OCI Card

Chicago center

OCI reissue to new passport

10/28/2014: OCI application delivered to CKGS
10/29/2014: Payment processed
11/03/2014: Acknowledgement receipt
11/27/2014: Documents printed in New Delhi
11/28/2014: Documents dispatched from New Delhi

After this my OCI documents seem to have disappeared into a black hole.

01/02/2015: To date, 35 days after dispatch from India and 60 days after ack date no sign of where my OCI is. I have called and emailed CKGS many many times and they have been
                        telling me :

                       - Wait for our email before sending your passport for OCI match up.
                       - We have escalated your case. We have assigned high priority
                       - You should waited for receving your passport with OCI stamp before booking
                           non refundable tickets.
                       - We are in India, and we can see only what you see on the "Track my application"
                         on CKGS website.
                       ............
                       - many variations of the above
                         
                        I have paid for my India ticket for travel this month and getting nervous.
                        I think I have allowed lots of time from date of application to date of travel.

I think thew OCI process if full of holes and can break down any time and it seems unpredictable when you will get OCI

Beware that before you book non refundable tickets, OCI can go into a black hole like my case.

The consulate will not take calls. There is no local CKGS number to call. If you call the number they have given, your call will go to India call center and the have no clue.