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Adult OCI - New York Experience
Date Of Acknowledgment 22-NOV-2018
Registration Status at Mission NEW YORK CGI
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 12-DEC-2018
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 12-DEC-2018
Document received At NEW YORK CGI On 12-DEC-2018

Took < 20 calendar days. Awaiting CKGS dispatch, but has been pretty quick unlike other at other missions. New York is the fastest i suppose.

Even my renunciation (prior to this) was processed & delivered in 3 days.
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Adult OCI -Washington dc
Date of Acknowlegment Oct 10 2018
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Is it a good idea to apply for OCI in India?
Hi,

As my son is two months old, I want to send my wife and son with my parents who are leaving in January 1st week.

My son already received USA passport.

Could you let me know which is the good idea whether to apply for OCI in USA or in India.
If I apply in USA, I cant send my wife and son with my parents and they have to wait for me to drop them in India. Could you let me know how difficult it is to apply for OCI in India than USA.

My H1 visa has 10 months validity still.
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OCI Status - Pending - Atlanta
I submitted my application on August 29, 2018 and it was acknowledged on Sept. 5th. To date, there has been no update to status and CKGS won't respond with a status. When I call their "phone number", it says there is no status of the application. Does anyone have any specific contact I can reach out to? I'm trying to get to India for a family member's surgery.

TIA
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CKGS Renunciation processing at San Francisco Consulate - 5 weeks
Documents sent to San Francisco Consulate.

Processing time - 5 weeks from the day of shipping the documents to the day of receiving the
Renunciation Certificate at home by FedEx.

Jun 8 - Renunciation Certificate received at home.
Jun 7 - Renunciation Certificate picked up by FedEx.
Jun 7 - Renunciation Certificate "Received" at the CKGS application centre and is at the "Sorting Facility" where it is being processed for delivery.
Jun 7 - Application "Reviewed" by Consulate and "In Transit" to CKGS Application Centre.
May 10 - Application is "Under Process" at Consulate for decision making.
May 10 - Application is "In Transit" to the Consulate.
May 8 - Application is "Under Process" at CKGS.
May 8 - Application Verification is "Complete". Processing of your application will continue.
May 7 - Application "Received" by CKGS. "Not Verified".

(May 4 - FedEx the CKGS Renunciation Application.)
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CKGS OCI San Francisco Timeline for minor
Documents sent to San Francisco Consulate for minor.

OCI Processing time - 8 weeks from the day of shipping the documents (Sep 7, 2018) to the day of receiving the OCI (Nov 2, 2018) at home by FedEx.

Status from CKGS Website -
Nov 2 - OCI card received at home.
Nov 1 - OCI Card picked up by FedEx.
Nov 1 - OCI Card "Received" at the CKGS application centre and is at the "Sorting Facility" where it is being processed for delivery.
Nov 1 - Application "Reviewed" by Consulate and "In Transit" to CKGS Application centre.
Oct 24 - Your OCI card has been "Printed" and would "Reach" the Embassy/Consulate shortly.
Sep 13 - Passport picked up by Fedex.
Sep 13 - Original Passport "Received" at the CKGS application centre and is at the "Sorting Facility" where it is being processed for delivery.
Sep 13 - Passport "Reviewed" by Consulate and is "In Transit" to CKGS Application centre.
Sep 13 - Application is "Under Process" at Consulate for decision making.
Sep 12 - Application is "In Transit" to the Consulate.
Sep 12 - Application is "Under Process" at CKGS.
Sep 11 - Application Verification is "Complete". Processing of your application will continue.
Sep 10 - Application "Received" by CKGS. "Not Verified".

(Sep 7 - FedEx the CKGS OCI Application.)
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Renunication process taking longer
I had applied for renunciation by mail via CKGS in Sep 2018 to the SF India consulate. I got the receipt with the acknowledgement dated Sep 24th. The status on tracker from CKGS says "under processing in the embassy", now for more than a month. Is it common for it take this long? Calling CKGS at the help desk line routes it to the automated status reader and when navigating to the customer support, the phone line gets disconnected. So I am left with no idea of when I may get the surrender certificate :(.

Any other experiences.
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OCI in lieu of PIO at San Francisco: Processed at GOI site
When checking the status of my application for OCI in lieu of PIO at the GOI site, I found the following:

Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 31-OCT-2018

I don't believe it has been dispatched to the embassy in SFO yet. Does anyone know how much longer it generally takes before CKGS sends out the OCI? I am seeking responses from those who have gone through CKGS at SFO since the timelines seem to vary so much based on which jurisdiction we come under.

Thanks.
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OCI for minor
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Date Of Acknowledgment 14-SEP-2018
Registration Status at Mission SAN FRANCISCO
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 24-OCT-2018
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 25-OCT-2018
Document received At SAN FRANCISCO On 31-OCT-2018
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Sep 13, 2018 - Thursday05:12 pmPassport picked up by .
Sep 13, 2018 - Thursday01:45 pmOriginal Passport ‘Received’ at the CKGS application centre and is at the ‘Sorting Facility’ where it is being processed for delivery.
Sep 13, 2018 - Thursday01:45 pmPassport 'Reviewed' by Consulate and is ‘In Transit’ to CKGS
Sep 13, 2018 - Thursday12:48 pmApplication is 'Under Process' at Consulate for decision making.
Sep 12, 2018 - Wednesday06:44 pmApplication is 'In Transit' to the Consulate.
Sep 12, 2018 - Wednesday03:50 pmApplication is ‘Under Process’ at CKGS.
Sep 11, 2018 - Tuesday08:35 pmApplication Verification is ‘Complete’.
Sep 11, 2018 - Tuesday02:30 pmApplication ‘Received’ by CKGS and 'Not Verified'.
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OCI - New York Juridiction
Applied for OCI only.

On Oct 12 application ‘Received’ by CKGS.
Oct 16 I received the original passport.

At this time waiting for OCI card. No updates on CKGS website after Oct 16th. I know NY takes shorter processing time than any other application center. Has anyone gone through this process under NY center?
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