Thanks. In the letter from the CGI itself they asked me send only the passports and self-addressed envelope. Can someone kindly confirm the procedure for collecting OCI by post. Information like the kind of documents we need to send and how many special delivery envelopes need to be attached. We (2 ...

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I had sent an affidavit sealed and signed by the notary. Now the OCI has been granted and despacted from Delhi. But not yet received at CGI, Edinburgh. But all in all CGI, Edinburgh is very slow in processing time when compared to HCI, London.

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Can someone kindly confirm the procedure for collecting OCI by post. Information like the kind of documents we need to send and how many special delivery envelopes need to be attached.

We (2 adults + 2 kids) applied for OCI in CGI, Edinburgh by post. We need to collect them at CGI, Edinburgh.

Thanks

Yes vey big difference between these two. My postal application reached on 21st October got acknowledgement (online status) only on 2nd December. Today scanned and granted. Thanks for the reply nax any idea whats the diffrence does edinburgh hci sends the application to new delhi or do they send to...

Dear All we have recently applied in person at edinburgh HCI for my daughter oci misc sercices because of renewal passport. but we did not still recieved the application acknowldeged Date of Application : 23/11/2011 - in person at edinburgh HCI but the status is still not showing acknowlegded. is t...

gidoc wrote:Two options
1.Go in person to submit the same
2.Have them notarised( it will cost ) and then send them by post

Thanks for the ideas. Let me see what can work out for me.

We (2 adults+2 kids) applied for OCI 3 weeks ago. Last week we received a letter that we mentioned 'Yes' in the place of Bangladesh or Pakistan nationality. I was totally surprised how I mentioned 'Yes' if we never had one. When I checked the question, I misunderstood the typographical error 'or' ju...

Hi Gidoc Thanks for your reply. The guy at VFS suggested me to send all cancelled passport. I don't know why he suggested that. IMHO, VFS all over the world works like this. They try to get all the documents evidence for visa application or other related stuff, even though some of them are not neces...

Today I called VFS to check whether they need self-attestation on all photocopied pages. The guy answered me said yes. As I made the call I just want to double check all the details about the documents enclosed. He said we need to enclose all the old passports which are not valid now. We are a famil...

Thanks for your reply, Your case is straight forward, Less then 450 days and less than 90 days in last year is no big problem, and one would surprise if you didn't get BC. You are right. But when I got the ILR I got more number of days than the allowed limit. I got the employer's letter to explain ...

Thanks for your inputs, Just wanted to know if someone has gone through the same situation as mine, and got naturalised. I was away for 447 days in total and less than 90 days in the final year of application. Most of my visits are work related and I worked for the same employer all the time. I am ...

If you have used any other ID apart from your passport while taking the exam, take that ID as well. Excellent - Many thanks... I'm taking the above said items in addition to the required as per the last sheet in the application form... Let me know if there are any other "just in case" pape...

You can always return for your interview using your ILR if the absence gap is not more than 2 years. Usually when you enter UK with visa the UK officer will ask you how long you are going to stay. In contrast if you enter with ILR you will be asked how long you been away from the UK to ensure your a...

Here is the link to download the payment slip: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/applicationforms/nationality/paymentslip.pdf Check both at the end of the application form and guide to see what are all the documents you need to take along with you to NCS. It varies with criteria in which...

- not spent more than 450 days outside the UK during the five-year period ; and - not spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months of the five-year period ; and - not been in breach of the Immigration Rules at any stage during the five-year period. Hi Sushdemeta: For naturalization:...

If the passport application is not based on birth right then no need to fill this part. I mean any kid getting passport after parent's ILR or their own registration as British citizen need not fill that part of the passport application.

For those who wish to find out if their Council have recived their certificate but have not yet recieved HO approval. The ref number the council will request is your ref number you gave HO when you apply for naturalisation. it can be found in your letter issued to you for your ILR. hope this help T...

Thanks to all who congratulated for my wife's approval. Normally it will take 10 working days for the ceremony letter to be received after the approval letter. This is mostly true if the approval letter comes along with all other original documents in special delivery envelope. In case if the approv...

Thanks Nazia and lionking. All the best for both of you to receive the approval soon.

My wife's timeline: Applied via: Postal Date of submission: 29/03/11 Date reached: 30/03/11 CRITERIA: Spouse of British citizen (enclosed husband's citizenship certificate) No. of Applications: AN (only myself) Date of debit of debit/credit card: 06/04/11 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11/04/1...

My wife's timeline: Applied via: Postal Date of submission: 29/03/11 Date reached: 30/03/11 CRITERIA: Spouse of British citizen (enclosed husband's citizenship certificate) No. of Applications: AN (only myself) Date of debit of debit/credit card: 06/04/11 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11/04/11...

update: i got my passports back on 19/05/11. waiting for approval letter now. i hope caseworker won't ask to see my passports. Hi Did you send any fax message for the urgent need for your passports back? My wife's naturalization application is with HO through postal application (reached HO on 30/03...

update: i got my passports back on 19/05/11. waiting for approval letter now. i hope caseworker won't ask to see my passports. Hi Did you send any fax message for the urgent need for your passports back? My wife's naturalization application is with HO through postal application (reached HO on 30/03...

Brown Envelope means all correspondence from HO or most of the Government authorities are in brown envelopes. This doesn't mean that refusal or approvals would be in different colours. ok i understand that but if we send our own special delivery prepaid envelope, dose they send it back to that or t...