OCI application along with the passports and receipt .. Would this be the original application which was submitted to the VFS, why would they again need to see a copy of the application which is already with them? Can someone please provide a list of all ...

Hi all, We obtained our Naturalization and British Passports in August, 2016. We had originally planned to use the 3 months grace period to travel to India. However when I discussed with the High Commission Advisory staff over phone, this lady explained to me in details and this was her advice: &quo...

Hi, We have got our Citizenship approval letters yesterday, but need to go to India twice in November end and hence wanted to explore if postponing the ceremony if we could make use of the 90 days grace period. If we attend the ceremony around 10th of September, we get till Dec 1st week at least fre...

Thats right Suchita, NARIC has different rules basedon the Degree category, duration etc. I know someone for whom they didnt accept the PG degree, but were happy with her Graduation degree, although both were from same Univ , taught in English. So,its a wierd world :) Just keep communicating with th...

On second thought, I think Suchita you are correct. Even for new KOL requirement NARIC assessment is enough. Statement of Comparability is required when you need to claim points for your qualification, although it can be used to prove Language requirements also, but if you have assessment letter it ...

Smart Khan, I was not wrong, just didnt cover extensively the topic as I was responding to Suchita's query. My experience is with only Degrees taught in English language as a Medium of Instruction. For the other cases, yes you are very correct. A statement of Comparability or an English Language tes...

To demonstrate Knowlege of English Language, you may either: 1. Get a NARIC letter for English Language assessment (by sending them your Marksheets, original degree and a letter from University confirming course was taught in English as a medium of Instruction) 2. Provide to the Home Office the Orig...

This is more than enough. Beleive me they just see the NARIC letter and are convinced.
I appeared for my same day appointment 2 weeks ago, and got through with this.
Good luck.

Yes, Thanks. To demonstrate the Knowledge of Life, I have got the Life in the UK test cleared. For Knowledge of Language, I would be presenting my University's letter stating the degree was in English language as the medium of instruction, my Degree Certificate and the printout of the PBS Calculator...

Do you have any idea about the documents which are required to be presented against UK NARIC for their validations? Regards, Suchi Hi Suchita, We have sent a request to NARIC last month for my husband and we were first required to Register online, we chose to pay the fee online, 57 something includ...

Thanks John, This is really quite helpful for me and others in similar situation as well. Just to confirm, I have a letter from my college and also University declaring my Degree was taught in the English language. Also I will take a prinout from the PBS Calculator specifying my degree is in their l...

Hi, I am on Tier 1 General for 5 years and now applying for ILR using same day service. I have proved my degree was taught in English Language when I first applied for Tier1 5 years ago, by means of a letter from University. Would I required a NARICletter now, or would the same evidence supplied ear...

No, I dont have any letter from NARIC yet for this. 5 years ago, they used to check from their database of Universities abroad, and if my Universiy appeared in their list, it was fine. Also I had presented a letter each from my College and University both stating that my Degree was taught in the Eng...

Hi, I am going for ILR Premium service on 30th Jan using SET(O) form on Tier1 General route. I have proven 5 years ago when applying for my Tier1 that my degree was taught in the English language. Also during my Visa extension, I was not required to present any documentation in this regard. However ...