Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), who have acquired foreign citizenship are required to surrender their Indian passports to the nearest Indian Mission/Post immediately after acquisition of foreign citizenship.

After filling and submitting the form online ( https://passport.gov.in/nri/ ), applicant needs to submit the hard copy of form with photo, supporting documents and fee at BLS.

Please note that acceptance of applications for this service has been outsourced to BLS International Services Canada Inc. Applications should be submitted to their centers located at Toronto and Brampton. The applicant would need to submit the following :

• Duly filled-in application form
• Original Indian passport with one copy.
• Copy of the Canadian Citizenship certificate.
• Copy of Canadian passport, if held.
• Copy of Record of Landing
• Applicable Fees.

Fees

• Indian citizens who acquired foreign citizenship on or before 31 May, 2010 – C$ 31.00
• Indian citizens acquiring any foreign citizenship on or after 1 June, 2010 – C$ 119.00

In addition to the prescribed fee mentioned above, an applicant would be required to pay C$3 on account of Consular Surcharge + BLS service fee of C$ 7.40 (inclusive of applicable taxes.)

In case the application is sent by mail, the same should be forwarded to the Toronto Center of BLS International and must include the prescribed fee plus BLS charges and courier fees, for return of documents. For more details, please visit their website www.blsindia-canada.com. The relevant application forms could also be downloaded from BLS website: www.blsindia-canada.com.

 

 

No. Applications are accepted only through BLS.

No. Passports are dispatched to the applicant’s address as given in application form through BLS post/courier/walk in only.

HCI, Ottawa accepts applications only of people living in its Consular Jurisdiction (High Commission of India, Ottawa, Canada : Consular jurisdiction (hciottawa.gov.in))

6 to 8 weeks

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Yes. All original documents must be accompanied by self-attested photocopies. These documents should be presented for scrutiny at the time of submission of application if you are going to BLS walk-in.

 

 

Obtain prior approval from High Commission by emailing at pcc.toronto@mea.gov.in and attach following documents with the application :

Copy of Indian passport (if not then birth certificate or Higher Secondary certificate) or any other government documents which is a proof of nationality

Copy of Canadian passport

Local address proof

Copy of Landing permit

 

Indian passports of those acquiring foreign citizenship prior to 31 May, 2010 used to be cancelled and no Surrender Certificate was issued.  In case they wish to apply for OCI card then they need to show the proof of cancelled passport at the time of submission of OCI application. 

 

 

For OCI application only applicant need to submit surrender certificate.

Please visit our website (High Commission of India, Ottawa, Canada : General Information (hciottawa.gov.in)) or,

BLS website blsindia-canada.com,

BLS helpline: +1-416 307 2237