OCI Card

FACTS ABOUT OCI APPLICATION..
When the local Indian consulate receive the OCI application. OCI Cell of the consulate checks the documents, photos and finger prints (in case of a minor), as per the OCI requirement under Indian Citizenship act and provide INITIAL APROVAL.
Once the INITIAL APROVAL Is awarded by the Indian Consulate the OCI application is then sent to OCI Cell at NDCC-II Building, Jai Singh Road Delhi ELETCRONICALLY….YES ONLY ELECTRONICALY..
OCI CELL in Delhi receives it ELECTRONICALLY and the date they receive it is called the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DATE. This is when you start seeing PRITING STATUS on Government website as
“UNDER PROCESS”. If you can see the acknowledgement date on government website. REST ASSURED THE APPLICATION IS IN DELHI NOW ON…..GAME STARTS HERE
OCI CELL CAN NOT APPROVE THE OCI UNTIL VARIOUS SECURITY AGENCIES PROVIDE THEIR CLEARANCES: OCI Cell in Delhi sent the clearances to IB, RAW, Local Police, NOC , AT NCRB DELHI ETC….
IF YOUR PERMANENT ADDRESS IN THE FORM IS FROM DELHI CHANCES ARE THAT YOUR CLEARANCE WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO OCI CELL FASTERS AND YOU MAY GET THEIR APPROVAL FASTER.
If your PERMANET ADDRESS IS OF a remote village in Kerala itS obvious that some of the clearances by local police may take longer than usual.
IT TAKES APPORXIMATELY 30 DAYS FOR THESE SECURITY CLEARANCES TO ARRIVE OCI IN CELL UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES ( NO ADVERSE CRINIMAL HISTORY, no link with countries on the radar i.e Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afganistan etc….for example: a couple having one partner from the country on radar,any linkage with countries on the radar)
IF YOU ARE NOT A VERY CLOSE RELATIVE OF A MINISTER OR A HIGH RANKING BUREACRAT IN MHA, MEA OR MOIA PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER CALLING EMBASSY, OCI CELL BEFORE AT LEAST 30 DAYS OF THE “ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DATE”
IT SIMPLY WON’T HELP.
Please give them at least 30 days after the acknowledgment date for status update.
IN CERTAIN CASES IF AN APPLICANT KEEP ON BOTHERING OCI CELL, OR VISITING OCI CELL BEFORE THESE 30 DAYS, IT RAISES CONCERNS FOR SECUSIRY CLEARANCE AGENCIES AND THEY MAY TAKE LONGER TO SEE YOUR ANXIETY IN GETTING IT FASTER.
Even if you know some high ranking official, your application will still go through security clearances(i.e IB and RAW clearance). They can only help you in moving the clearance papers faster between the agencies.
WHEN THE OCI CELL GETS THE OKAY SECURITY CLEARANCE FROM ALL THE AGENCIES…

YOU ARE AWARDED THE OCI NUMBER.
Now you start to see the OCI number starting with a letter on government website (i.e. A **** **** *).
Miraculously, you start to see extra lines on the government website, document printing status, document mailed to indian mission, received at indian mission etc….
They print the U sticker and sends them to the Indian Consulate usually it takes 2-3 days for them to dispatch the documents.
Then few days for the transit from delhi to consulate.
Then depending on the workload of the local consulate you get to the match up stage.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT VERY WEL.
NOTE: (1) MR SHETTY IN DELHI CAN NOT HELP YOU ISSUE THE OCI FASTER. SO DON’T BOTHER HIM OR ASK HIM FOR FAST PROCESSING. His teams job is more of a technological support to OCI.
You can E mail him if you have issue with government website or status issue, he will just email you the screen shot of the government screen and tell you the status. His screen shot are little more detailed than what we see on the government site.
 (2) NEVER WRITE ANY E MAIL OR MAKE PHONE CALL TO LOCAL CONSULATE WITH A COMPLAINING TONE ABOUT A STAFF MEMBER. IT JUST WONT HELP YOU AND WILL MAKE THINGS A LITTLE WORSE FOR YOU.
(3) IF YOUR EMERGENCY IS GENUINE, PLEASE E MAIL THE GENRAL ENQUIRY EMAIL AND CC THE DEPUTY CONSULAR GENERAL ON THE E MAIL. THE CONULATE GENERAL IS USUALLY TOO BUSY TO LOOK AT THIS KIND OF ISSUE. DCG IS INCHARGE OF ALL CONSULAR AFFAIRS.

IF IT HAS TAKEN OVER 3 MONTHS THEN YOU HAVE A GROUND TO CONTACT CONSULAR GENERAL DIRECTLY.

GOOD LUCK