Approached BLS Brampton and submitted Passports last Saturday . No need to take an appointment for this ... They took on-line printouts from passport.gov.in website where all 3 dates are present plus the acknowledgements sent earlier as well as signed on copies of Canadian Passport ..Collection after 10 business days b/w 3-5 pm.

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Fido.

Hey Fido,
Did you get your passports back with the oci sticker I have similar timelines as you not yet received..

Hi Quest ,

Yes I did ..I approached them last Saturday b/w 3 & 5 pm... No line up.. Was given the Passports and the OCI card .

My experience with BLS Brampton has been very good.. If your docs are complete , the processing is not disappointing. Found them to be 10 times better than Indian Embassy people .

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Fido.

hi Fido, thanks collected our passports today, all in all it was a horrible experience, the whole process took more than 9 months!

Sorry to know about that.

For us including the application for Indian Passport surrender , it took 3.5 months and it was as prescribed .

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Fido.

We submitted our application on Apr 26 at Toronto BLS office and collected OCI
from the same office in last week of July 2014.

straight forward process.

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Sorry to know about that.

For us including the application for Indian Passport surrender , it took 3.5 months and it was as prescribed .

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