OCI Card

This is my time line for Renunciation and OCI from Houston Consulate. I did them separately.

Renunciation Time Line

03/24/2016 - Application sent via fedex.
03/25/2016 - Application delivered to CKGS by fedex.
03/24/2016 - Application ‘Received’ by CKGS and 'Not Verified'
03/24/2016 - Application Verification is ‘Complete’.
03/24/2016 - Application is ‘Under Process’ at CKGS.
04/01/2016 - Application is 'In Transit' to the Consulate.
04/01/2016 - Application is 'Under Process' at Consulate for decision making.
04/05/2016 - Application 'Reviewed' by Consulate and is ‘In Transit’ to CKGS.
04/06/2016 - Renunciation Certificate ‘Received’ at the CKGS.
04/06/2016 - Renunciation Certificate sent via fedex.
04/07/2016 - Renunciation Certificate delivered at home by fedex.

15 days from the start date to the end date.

OCI Time Line

04/07/2016 - Application sent to CKGS via Fedex.
04/08/2016 - Application Delivered to CKGS by Fedex.
04/13/2016 - Application acknowledged and is under process in CKGS. Tracking id is USAH0xxxxxxx.
04/13/2016 - CKGS acknowledges receipt of payment for OCI made online at CKGS site.
04/15/2016 - Application processed at the CKGS Centre and is in transit to the Indian Consulate.
04/19/2016 - Application is under process at the Consulate.
04/19/2016 - Consulate reviewed the application & orig docs are 'In Transit' to the CKGS.
04/22/2016 - Original documents received by CKGS.
04/22/2016 - Original documents sent back to me via FedEx.
04/25/2016 - Original documents delivered back to me.
05/13/2016 - Date of acknowledgment on the passport.gov.in site. App is trackable now.
06/06/2016 - Application approved and document printed.
06/07/2016 - Documents dispatched from MOIA New Delhi to Hoston Consulate.
06/11/2016 - OCI received at Houston Consulate.
06/11/2016 - OCI matchup form and passport sent to CKGS.
06/13/2016 - OCI match up docs delivered at CKGS.
06/16/2016 - OCI match up docs has been received and is under process in CKGS.
06/16/2016 - Passport is in transit to the Indian Consulate for Matchup.
06/17/2016 - Passport and OCI returned to CKGS from Consulate.
06/17/2016 - Passport and OCI mailed by CKGS via Fedex.
06/20/2016 - Passport and OCI received at home.

75 days from the start date to the end date.
Or 2 months and 14 days.

A few things I've learned:

1) The customer service phone people are in India and they don't seem have a whole lot of power. The best they can do is escalate it to the CKGS center in the US through their internal system - IF you are persistent.
2) The people who update the status online are in the US and it doesn't seem like it is done real time and they don't seem to have any direct communication with the phone support people .
3) Calling them and emailing the CS will help in moving things along if you have a legitimate reason to escalate things like a fast approaching travel date.
4) My application was at the consulate for a while with no information regarding what was happening. I did email the consulate customer service and got no reply to the email. It became trackable after a week of that.
5) We seem to have no control over anything that gets done in India. It's a waiting game.
6) I sent in my Passport for match up the same day the status on the gov.in site showed that it was delivered to Consulate. I did not wait for an email from CKGS and to date I haven't received an email from CKGS regarding match up.
7) I chose to apply for renunciation first as I had a travel date at the end of June and needed my passport and I was't sure I would receive my OCI by then. I figured, if I had my passport I could always get a visa.
8) Don't count on getting your OCI last minute if your travel date is close, the time lines vary greatly among applicants/consulates. Just get an e-visa, you don't even need renunciation for that.

If you have any questions, please ask and I will try to answer them.

Thanks and appreciate the help from all the members who post here and Good luck to all new applicants.