Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)

sam800 · Post by **sam800** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:08 pm

OCI Application Method : By Post (First Class) for Self
OCI Application Date : 16-AUG-2014
Online Registration No/Web-File Number : GBRLNXXXXXXX
File Acknowledgment Number: GBRLYYYYYYYY
Date Of Acknowledgment: 26-AUG-2014
Registration Status at Mission: LONDON
Documents Printing Status : PROCESSED on 30-SEP-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI) NEW DELHI on: 01-OCT-2014
Document received At LONDON On: 03-OCT-2014
Passport sent On: 06-OCT-2014 via Royal Mail Special Delivery
Passport Delivered back to me On: 10-OCT-2014 via RM SD
OCI- Number: AXXXXXXX

That completes my OCI processing.
British passport came back stamped with Indian Visa sticker with LIFELONG validity and MULTIPLE No of entries.
A greyish-blue Indian passport style (but with only 4 pages inside) booklet was also received. It is the 'Certificate of Registration - Overseas Citizen of India'

jacsll55 · Post by **jacsll55** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:20 am

My Application status (OCI)
Application made by Post to HCI London on 5th Sept 2014
Applicant Name xxxx
File Acknowledgment Number GBRLxxxxx
Date Of Acknowledgment 11-SEP-2014
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
OCI- Number Axxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 14-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On (Waiting)
Document received At LONDON On (Waiting)

ashpan23 · Post by **ashpan23** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:34 am

Hi,

My document also received by Manju on 7th October

Today I received the original back.

BE HAPPY wrote:May I request the help from forum in the following:

Sent the OCI application form by post to HCI ( 2 adults + 1 child) : 6th Ocotber 2014
Form received by HCI : 7th October 2014 by Manju.

when I would be able check the online status and how?
When i would get back the originals?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

BE HAPPY

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:50 pm

BE HAPPY wrote:May I request the help from forum in the following:
Sent the OCI application form by post to HCI ( 2 adults + 1 child) : 6th Ocotber 2014
Form received by HCI : 7th October 2014 by Manju.

when I would be able check the online status and how?
Go here https://passport.gov.in/oci/forgotRegis to find your GBRL # and File (Acknowledgment) No then use this link to track the status - https://passport.gov.in/oci/statusEnqury
Tip: click on the green circled arrow for the question to appear in some browsers
When i would get back the originals?
It takes 5 -10 days for the original documents to be sent back, did you provide a self addressed/stamped return envelope? (Must be Ordinary and not special delivery)
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
BE HAPPY

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:54 pm

specy_99 wrote:Hello All,

I applied for OCI but my documents are returned to say I am not eligible as I am a civil servant in the UK. Is this correct? I thought if I was working with Home Office, Military or Security or a IT civil servant with MOD then I cant apply. I cant believe that all civil servants are ineligible to apply!!!
Its a shame that the Embassy/India Govt does not know the difference between the two!
What are my other options? Please help!

Your options are - Apply for PIO - its same as OCI life long but cost £42 more (another incompetency)
https://www.hcilondon.in/pio.html

jacsll55 · Post by **jacsll55** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:15 pm

jacsll55 wrote:My Application status (OCI)
Application made by Post to HCI London on 5th Sept 2014
Applicant Name xxxx
File Acknowledgment Number GBRLxxxxx
Date Of Acknowledgment 11-SEP-2014
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
OCI- Number Axxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 14-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On (Waiting)
Document received At LONDON On (Waiting)

Update: Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 16-OCT-2014

juliemjohn · Post by **juliemjohn** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:26 pm

Date of Acknowledgment (In Person) - 05-SEPTEMBER-2014
Registration Status at Mission - LONDON
OCI Number - Axxxxxxx
File Number - GBRLxxxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED - 11-OCTOBER-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI - 14-OCTOBER-2014
Document received At LONDON - 16-OCTOBER-2014
Sent my passport to LONDON - 17-OCTOBER-2014 - Royal Mail SD
Received OCI Stamp and booklet – WAITING

jacsll55 · Post by **jacsll55** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 10:13 am

Applicant Name xxxx
File Acknowledgment Number GBRL03xxxx
Date Of Acknowledgment 11-SEP-2014
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
OCI- Number Axxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 14-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 16-OCT-2014
Document received At LONDON On 17-OCT-2014
Passport Sent to HCI on 18/10/2014
Passort with OCI /Booklet received on - Waiting

CD_April2013ILR · Post by **CD_April2013ILR** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:06 pm

Applicant Name xxxx
File Acknowledgment Number GBRLNXXXXXXX
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
Method of Application : In Person
No of Applicants : 3 (Myself, Wife and Son)
Date Applied 19-SEP-2014
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 18-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 20-OCT-2014
Document received At LONDON On Waiting
Passport Sent to HCI on Waiting
Passort with OCI /Booklet received on - Waiting

Regards
CD

lester.barbosa · Post by **lester.barbosa** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:39 pm

hi i had applied for oci in birminham june 17th 2014 it is still showing under process tried sending them e-mail and making phone calls , i am a portuguese passport holder so they are saying that they are waiting for a reply from portugal tried calling indian embassy in portugal no one answers i have my tickets now booked for end of november how can i get this escalated to a higher authority as the staff who called me back was not very helpful and said that it will take some time and will wait,please advise me on something that will help me please.

CD_April2013ILR · Post by **CD_April2013ILR** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:51 pm

Update from Previous post...

CD_April2013ILR wrote:Applicant Name xxxx
File Acknowledgment Number GBRLNXXXXXXX
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
Method of Application : In Person
No of Applicants : 3 (Myself, Wife and Son)
Date Applied 19-SEP-2014
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 18-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 20-OCT-2014
Document received At LONDON On 22-OCT-2014
Passport Sent to HCI on Waiting
Passort with OCI /Booklet received on - Waiting

Regards
CD

lester.barbosa · Post by **lester.barbosa** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:27 pm

lester.barbosa wrote:hi i had applied for oci in birminham june 17th 2014 it is still showing under process tried sending them e-mail and making phone calls , i am a portuguese passport holder so they are saying that they are waiting for a reply from portugal tried calling indian embassy in portugal no one answers i have my tickets now booked for end of november how can i get this escalated to a higher authority as the staff who called me back was not very helpful and said that it will take some time and will wait,please advise me on something that will help me please.

Applicant Name xxxxxx
File Acknowledgment Number xxxxxx
Date Of Acknowledgment 17-JUN-2014
Registration Status at Mission BIRMINGHAM
Documents Printing Status UNDER-PROCESS

someone please give me some advice

Haris2108 · Post by **Haris2108** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:11 am

My status:

Date Of Acknowledgment 15-SEP-2014
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
OCI- Number Axxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 17-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 20-OCT-2014
Document received At LONDON On 22-OCT-2014
Passport sent Via Royalmail SD On 22-OCT-2014

Seems like there is Diwali holiday for HCI London on 23rd Oct, and there was no one receive the delivery at HCI(weird, not even a security??) and Royalmail left a delivery card and someone from HCI London has to collect it. I am little bit worried now, do someone from HCI go and collect usually? There should be several posts today to HCI and there should be someone to collect or procedure to collect the missed deliveries.
Does anyone has this kind of experience before?

Regards
Haris

Post by **ban.s** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:34 am

Haris2108 wrote:My status:

Date Of Acknowledgment 15-SEP-2014
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
OCI- Number Axxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 17-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 20-OCT-2014
Document received At LONDON On 22-OCT-2014
Passport sent Via Royalmail SD On 22-OCT-2014

Seems like there is Diwali holiday for HCI London on 23rd Oct, and there was no one receive the delivery at HCI(weird, not even a security??) and Royalmail left a delivery card and someone from HCI London has to collect it. I am little bit worried now, do someone from HCI go and collect usually? There should be several posts today to HCI and there should be someone to collect or procedure to collect the missed deliveries.
Does anyone has this kind of experience before?

Regards
Haris

AFAIK there is an internal process for such missed deliveries. I believe mails are normally redelivered on the next working day.
I remember someone else posted similar issue before and their documents were redelivered by royalmail on the next day.

Haris2108 · Post by **Haris2108** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:03 pm

Thanks ban.s - you raised a hope for me.
I called Royal mail helpline and one lady said they will not try for redelivery unless someone from HCI makes a request with the help of card or collects it in person at their delivery office or they will send back to sender only after waiting for 18 calender days.When I insisted she said she will try to arrange for redelivery on Monday again.
I called HCI London security - they said they usually dont receive anything during Sat, Sundays and other public holidays and no one from HCI will go and collect it with the card. He was wondering where they left card. But said usually Royal mail postman delivers soemthing like 400 to 500 passports everyday in gunny bags and he knows if its public holiday for HCI they wont deliver until next day.
I called Royal mail helpline again and this time there was another lady who was more courteous and said she will put a note to deliver it again tomorrow.
Fingers crossed now - I dint know there was holiday to HCI today else i would have send it next day ie today.

Thanks
Haris

Post by **ban.s** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:19 pm

Royalmail have special relationship and agreements with embassies and large corprorate customers. Customer helpline will not have such specific information and you'll usually hear standard response from them.

Haris2108 · Post by **Haris2108** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:14 am

my passports were delivered for the next day - ie today morning and it was signed by DARREN.
Royalmail confused me by putting a standard message - dropped a while you were out card which was wrong.
Thanks ban.s for the guidance

Thanks
haris

Haris2108 · Post by **Haris2108** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:05 pm

Final UPDATE

Date Of Acknowledgment 15-SEP-2014
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
OCI- Number Axxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 17-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 20-OCT-2014
Document received At LONDON On 22-OCT-2014
Passport sent Via Royalmail SD On 22-OCT-2014
Passport Received by HCI London on 24-OCT-2014
OCI stamped passport received on 25-OCT-2014

I made a call to HCI London and made a request that I need to travel India urgently and that lady asked me to send an email citing reasons for urgency, when I sent they have sent passports with OCI printed yesterday itself and today I received them.

This is a wonderful forum and I got all the help right from Tier 1 visa till British citizenship and again OCI. Thanks all

Good luck to everyone

Cheers
Haris

CD_April2013ILR · Post by **CD_April2013ILR** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:47 pm

Applicant Name xxxx
File Acknowledgment Number GBRLNXXXXXXX
Registration Status at Mission LONDON
Method of Application : In Person
No of Applicants : 3 (Myself, Wife and Son)
Date Applied 19-SEP-2014
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 18-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 20-OCT-2014
Document received At LONDON On 22-OCT-2014
Passport Sent to HCI on 25-OCT-2014
Passort with OCI /Booklet received on - Waiting

Post Office personnel told that it will reach HCI London on 28th Oct as yesterday was Sunday and they will send it today (27th Oct) from post office.

Regards
CD

man4uni · Post by **man4uni** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 2:36 pm

Updates in RED

man4uni wrote:OCI Application Method - Personal - LONDON

Date of acknowledgement: 19-Sep-2014
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED ON: 18th Oct 2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On: 20th Oct 2014
Document received At London On: 22nd Oct 2014
Post passport by Special Delivery : 27th Oct 2014 (Received by DARREN on 28th Oct 2014)
Received stamped passport and OCI booklet on: Waiting

AMH · Post by **AMH** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:21 pm

Can anyone please reply for below queries
1/ How long is OCI valid for infants (since BP is valid for 5years)
2/ Can I make combine application for myself and my son (4weeks old)
3/ which is better for infants PIO or OCI?

mash2u · Post by **mash2u** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:31 am

Updates in RED

mash2u wrote:Date Of Acknowledgment: 25-SEP-2014
Registration Status at Mission: LONDON - In-person
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED on: 22-OCT-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI on: 24-OCT-2014
Document received at LONDON on: 27-OCT-2014
Passport sent on: 28-OCT-2014
Passport and OCI Booklet Returned on:

juliemjohn · Post by **juliemjohn** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:10 am

[quote="juliemjohn"]Date of Acknowledgment (In Person) - 05-SEPTEMBER-2014
Registration Status at Mission - LONDON
OCI Number - Axxxxxxx
File Number - GBRLxxxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED - 11-OCTOBER-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI - 14-OCTOBER-2014
Document received At LONDON - 16-OCTOBER-2014
Sent my passport to LONDON - 17-OCTOBER-2014 - Royal Mail SD
Received OCI Stamp and booklet – 29-10-2014

Finally the end!! Thank you Lord

juliemjohn · Post by **juliemjohn** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:11 am

Date of Acknowledgment (In Person) - 05-SEPTEMBER-2014
Registration Status at Mission - LONDON
OCI Number - Axxxxxxx
File Number - GBRLxxxxxxxx
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED - 11-OCTOBER-2014
Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ) NEW DELHI - 14-OCTOBER-2014
Document received At LONDON - 16-OCTOBER-2014
Sent my passport to LONDON - 17-OCTOBER-2014 - Royal Mail SD
Received OCI Stamp and booklet – 29-10-2014

Finally the end!! Thank you Lord

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:03 pm

AMH wrote:Can anyone please reply for below queries
1/ How long is OCI valid for infants (since BP is valid for 5years)
For Minors you must update passport details every time you get a new passport (ie 5yrs)
2/ Can I make combine application for myself and my son (4weeks old)
You can do a family application for OCI, the online form does have a option in the end of your application to add another family member.
3/ which is better for infants PIO or OCI?
Always go for PIO for minors as its lifelong (now) and also no need to update each time a new passport is issued also costs £63 lesser than OCI.

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