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PIO card minor San Francisco
I wanted to share my experience to help others, and as everybody knows CKGS website is not too descriptive, and people applying for PIO card do not get clarity with that website.
1 - I applied for PIO card for Minor for my son in San Francisco office.
2 - I submitted 2 copies of all supporting documents(birth certificate of my son, address in US, Indian passport for myself and wife, with 1st page, last page, and visa copies, payment copy of the fee, along with photocopies of my son’s passport with 1st page, and endorsement pages) with duly signed by me and my wife.
3 - Other than that I submitted 4 photos of baby, and original passport and application form duly filled for my son. only 1 copy of the forms.
4 – Forms submitted are - Additional Particulars Form, CKGS Order Form, Parental Authorization Form for Minors, and PIO application form.
5 - Get Parental Authorization Form for Minors and 3rd page of Additional Particulars Form notarized. Both the forms should be notarized with signature of both the parents. I got it from a mail place, but some people have specified it at Bank of America it is available for free, I checked with them, but it was not available in my bank facility.
6 - I shipped the documents with Fedex along with prepaid return shipping envelop in the envelope that I sent to SFO office.
7 - Don't pay the fee online, there system sucks, and you would have to do follow up to get the acknowledgement receipt. What are the other ways to pay it, I am not sure.
8 - While filling the form, give 1 India address, and if your passport has that address, then you do not have to give any other document for India address proof.
9 - In the form specify 1 passport details wherever it is asking for parents details (like father's details or mother's), but attach copy of both of the passports.
10 - They take some day to respond back with the tracking number once your documents are delivered, for that too I had to do the follow up.
11 – I sent the documents on 8/28, but got a tracking number on 9/9 and the same date I got the status as application submitted to Indian embassy.
12 – Then no update until 9/18, got an update on 9/18 that application received back by CKGS, and they will send it back to me, as I had already sent the Fedex return shipping level.
13 – I am on H1 and my wife H4, both from India.
14 – Overall not bad experience from CKGS San Francisco.
15 – Once again, application form were 1 copy, and supporting documents were 2 copies signed by me and my wife.
1 - I applied for PIO card for Minor for my son in San Francisco office.
2 - I submitted 2 copies of all supporting documents(birth certificate of my son, address in US, Indian passport for myself and wife, with 1st page, last page, and visa copies, payment copy of the fee, along with photocopies of my son’s passport with 1st page, and endorsement pages) with duly signed by me and my wife.
3 - Other than that I submitted 4 photos of baby, and original passport and application form duly filled for my son. only 1 copy of the forms.
4 – Forms submitted are - Additional Particulars Form, CKGS Order Form, Parental Authorization Form for Minors, and PIO application form.
5 - Get Parental Authorization Form for Minors and 3rd page of Additional Particulars Form notarized. Both the forms should be notarized with signature of both the parents. I got it from a mail place, but some people have specified it at Bank of America it is available for free, I checked with them, but it was not available in my bank facility.
6 - I shipped the documents with Fedex along with prepaid return shipping envelop in the envelope that I sent to SFO office.
7 - Don't pay the fee online, there system sucks, and you would have to do follow up to get the acknowledgement receipt. What are the other ways to pay it, I am not sure.
8 - While filling the form, give 1 India address, and if your passport has that address, then you do not have to give any other document for India address proof.
9 - In the form specify 1 passport details wherever it is asking for parents details (like father's details or mother's), but attach copy of both of the passports.
10 - They take some day to respond back with the tracking number once your documents are delivered, for that too I had to do the follow up.
11 – I sent the documents on 8/28, but got a tracking number on 9/9 and the same date I got the status as application submitted to Indian embassy.
12 – Then no update until 9/18, got an update on 9/18 that application received back by CKGS, and they will send it back to me, as I had already sent the Fedex return shipping level.
13 – I am on H1 and my wife H4, both from India.
14 – Overall not bad experience from CKGS San Francisco.
15 – Once again, application form were 1 copy, and supporting documents were 2 copies signed by me and my wife.
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