This information is confirmed now. SFO consulate is out of PIO cards, which are shipped from India. They have no information on when they will a...

Hi Kapooramit7,    I am planning on doing the same thing as yours, withdraw the passport and apply for an urgent visa. My PIO a...

Hi Lokesh20,   Thanks for sharing your information. Some of us are talking about PIO applications sent to the San Francisco consulat...

Hi Kapooramit7,    We applied on Oct 28th. Yes, an officer with the SF consulate told me this info. How did you withdraw ...

As I understand it, even if you apply for the short term visa, you wouldn't get the passport anyway until the PIO process is done.

I am not able to even get the call through to the CKGS. The call just disconnects on one line (516-..) and the other (646-......