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by gbhsmp » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:29 am
My personal feeling is that VFS is just a facilitator (a front end office for IHC)
So the rules and application procedures I guess will be same. Instead of going to HCI and applying, you would have to go to VFS and so it is one more level of abstraction.
As per original method, while applying you have to only submit copy of your British passport. It usually (as per the site) takes 8 weeks for approval. Once you are notified of approval you have to send your Original passport and OCI booklet will be posted along with your passport back to you in 2 weeks time.
To this you may add some more time for VFS<->IHC communications