I applied for OCI from Calgary and my jurisdiction is Vancouver.
application date: 2013-10-21
application status as of 2013-11-18 : Processing at Consulate General

anyone applied during the same period ? Please post your updates

I am about 2000 miles from CGI-Trono so I sent in everything my mail. It was received by them at BLS-Brampton on 21 Aug 2013. I got the visa and all the docs back yesterday, 18 Nov 2013. It took them 10 weeks to have it returned from India after approval. Anyways, these timelines are different for different folks, I think. Almost 3 months for my postal application. But my Can passport is for 10 years so i hope not to deal with CGI-Trono for a long long time (a relief!!!) it was tough tracking them or even get them to respond to phone calls or emails; they seem to toss everything into trash and take a good long piss on their clients. I finally wrote to the Consul-general, Indian Ambassor and the deputy minister in Delhi to get these clowns send me an email explaining what happened to all my ORIGINAL docs

Anyways, good luck to all... you would need it.

Hi ,

This has been an excellent & comprehensive post ..Thanks to the OP .

Wished to ask something - in case we are self employed (incorporated ) , what should we put in the section where it asks for 'Employer Details & Address ' ?

Can we put 'Self Employed' or should we put the name & address of the Incorporation ?

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Fido.

Is it even worth going through OCI process since there is visa on arrival for Canadians starting soon?

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Hi ,

This has been an excellent & comprehensive post ..Thanks to the OP .

Wished to ask something - in case we are self employed (incorporated ) , what should we put in the section where it asks for 'Employer Details & Address ' ?

Can we put 'Self Employed' or should we put the name & address of the Incorporation ?

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Fido.

I am guessing people ar BLS are going to have more free time now

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/visa-on-arrival-facility-extended-by-india-to-tourists-from-180-nations-479921?pfrom=home-lateststories

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Live and Let Live

So, when is the visa on arrival starting for Cdn citizens?

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Dimple2001