Originally Posted by d3vski

believe it or not, i actually agree with what you say. We have no right to complain about procedures which if implemented by a "western" country, no one would bat an eyelid, India is sovereign and it can demand whatever paperwork it wants.

The process may be a pain in the backside but it is nothing compared to what the average Indian goes through to get a visa for the west.

I had a nightmare trying to get my OCI (so glad ive got it now) and i cursed them till i was blue in the face but now i understand that i had no right to do so because now my wife (who is an Indian) has to give her entire life history and surrender her passport to the british authorities for 3 whole months (meaning she cannot fulfil her job) to get the visa to come to the UK.