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One of my friends' is scheduled to go to India for a business trip in December and will be returning to Chicago on 26th December, 2011. Unfortunately, his GC is expiring on 29th of December, 2011 (3 days after his return). Does anyone know if he will encounter any immigration issues when...

Update: We received the new OCI sticker for my daughter who has got a new passport now. The process was very simple and very fast. As per the OCI inquiry online link, it was received in Chicago a week from the acknowledgement date. So we will be traveling to India with her new OCI.

Hi ImmiPortalUser, We are traveling to India in June/July. I have already submitted the papers for new OCI sticker for my daughter. If we receive it before we leave for India, then that will be great...if not, we will travel with her old passport and then after we come back we will get the new...

thinker_new, We are in the same boat as you are. We are flying to India in June and I am pretty sure we will not get the OCI reissued for my daughter in-time (haven't received her new US passport yet). So please let us know what your arrival experience in India is. BTW, I found the below...

I don't mean to scare you but I thought it is necessary to get a new U-visa sticker when u get a new passport. Below is the info from the chicago consulate website. Not sure if Indian immigration will give any trouble if you don't have a new U-visa for the new passport. It is always better to...

Thanks for the reply. I figured that I should be able to use our canceled Indian passports but just wanted to confirm. Appreciate it.

We traveled to Mumbai 1.5 years ago with our US passports and OCI booklets. In Mumbai airport, there is a separate line for OCI/PIO holders. The immigration officer just looked at our US passports - did not ask for the OCI booklets, but it is always better to carry those. Which Indian airport...

Both me and my husband are prior Indian citizens and are now US citizens with OCIs...so our Indian passports are now canceled. We have a newborn who is ofcourse a US citizen and we wish to get her OCI processed. I had a couple of questions which were unclear as far documents to be sent for...

I hope it is not too late to reply. For what it is worth, here are my answers. 1. No, there is no need to wait for the acknowledgement letter. He has to take a hard-copy (printout) of the online status for each of the family member. 2. & 3. No, there is no appointment. The OCI card pickup is...

I hope it is not too late to reply. For what it is worth, here are my answers. 1. No, there is no need to wait for the acknowledgement letter. He has to take a hard-copy (printout) of the online status for each of the family member. 2. & 3. No, there is no appointment. The OCI card pickup is...

Update - DONE!! Sent Family Application (via USPS Priority) On 8-JUNE-2007 Date of Acknowledgement 17-OCT-2007 Registration Status Granted On 18-OCT-2007 Photo/Signature Scanned On 18-OCT-2007 Documents Printing Status PRINTED Documents Printed On 20-OCT-2007 Documents Despatched From...

Love this forum. Thank you Rajiv Khanna and everyone actively posting on the forum. I used it during our USCitizenship applications. And now I am visiting it almost everyday for OCI. I have been checking the OCI status online and finally it has changed today :) For those of you who are...

Thanks... Thanks for the info. Appreciate it.

Thanks DMAX Definitely helps a lot. Thank you.

Questions on OCI application I have been using this forum during acquisition of US citizenship and also now while applying for the OCI. This is my first time posting a question since I could not find the following questions anywhere in this forum. Hopefully someone can answer these. I am...