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Foreign spouse OCI
My date of Acknoweledgment is Nov 7 2017. My application has been stuck since then. Called CKGS several times and they always have different answers. I went down to the Consulate and they say it is stuck in clearance, waiting to be cleared in Delhi. Anyone else face the same issues? Please do advise as I am about to give up.
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OCI APPLICATION STILL UNDER PROCESS FOR LAST 75 DAYS
Hi ,

Have applied oci visa for my wife in chennai- india ..
Acknowledge date - 20th July 2018.
Status - UNDER PROGRESS..

CAN some one help me when oci will come . Almost 75 days gone..
Any experience?
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OCI Timeline in Maryland/DC
OCI Package Received Acknowledgement: July 10th, 2018 and we are still waiting for my daughter's OCI. We will be going to India in November. Embassy is taking its own sweet time., so I guess its safe to apply for Visa instead.
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What time does GOI site refresh?
Its been 2+ weeks since I applied for PIO to OCI conversion in SFO.

Currently the application is "UNDER-PROCESS" in GOI website. Do you know what time of day GOI website refreshes? Getting hard to keep refreshing all through the day :)
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Is there any premium processing available for getting OCI card?
I want to apply for an OCI card for my child who is recently born, but my visa is valid till November only.

Could you let me know what are all the possible ways for getting the OCI card in SFO?

What are all the documents or steps required for getting the OCI card?

Is there any premium processing available for getting it sooner?

Thank you very much for your suggestions.
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New OCI Card for Minor at Washington DC
I recently applied for an OCI card for my 3 month old baby. The below are documents that I sent to CKGS office, which were verified and forwarded to the Indian Embassy.

1. Additional Particularts form - Pre-filled form available in your CKGS 'My Account'. Printed, Notarized (not required - but I was extra cautious since it required our signatures and the baby's thumb impression)
2. Parental Authorization Form - Form available in your CKGS 'My Account'. Filled it, Printed, Notarized
3. Photographs - Attached one to the Application Form, Put one in the packet.
4. Parents' marriage certificate - Copy
5. Parents' Current Passports - Copies of the Information and the Visa pages
6. OCI Application Form
7. Proof of address - 'Drivers Licence (Father)', 'Lease Agreement (Mother)'
8. Birth Certificate of the baby - Copy
9. Legal Status of Parents - Already provided copies of Visa. So, no additional documents provided.
10. Checklist - Available in your CKGS 'My Account' page.
11. Affidavit in Lieu of Originals - Form available in 'My Account' page. Checked the appropriate boxes, Printed, Notarized
12. Proof of Indian Origin of Application - Already provided the BIrth Certificate. So, no additional documents provided.
13. Current US Passport - Took copies of pages '25,26,27,28 and the Information page'. provided the original passport as well.
14. Payment Receipt since we paid the return shipping in CKGS website. Recommend doing it to be on the safer side.
15. Bar Code - Printed from 'My Account' CKGS page.
16. Prepaid Envelope - N/A since we paid the shipping online with CKGS
17. Naturalization Certificate - N/A since we are Indian Citizens
18. Parents OCI Card - N/A since we are on H1B visa
19. Proof of Renunciation of Indian Citizenship - N/A since we are Indian citizens
20. Landing Papers - N/A since we are not canadian residents.

The documents are currently under processing in the Indian Embassy. Hope this helps.

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NEW OCI CAR5D AT HOUSTON
I plan to apply now for OCI and requesting fellow bloggers to share their experience whether the copies of documents including copies of passport and naturalization certificate are to be Black/White or color ones. Also I understand that only Affidavit for Copies in lieu of originals and copy of naturalization certificate requires to be notarized. Is this correct?

I will appreciate your early feedback very much
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Prepare yourself - for pain
I just finished, or rather, spent 4 hrs online trying to finish the OCI application. This unsucessful attempt is attributable to the horrible OCI Gov of India website.
1. Absolutely terrible error messages
2. Image uploads do not work, error message is completely unhelpful
3. The generated "application" number is referenced as "temporary application", "file number" "application number" randomly throughout the site
4. When you want to recall your saved application, the form asks for your passport number AND this "appliactiont/file number" - guess what, the field for entering the application number does not even take ALL the characters generated in the email they send you to confirm your registration.

Let me know if you've made it across this obstacle or for that matter ANY OCI submission COMPLETELY without having to make a single phone call to anyone.
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OCI - SFO
Date Of Acknowledgment21-JUL-2018
Registration Status at Mission SAN FRANCISCO
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 27-AUG-2018
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 28-AUG-2018
Document received At SAN FRANCISCO On 05-AUG-2018
In hand on Sep 7th
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Smooth process
From the time of application to receipt of OCI card it took me 50 days. I downloaded the FAQ and sample application and collected all needed documents before I started my application online. I completed the application at CKGS and Indian government web site on a weekend without a break. This was to avoid issues some had in their inability to connect the two accounts. The only time consuming part of the application was to use "paint" application to resize my photo and signature. I have two country citizenship. The government application form is not designed to accommodate that. The form did not give me an opportunity to enter my citizenship prior to the US one and the default previous country was India. The form thus did not give me an opportunity to ask me to upload my born in India birth certificate. Anyway, I included that information in the uploaded file and also mentioned my Indian bonafide. I had a deemed renunciation certificate so I did not have to send in my Indian passport. I gave up my Indian citizenship a few decades back and I do not have my Indian passport. Happy to get a life time OCI card. Can anyone with an OCI card please tell me i can now enter Indian immigration queue for Indian citizens or would I need to go through the foreigner's line?
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