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OCI Experience San Francisco (Horrible)
A). OCI Experience from start till document received back from New Delhi in CKGS SF Office:
1). Application has been received and is under process in CKGS : 03/09/2015 (CKGS Status)
2). We have received your payment and we are verifying the same : 03/09/2015 (CKGS Status)
3). Your application has been processed at the CKGS Application Centre and is in transit to the Indian Embassy/Consulate for decision making : 03/16/2015 (CKGS Status)
4). Your Application is under process at the Embassy / Consulate : 03/17/2015 (CKGS Status)
5). Documents Printing Status PROCESSED : 05/15/2015 (Indian Embassy/Consulate status in IST)
6). Dispatched From MOIA (OCI) NEW DELHI : 05/18/2015 (Indian Embassy/Consulate status in IST)
7). Called CKGS 10-15 times between 05/27/2015 and 06/05/2015 to know why its taking so long when document dispatched from NEW DELHI to San Francisco(SF) on 05/18/2015
8). Finally, Document received At SAN FRANCISCO : 06/06/2015 (Indian Embassy/Consulate status in IST)
           3 WEEKS of transit time A HUGE WASTE of time and due to that change the already booked travel dates on 05/31/2015 from 06/10/2015 to new date 07/08/2015 after paying good money to airlines.

B). Now Passport Match Experience:
9). Document for passport match-up sent to San Francisco CKGS office next day : 06/06/2015 PST (On the basis of update mention above at step 8 rather than waiting for the email from CKGS. CKGS also confirmed that as soon as status on site update then take a printout and send the printout with passport match up documents rather than wait for email as there are issues of email delays).
10). Passport match-up documents received by CKGS as per FEDEx tracking number : 06/10/2015
11). Now, passport matchup email received and CKGS Status updated as well : 06/10/2015 (Its good we didn’t wait for the email after the step 8 mentioned above)
12). Called CKGS on 06/11/2015 to know whether documents for passport match has been received. They confirmed YES its received and all is well, so now only need to wait UPTO 2 weeks to get OCI and the passport back.
13). Your Passport has been received at CKGS for Match-Up and is currently being packaged for onward submission to the Embassy / Consulate : 06/16/2015 ((CKGS Status), Really ?)
14). Your Passport is 'In Transit' to the Embassy / Consulate for Match-Up : 06/16/2015 (CKGS Status)
15). Your Application is under process at the Embassy / Consulate: 06/19/2015 (CKGS Status)
16). Again, called CKGS on 06/22/2015 to know whats going on and told about whole experience including old booking and new booking dates due to past horrible delays in this process. Asked to direct my call to supervisor and got response that supervisor is busy.
LOL.
                They assured supervisor will call me back but still waiting.

Read other past good experiences where CKGS New York(NY) took maximum 2 months from start till OCI received in hands.

My whole experience is HORRIBLE with San Francisco CKGS.
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