OCI Card

Hi All

Wanted to share my experience applying for OCI at the Houston consulate since this is the first Google Search website that comes up when I search for status.

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05/9/2013 11:57pm CST Service order form completed online
05/13/2013 11:12am CST OCI application arrived in the mail at Travisa Outsourcing.
05/13/2013 2:28pm CST Application assigned for processing
05/13/2013 3:04pm CST Order form and supporting documents received, payment processed
05/13/2013 4:50pm CST Documents prepared to go to Embassy.
05/15/2013 8:43am CST Documents dispatched from Travisa Outsourcing Office to Consulate
05/15/2013 9:55am CST Documents received by Consulate
05/20/2013 2:00pm CST Pending approval of the Government of India
06/17/2013 10:08am CST OCI Card received at the Consulate from Delhi, India.
06/18/2013 11:48am CST Mail package acknowledged at Outsourcing Office.
06/18/2013 4:31pm CST Passport prepared to go to Consulate
06/19/2013 8:45am CST Documents dispatched from Travisa Outsourcing Office to Consulate
06/19/2013 10:09am CST Documents received by Consulate
06/21/2013 10:55am CST Outsourcing office has verified the OCI is processed correctly. Waiting for mail courier pick up and is likely to be mailed out tomorrow.
06/21/2013 11:46am CST Passport mailed out.
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On the consulate webiste it had a process time of 3mts it took about 6 weeks from the time the application left my hands to the time I got the OCI in hand. This was done through Travisa from start to finish. However the day after my passport was received at the consulate (6/20/2013) Travisa had a notice saying that they will not be handling visa's anymore due to changes in the Indian Gov policies, it would now be handled by a company called BLS International.