Renunciation of Indian Citizenship - processing timelines

[honestguy2020]

End to end timeline from Surrender Certificate to receipt of OCI: 3 months 20 days

British Naturalisation Ceremony: 20/12/2023
British Passport Received: 28/12/2023

@VFS Birmingham
Surrender Certificate applied: 06/01/2024
Surrender Certificate processed: 08/01/2024
Surrender Certificate received: 09/01/2024

@VFS Goswell, London
Renunciation Certificate applied: 23/01/2024
OCI Application submitted : 06/02/2024 (with renunciation payment receipt)
Renunciation Certificate issued: 16/04/2024
Renunciation Certificate received: 22/04/2024
Renunciation Certificate emailed to VFS: 22/04/2024
OCI Printing Status ‘Processed’: 24/04/2024
OCI received: 26/04/2024

Top tips:
1. Applying for Renunciation and OCI one after the other did help me in saving time although I was advised otherwise by VFS officer who suggested I should wait for RC to arrive and then apply for OCI.
2. Submission at London Goswell saved me an extra visit for High Commission Officer’s signature during renunciation.
3. I used the VFS paid services - Digital Document Check and Form Filling which saved all aprehensions of potential rejection due to technical submission errors. Charges are very reasonable compared to private vendors available in the market.

Trust this helps.

Hi thank you for sharing your timeline. Could you please advise which email id to send renunciation certificate to for OCI processing. Is it a vfs or HCI/CGI email id
Thank you

Hi Mate

I have the same question. Did you manage to know what email address is it?

[dhparikh07]

End to end timeline from Surrender Certificate to receipt of OCI: 3 months 20 days

British Naturalisation Ceremony: 20/12/2023
British Passport Received: 28/12/2023

@VFS Birmingham
Surrender Certificate applied: 06/01/2024
Surrender Certificate processed: 08/01/2024
Surrender Certificate received: 09/01/2024

@VFS Goswell, London
Renunciation Certificate applied: 23/01/2024
OCI Application submitted : 06/02/2024 (with renunciation payment receipt)
Renunciation Certificate issued: 16/04/2024
Renunciation Certificate received: 22/04/2024
Renunciation Certificate emailed to VFS: 22/04/2024
OCI Printing Status ‘Processed’: 24/04/2024
OCI received: 26/04/2024

Top tips:
1. Applying for Renunciation and OCI one after the other did help me in saving time although I was advised otherwise by VFS officer who suggested I should wait for RC to arrive and then apply for OCI.
2. Submission at London Goswell saved me an extra visit for High Commission Officer’s signature during renunciation.
3. I used the VFS paid services - Digital Document Check and Form Filling which saved all aprehensions of potential rejection due to technical submission errors. Charges are very reasonable compared to private vendors available in the market.

Trust this helps.

Hi thank you for sharing your timeline. Could you please advise which email id to send renunciation certificate to for OCI processing. Is it a vfs or HCI/CGI email id
Thank you

Hi Mate

I have the same question. Did you manage to know what email address is it?

Hi I have sent the copy of renunciation certificate to inf.birmingham@mea.gov.in, oci.birmingham@mea.gov.in and cons1.birmingham@mea.gov.in email id of CGI Birmingham.

I am still awaiting a confirmation if this is successfully registered at their end but you could give above email Id a try.