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OCI Reissue - Houston - New Passport after turning 20 years old
Here is the time line:

04-Jan-2022: Application delivered to VFS via FedEx
06-Jan-2022: VFS acknowledges receipt of application / Under review
08-Jan-2022: VFS completes review and submits application to Consulate
11-Jan-2022: Consulate acknowledges receipt of application / Under process
10-Feb-2022: Document printing completed and dispatched from MEA, Delhi
11-Feb-2022: VFS receives OCI from Consulate
14-Feb-2022: VFS dispatches OCI via FedEx
15-Feb-2022: FedEx delivers OCI

Total 44 days from mailing out application to receiving the new OCI.
All-in-all, smooth process with no issues and new OCI received within expected timeline.
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OCI - Minor - Washington DC - Help
JAN 03 - Shipped Application to VFS

JAN 11 - We have ‘Received’ your Application and your application is now ‘Under Process’ at VFS India Consular Application Centre and will be submitted to the Mission for decision making.

JAN 12 - Your Application has been ‘Processed’ at the VFS India Consular application Centre and currently is ‘In-Transit‘ to the Embassy of India/Consulate General of India for decision making.

With the hope that 5-6 week OCI processing period would end on FEB 24th I have booked flight tickets to India for my son and my wife for MARCH 9th with a return flight on MAY 22nd and I'm hoping I would receive the OCI card by then. While I'm planning to travel separately to India a month later in APRIL.

Question: If I don't receive the OCI card by end of FEB I'm planning on applying for eVisa for my son which is only given for 30 days. If he goes to India in March on e-VISA, can he return to US on OCI card (which I would take with me when I go to India in APRIL)?

I've found out that it's risky to apply for Paper based VISA at the point of time since it could take 15+ business days at minimum.

Any help is highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Vardhan
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OCI SFO Minor Timelines
Shipped to VFS SFO on 18-DEC-2021
‘Received’ your Application and your application is now ‘Under Process’ at San Francisco and will be submitted to the Mission for decision making. 21-DEC-2021
‘In-Transit‘ to the Embassy of India/Consulate General of India for decision making. 23-DEC-2021
Date Of Acknowledgment 24-DEC-2021
Documents Printing Status PROCESSED On 02-FEB-2022
Dispatched From MEA (OCI ) NEW DELHI On 03-FEB-2022
Document received At SAN FRANCISCO On 15-FEB-2022
Your document (s) is dispatched using the return label purchased or sent by you.If using VFS courier on 18-FEB-2022
Fedex Delivered on 21-FEB-2022

Total Process time 9 weeks.. including Christmas and New year Holidays !!!

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OCI - Minor - Houston
Please find the timeline below for my kid.

12/22/2021: (FedEx)Application drop off
12/23/2021: (FedEx)Application delivered at VFS
12/29/2021: (VFS)Your application is being verified and currently under process at the VFS Indian Consular Application Centre
12/30/2021: (VFS)Your application has reached at the Embassy/Consulate and is currently under review process
12/30/2021: (Gov) No Record Found
12/31/2021: (Gov) UNDER-PROCESS
02/10/2022: (Gov) Dispatched From MEA New Delhi (OCI)
02/10/2022: (Gov) Document received At Houston
02/10/2022: (VFS) Your Application has been reviewed by the Embassy of India/ Consulate General of India & will be dispatched using the courier service you had opted.
02/11/2022: (FedEx)Your Application has been reviewed by the Embassy of India/ Consulate General of India & will be dispatched using the courier service you had opted.
02/14/2022: (FedEx)OCI card delivered
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SFO - OCI in-lieu of PIO
Application ship date: 12/29/2021
Acknowledged by VFS: 01/04/2022 (had to upload a document)
Dispatched to Consulate: 01/07/2022
Acknowledged by Consulate: 01/11/2022
Document Processed: 01/19/2022
Dispatched by MEA: 01/22/2022
Received by SFO consulate: 02/01/2022
Shipped by VFS: 02/03/2022

Overall smooth processing.
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Approval: OCI Misc. (Gratis) updating new passport
OCI Misc. (Gratis) updating new passport (applicant's age: 62 years)

Date applied online: October 22, 2021
Application acknowledged: January 4, 2022
Application approved: February 11, 2022

Total Days: 112 days
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OCI Misc (Gratis) Processing beyond 110 days
Hi Folks,
​​​​​​Namaste

I'm 62 years of age. I applied for OCI MISC (gratis) update due to issue of new passport.

This is my 3rd OCI card update in 6 years. The first OCI card was processed in 3 business days, actual card (new) was received at the Embassy of India on the 5th working day; the 2nd card (again new card) was received in less than 20 business days; this one the 3rd OCI card application is for update of passport is taking longer to process.

Date applied: October 22, 2021
Application acknowledged: January 4, 2022
Status as of today (February 9, 2022) "Your application has been acknowledged by competent authorities. It is under consideration."

Sent a message via Madad App. No actual response. Madad App team marked my grevience as "Work in Progress". No further update.

Waiting patiently: 111 days

Question: Anyone experienced such a delay? Please comment.

Will update accordingly.
Kind regards
OCIwala
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Minor OCI under process - Washington DC
Anyone waiting for oci card? I have applied for OCI card for my daughter. Status is still in Under Process.

Date of acknowledgment: Dec 7,2021
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Traveling to India with a pending OCI
Hi,

Does someone has any experience on traveling to India on a tourist e-visa with a pending OCI Card? We want to apply OCI for our newborn but also want to be in India for Holi in Mid-March, so if the OCI doesn't arrives, can we travel on tourist e-visa?
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OCI Card application under-process for more than 11 weeks in New York
I applied for OCI card in Nov'2021 and got an acknowledgement on 17th Nov. Since then, it's pending with "UNDER-PROCESS" for more than 11 weeks now. Sent many PRAMIT queries and received email responses with standard template "Process will take 4 to 5 weeks from the date of acknowledgement". Tagged @meaMADAD in Twitter for help and sent emails to cons.newyork, but haven't received even a single response. Any idea what might be taking so long? My wife and kids received the card in just 4 weeks
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