I just finished applying for OCI yesterday morning. Just had the satisfaction of watching a perfect Indian Masala Movie !!! Saw all charecters - Villain, comedians , Heroes ( too many of them ) , reformers etc..
I was there at 510 am and was the 26th person to reach there. The first one came there at 2 am !!! Pls read the foll info..
1. They give only 45 tokens a day , so be there as early as possible.. If you are making it to the Consulate only by 730 am you might as well as go some other day.
2. There is an unofficial method to madness there.. Bcos of some crowd confusions cops were called in last week..So the applicants themselves have created this new system.. You have to register your name with a guy ( someone will definitely have this list and everyone will guide you to him ) ..
3. By 730 am an Officer ( who will pretend as if he is representing the most organised Govt dept in the world ) will come and handover the tokens based on this Volunteer's list. You then go upstairs , get ur docs checked and will be called in for Original certs verification and then a rcpt will be issued..
Anxious / Hillarious moments..
1. Anxious - When a lady who came late suddenly wanted to disapprove of this system said that it is based on whoever runs into the consulate first.. She was clearly snubbed when all the people got together and formed a nice queue as per the order in the list.. First time in my life Nice to see my fellow Indians getting disciplined in the face of a threat !! I couldn't see that ldy afterwards..
2. Hillarious - A 75 year old guy making constant comment to the officer " we are behaving very good today , Sir "
3. Everyone congratulation the applicant as he comes out of the Officer's room..
4. Too many mobile suggestion( giving ) boxes ( I meant the people ) ..
5. This guy who came at 10 am ( Don't forget the 26th guy was at 5 am ) and demanding a token !!!!
I enjoyed the entire show , got my application accepted and happily walked out at 1130 am hoping I never have a situation to deal with this office atleast for the next few years !!!!!!!!!
It looks you guys need to talk to Toronto consulate officials to make the process smoother. This process reminds me of US visa procedure in India in 90's.
I have very pleasant experience at Vancouver consulate. Here, you have to take an appointment for OCI and just go on time (with all your documents) and you are out of embassy within 20-30 minutes. Good job Vancouver consulate.
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Originally posted by Fendbend
I just finished applying for OCI yesterday morning. Just had the satisfaction of watching a perfect Indian Masala Movie !!! Saw all charecters - Villain, comedians , Heroes ( too many of them ) , reformers etc..
I was there at 510 am and was the 26th person to reach there. The first one came there at 2 am !!! Pls read the foll info..
1. They give only 45 tokens a day , so be there as early as possible.. If you are making it to the Consulate only by 730 am you might as well as go some other day.
2. There is an unofficial method to madness there.. Bcos of some crowd confusions cops were called in last week..So the applicants themselves have created this new system.. You have to register your name with a guy ( someone will definitely have this list and everyone will guide you to him ) ..
3. By 730 am an Officer ( who will pretend as if he is representing the most organised Govt dept in the world ) will come and handover the tokens based on this Volunteer's list. You then go upstairs , get ur docs checked and will be called in for Original certs verification and then a rcpt will be issued..
Anxious / Hillarious moments..
1. Anxious - When a lady who came late suddenly wanted to disapprove of this system said that it is based on whoever runs into the consulate first.. She was clearly snubbed when all the people got together and formed a nice queue as per the order in the list.. First time in my life Nice to see my fellow Indians getting disciplined in the face of a threat !! I couldn't see that ldy afterwards..
2. Hillarious - A 75 year old guy making constant comment to the officer " we are behaving very good today , Sir "
3. Everyone congratulation the applicant as he comes out of the Officer's room..
4. Too many mobile suggestion( giving ) boxes ( I meant the people ) ..
5. This guy who came at 10 am ( Don't forget the 26th guy was at 5 am ) and demanding a token !!!!
I enjoyed the entire show , got my application accepted and happily walked out at 1130 am hoping I never have a situation to deal with this office atleast for the next few years !!!!!!!!!
lucky u....my brother had to got there twice last week..one time he got there 7 30 which was too later so next day he got there 5 45...he took my appplication as well and ofcourese sum1 had to give hard time...the lady said..ur brother has to come him self....he said he did ask sum1 there yesterday and they said it was ok for him to bring my appliciation thats why he brought it..
hopefully it goes well and we never have to go back over there for the same application...
and i dun think any1 have time to tlak 2 anyone about the process...and i dun think any1 wud hear it...it wud be just waste of time..after ours done..i sitll have to go for my parents 
...prolly next year...GOD help us!
A few months ago, I had sent them an email regarding implementation of appointment system like in Vancouver and Ottawa but I only got a response saying it is being forwarded to OCI department. No response after that.
There is a bit of risk of sending all original documents to Indian consultate by mail but I have taken my OCI that route only. I used Xpress post.
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Originally posted by rajcanada
A few months ago, I had sent them an email regarding implementation of appointment system like in Vancouver and Ottawa but I only got a response saying it is being forwarded to OCI department. No response after that.
There is a bit of risk of sending all original documents to Indian consultate by mail but I have taken my OCI that route only. I used Xpress post.
Sorry rajcanada I didn't mean to PM you.
Some improvement on the OCI application front. They have lifted application number restrictions:
http://www.cgitoronto.ca/ovrseasreg/overseasreghome.htm
WITH EFFECT FROM AUGUST 11, 2008, THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON NUMBER FOR OCI APPLICANTS THAT WILL BE ENTERTAINED EVERY DAY.
APPLICANTS ARE, THEREFORE, ADVISED NOT TO COME EARLY AND PUT THEMSELVES TO INCONVENIENCE. OCI APPLICANTS MAY COME ANYTIME BETWEEN 0900 TO 1100 HRS ON WORKING DAYS AND THEY WILL BE SERVED ON FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE-BASIS.
ONLINE SUBMISSION OF OCI APPLICATION IS MANDATORY.
APPLICANT(S) SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL DOCUMENTS ETC. MENTIONED IN THE 'CHECK-LIST' OF CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA, TORONTO, ARE BROUGHT IN ORIGINAL ALONG WITH THE OCI APPLICATION.
INCOMPLETE APPLICATION(S) IN ANY RESPECT WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.
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Originally posted by Ranin
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Originally posted by rajcanada
A few months ago, I had sent them an email regarding implementation of appointment system like in Vancouver and Ottawa but I only got a response saying it is being forwarded to OCI department. No response after that.
There is a bit of risk of sending all original documents to Indian consultate by mail but I have taken my OCI that route only. I used Xpress post.
Sorry rajcanada I didn't mean to PM you.
Some improvement on the OCI application front. They have lifted application number restrictions:
http://www.cgitoronto.ca/ovrseasreg/overseasreghome.htm
WITH EFFECT FROM AUGUST 11, 2008, THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON NUMBER FOR OCI APPLICANTS THAT WILL BE ENTERTAINED EVERY DAY.
APPLICANTS ARE, THEREFORE, ADVISED NOT TO COME EARLY AND PUT THEMSELVES TO INCONVENIENCE. OCI APPLICANTS MAY COME ANYTIME BETWEEN 0900 TO 1100 HRS ON WORKING DAYS AND THEY WILL BE SERVED ON FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE-BASIS.
ONLINE SUBMISSION OF OCI APPLICATION IS MANDATORY.
APPLICANT(S) SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL DOCUMENTS ETC. MENTIONED IN THE 'CHECK-LIST' OF CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA, TORONTO, ARE BROUGHT IN ORIGINAL ALONG WITH THE OCI APPLICATION.
INCOMPLETE APPLICATION(S) IN ANY RESPECT WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.
That is really good news. I was avoiding it for long. I wrote them emails but the response was similar that Raj got. I wrote to Consular General as well
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Posted on: 14-08-08 11:15:08
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Originally posted by Ranin
APPLICANTS ARE, THEREFORE, ADVISED NOT TO COME EARLY AND PUT THEMSELVES TO INCONVENIENCE. OCI APPLICANTS MAY COME ANYTIME BETWEEN 0900 TO 1100 HRS ON WORKING DAYS AND THEY WILL BE SERVED ON FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE-BASIS.
Good news but I still have to hear first hand how well it is functioning.
Knowing the horrible service that Indian missions all over the world provide, I suspect that it still the same with a new flavor. Applications will be processed from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and they will process atmost 40 applications during that time and then when 11:00 am comes, they will tell you either to come tomorrow or to leave it with them with an express return envelope. It is only the token which will be missing. They still will have just one idiot who will not speak english (be bilingual) and who has no idea what the documents are which have been attached and who will review your application and send you inside.
It will be the same as usual with the first person lining up at midnight to be the first one to be processed at 9:00 am. and then we have people who would not have brought pen / gum / filled in part-B of the application and who will be asking the people standing in line for help or else stall the line by asking the hindi only knowing screener all sort of idiotic questions to fill up the form in english on site.
Peace
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