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I understood your point. You didn't understand mine. Their exchange-rate is a year old. The Canadian dollar has been worth a lot more, for at least a year. If they adjusted the rate every month, I'd have no problem with that. At this point, though, we have no indication when they'll adjust the...

The Canadian exchange-rate they are using in this case, is at least a year old. What's to prevent them from using one that's 4 years old, or just making one up for that matter, if they benefit from it? There appears to be no accountability anywhere in the process.

Well, I got an e-mail back form the consulate in Toronto, saying that the exchange-rate for the OIC fees was fixed by the government. Buck-passing bullshit, basically. I replied back saying that in that case, I think they should give us the option of paying in US dollars, since the Cdn dollar...

We could if we lived there, but I at least don't. Not to worry, I sometimes run into the consul at the occasional dinner party. I'll be sure to ask him some uncomfortable questions. In any case, even if they are over-charging us, it's the sort of thing where you close your eyes and pay up, but...

I wouldn't exactly say I deal with them. I prefer not to have anything to do with them, to the extent I can. However, my wife wants to go to India soon, so I'll probably have to send her there to get a short-term visa. I have no further involvement with them. If you've already applied for an...

Anyway, I've e-mailed them about it. I've said that this could just be an error. They may have meant to say C$321, and someone may have typed in C$421 instead. C$321 would make a whole lot more sense, and would be in line with current exchange-rates. You (and other Canadians who might be...

And right off the bat, they're ripping us off. They want C$421 with the application, which is about US$362 at today's exchange rate, instead of the prescribed US$ 275. Some things never change.

India may have become independent of the British in 1947, but it didn't become free in the sense that Americans understand freedom. Rather than bringing freedom down to the level of the individual Indian citizen, the new government, in their rush towards Fabian socialism, actually made us much...

Whatever happens, don't be first in line for this. Let them work the kinks out of the system. When you hear of some other people who've got their visas, and they seem happy with the experience, then and only then should you apply. Don't be a guinea-pig for them to experiment on.

I was thinking more along the lines of taking up a collection and sending in an offer. So much money for this result. :cool: Seriously, though, I'm personally somewhat ambivalent about this whole dual citizenship thing. About 12 years ago, my two small children and I were almost deported...

It seems that it would only be slightly facetious to say that the fastest way to get dual citizenship would have been to sprinkle a few lakhs of rupees among the right politicians, and bingo, the constitution would have been changed within a month. No more hassles, and no more ridiculous...

Cunningham is not the norm in the United States. What those Indian MPs did, IS the norm in India. Cunningham will go to jail for the rest of his life. The Indian MPs will get, at best, a slap on the wrist. Corruption is not the norm in America, or Canada, or the UK. It IS considered perfectly...

Everytime I think that things can't get any more corrupt in India, they do. I was absolutely disgusted when I read this: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1327921.cms These people have even put the most basic democratic institution of India up for sale. I think you folks...

It appears that their definition of "operationalized from Dec. 2", is limited to making a form available on a web-site. Nowhere does this release say anything about when embassies will start accepting applications, or how long it will take to process them. In other words, the information that...

OCI is NOT, repeat NOT, dual citizenship. It is a visa. Hence neither of the items you refer to should be a concern. This is not a grey area.

Because you can't apply for an OIC right at this point anyway. For now, it's just talk.

The PIO cost is $310 for adults, and $155 for a child. For an adult, it's better to apply for the OIC directly. Of course, that seems to be a moot point at present.

Very strange. The left hand clearly does not know what the right hand is doing. Even for the Indian government, this is reaching new lows in incompetence. Reading that bill, I still don't understand why they're so hung-up on other countries "that allow dual citizenship". First of all, this...

Amending the Indian constitution isn't as big a deal as it seems. When most people generally agree with something, it seems to get done fairly easily. It has already been amended 92 times, often for what look like quite trivial, technical reasons. Here's a complete list...

From the discussions here, I'm getting the impression that somewhere along the line, Parliament may already have passed a law allowing dual citizenship, as part of this whole sorry U visa fiasco. I don't know for sure if they have. I also don't know if it would fall under the rules envisaged in...