OCI - Washington DC Tracker

Inching forward ...... completed dispatch from delhi
02/08/10 : Mailed to Washington
02/09/10 : Reached Washington.
03/03/10: Acknowledged
03/10/10: Scanned
03/16/10: Granted
03/17/10: Printed
03/19/10: Dispatched from Delhi

xx/xx/10: Recd @ Wash.: ???
xx/xx/10: Mailed US Passports to Wash ???
xx/xx/10: Passports recd. at Wash ???
xx/xx/10 : OCI Recd!
 
I sent my Indian passport for cancellation with OCI application. Anybody know when they will return my Indian passport after cancellation?

Rahi_02


My OCI information......... Dispatched from Delhi
______________________________
02/15/10: Mailed to Washington
02/16/10: Received at Washington.
03/12/10: Acknowledged
03/16/10: Scanned
03/17/10: Granted
03/18/10: Printed
03/19/10: Dispatched from Delhi.
xx/xx/10: Received at Washington?
xx/xx/10: Mailed US Passports to Washington?
xx/xx/10: Passports received at Washington?
xx/xx/10: OCI?
 
OCI form mailed

Friends,
I jumped into the OCI black hole by mailing my application and documents today (03/20). It should reach by 03/24.

Thanks to Gee and Rahi for answering my questions. I feel I have bought all the required climbing gear and have reached the base camp near Everest. Now there is nothing left to do exept climbing ;-) You guys who are atleast midway on the OCI Everest are my inspiration.

Cheers,
speedy
 
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Recieved the docs at DC

02/08/10 : Mailed to Washington
02/09/10 : Reached Washington.
03/03/10: Acknowledged
03/10/10: Scanned
03/16/10: Granted
03/17/10: Printed
03/19/10: Dispatched from Delhi
03/24/10: Recd @ Wash.
03/24/10: Mailed US Passports to Wash ???

xx/xx/10: Passports recd. at Wash ???
xx/xx/10 : OCI Recd!
 
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hitraj said:
Recieved the docs at DC

03/19/10: Dispatched from Delhi
03/24/10: Recd @ Wash.
03/24/10: Mailed US Passports to Wash ???

xx/xx/10: Passports recd. at Wash ???
xx/xx/10 : OCI Recd!
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MY DOCUMENTS WERE RECEIVED IN DC ON 3/24.
HITRAJ:

DO WE NEEED TO FILL IN ANY OTHER FORM..........DO WE NEED TO PRINT ANY THING FROM THE WEBSITE............OR DO WE NEED TO JUST SEND A LETTER ALONG WITH U S PASSPORT ?
COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY.
THANKS FOR THE INPUT.


Gee24

01/23/10 : Mailed to Wash.
03/03/10: Acknowledged
03/10/10: Scanned
03/16/10: Granted
03/17/10: Printed
03/19/10: Dispatched from Delhi
03/24/10: Recd @ Washington

xx/xx/10: Passports recd. at Wash ???
xx/xx/10 : OCI Recd! ??
 
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GEE24,
You need to take a printout of the OCI online status page along with US passport thats what I plan to send today
Also I did pay them 20$ for the return mail fee,just in case I will also send then self addressed envelop
 
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Thanks for your quick response Hitraj:

I already sent $20 along with the initial application.
Do I need to send it again?
Rgds,

Gee24
 
Gee24 ,just came back sending the Passport packet to DC.
Nope you dont need to send $20 again.
For me when I sent the application I didnt include the self addressed envelope so iam sending it now(though all our OCI of other family members were sent via regular USPS envelope only)
 
hitraj said:
gee24 ,just came back sending the passport packet to dc.
Nope you dont need to send $20 again.
For me when i sent the application i didnt include the self addressed envelope so iam sending it now(though all our oci of other family members were sent via regular usps envelope only)
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Hitraj:

thanks



gee24
 
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Mailed OCI applications and documents --- Feb 16, 2010
Delivered at Embassy of India, Washington DC --- Feb 19, 2010
Acknowledgement Date - Mar 17, 2010
Registration Status --- Under Process
Photo/Signature - SCANNED on Mar 24,2010
Documents Printing Status --- NOT PRINTED
Documents Dispatched --- NOT DISPATCHED
Documents Received At --- Washington --- NOT YET
 
My OCI application recvd @ Washington today...I guess I have to sit pretty for the next 4 wks before it gets ack'ed. Meanwhile some babu in the embassy will be sitting on the applications like a 'murgi'. I can hardly wait for them to hatch. Oh the joy of watching a new life come into this earth this spring! :)

Vasur68 and eggpullsu you guys are my guiding beacons.....since your timelines are closest to me. Pls. keep posting regularly so that I can estimate when my 'applicationlings' will hatch and have some hope.

Cheers,
speedy
 
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At what frequency do you guys check your status? 1 wk? 1 month??

Also does any one know if the DC embassy does updates at any particular frequency??

Thanks,
speedy
 
Not 1 week/month, I had the oci online link with file no book marked and almost hitting it daily mostly at night as I see the trend is the status are updated during the nite like some kind of batch process running on indian time !!
 
My OCI information......... US passport sent to DC
______________________________
02/15/10: Mailed to Washington
02/16/10: Received at Washington.
03/12/10: Acknowledged
03/16/10: Scanned
03/17/10: Granted
03/18/10: Printed
03/19/10: Dispatched from Delhi
03/24/10: Received at Washington
03/24/10: Mailed US Passports to Washington
03/25/10: Passports received at Washington
xx/xx/10: OCI?
 
End of 11 year journey!

Folks, the journey I started 11 years ago to find a stable job, apply h1, apply GC, get GC, wait 5 years, apply for Citizenship, apply for OCI comes to an end today.

Good luck to everybody.

01/19/10 : Mailed to Washington
01/22/10 : Reached Washington.
02/22/10: Acknowledged
03/09/10: Scanned
03/11/10: Granted
03/12/10: Printed
03/15/10: Dispatched from Delhi
03/20/10: Recd @ Wash.:
03/22/10: Mailed US Passports to Wash
03/26/10 : OCI Recd!
 
I just don't understand why the embassy takes only a week to send back some passports and never for others. My passport was received at the embassy on 2/25/10 but i still haven't received it. I have travel plans to go out of the country next Friday. Today I applied for new US passport and now the Indian embassy is saying they might not issue an Indian tourist visa on my new US passport because i don't have my old Indian passport with me anymore (it was submitted with the oci application). This is ridiculous that new US passport is issued in a day, but Indian embassy said that they might not give me a visa to the country that I was born in.
This clearly tells us why we became US citizens and gave up our Indian citizenship happily...
 
Alwaysinhurry,
So what is your plan C, plan A and B now not working ???
Now what had indian passport do with issuing a visa,they can treat you as US citizen and issue visa
 
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