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The Indian government has begun moves to provide a Unique Identification (UID) number to its citizens, the central government has announced. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8119070.stm). Does anyone know if OCIs will be eligible for this?

Doing so will allow us to live together immediately soon after our new marriage. Otherwise I will have to be in the US while she's outside and waiting on her application.

I'm in a similar situation and applying for an immigrant visa from inside the US obviously makes sense to me in my situation but I'm wondering if there will be any hindrances entering the US on a visitors visa, given that we are already married.

Thanks for these helpful responses. My wife will already have a valid multiple entry visitors visa that has been used once before marriage. I have a follow-up query: Is it possible for her to enter the US by using her visitors visa and then initiating the CR-1 process from within the US?

I was asked the actual and exact dollar amount of the rent I paid and whether I paid this by myself and in full. My IO made notes of these numbers on the form. It looks like this information was an important aspect in the decision making process. Our situations are slightly different here -...

Actually jury duty can be a life changing experience in a positive way. I don't have much knowledge of states other than California but I'm guessing that the differences will be cosmetic as far as performing the duty is concerned. I meant that you could pick a state that doesn't require jury...

Sansu - I had 3 short 5-7 day trips in October, April and again in October of consecutive years. While interviewing, I was asked about whether I rented the apartment by myself and how much rent I paid. Regarding your specific query - I do not recall the exact number anymore but I was inside...

In California you do not qualify for jury duty if you are a non-citizen and a host of other reasons. Some of the other reasons - you do not have sufficient knowledge of the English language, are below 18 years of age, are not resident of the USA , are not domiciled in California, etc. Choose...

The OCI Certificate of Registration states: "This is to certify that the person whose particulars are given in this certificate has been registered as an Overseas Citizen of India under the provisions of section 7a of the Citizenship Act, 1955." Is OCI as old as 53 years? I do recollect...

The actual OCI Certificate of Registration lists only benefits which are three in number: 1. Grant of multiple entry, multi-purpose life long visa to visit India 2. Exemption from registration with FRRO/FRO for any length of stay in India 3. Parity with NRIs in economic, financial and...

28 days for me. San Francisco consulate & OCI staff in New Delhi is super fast!

I sent a self addressed envelope at the time of my original application. Is this another second envelope we are supposed to send or will the one sent a while back be sufficient? Thanks. EDIT: Looks like this is clearly addressed here: http://www.cgisf.org/oc/Dispatch.html. Sorry for the...

Maybe I'm being finicky but I do not remember reading first hand the directions on when to send the US passport so I was trying to find out if this is the process based on "general wisdom/expereinces" (unlikely) or whether this is documented somewhere. If so, I probably missed it.

CGI - San Francisco seems to be moving pretty fast. Here's what my timeline looks like: Application received in San Francisco CGI: 26-AUG-2008 Date Of Acknowledgment: 10-SEP-2008 Registration Granted: 11-SEP-2008 Photo/Signature Scanned: 11-SEP-2008 Documents Printed On: 12-SEP-2008 Documents...

I agree this might just be a coincidence. I too received a summons about 5-6 years back when I had recently filed my I485. Like Huracan says, it looks like they draw from multiple sources and not just voter registration lists. Maybe 1000s of non-citizens end up receiving such summons - what a...

I got a notice to appear for jury duty within two and a half weeks of becoming a citizen. And this happened even though I have not yet sent my voter registration forms (I heard from other naturalized citizens that jury duty names are picked from the voter registration lists). Anyone else had...

I had a similar situation and I naturalized last month. Please search the forum for my posts on continuous residency and you'll get relevant information. Your case might actually be stronger because your husband will be in the US and you are planning to spend up to 1-2 months inside the US...

Recent timelines (see earlier parts of this thread) for San Francisco indicate the end-to-end processing time near 4-5 weeks. If you send your OCI application by the middle of next week you might have a chance of getting the OCI before you leave but it's still too close.

This has probably been discussed ad infinitum but isn't OCI clearly a misnomer when it's not intended to award the status of a citizen on the applicant? I'm wondering why the term Overseas Citizen of India was chosen when it isn't a citizenship. The nomenclature is misleading and easily confuses...

What, if any, are the negatives/downsides of registering as an OCI? I am not referring to the obvious ones listed in the Sticky but rather some situations that are idiosyncratic to the Indian environment. Some examples: Is the OCI information of an individual shared with the local police...