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Update (photo/signature scanned) 01/18/2011: OCI application mailed 01/20/2011: OCI application received by CGI Houston 02/08/2011: Photo/Signature Scanned

My wife and I have applied for OCI at CGI Houston. Getting ready to wait for a long time ... 01/18/2011: OCI application mailed 01/20/2011: OCI application received by CGI Houston

Hi webxplore, thank you! Sorry that it is taking too long for you. Have you applied for SC and OCI together? I am asking this because I have applied for SC alone and got it in two weeks and saw that another member got it in 8 days (from CGI Houston). Have you tried contacting them yet ? Please...

ocicitizen, you need to make sure of two things. (1) your passport should be cancelled, that means, it should have a stamp which reads something like "cancelled as holder has acquired US citizenship" on the first page and last page. (2) you should get back one of the two copies of the SC...

viksvivek, I am sorry to hear that. Didn't they cancel your wife's passport by putting a stamp which says something like "cancelled as holder has acquired US citizenship" when you sent her passport with SC application? I don't know where these clowns have their heads, probably inside their bottoms!

You're welcome! Forget about the official seal, these idiots sent back my wife's SC without the signature or stamp of vice consul :( I had to send it back with another $20 (for return mail charges) to get it signed and stamped. I had to pay for their mistake but I am happy that I got my wife's...

N400pg, our SCs have the signature and stamp of vice consul. There is no Ashoka Chakra stamp.

Hi emno, thank you!

Hi JP, thank you! Yes, it's a big relief! I saw this info on CGI Houston web site yesterday and it mentions outsourcing only SC and PIO to Travisa. May be they will start outsourcing OCI later.

Anba, you need to send two copies of the SC application and one set of supporting documents; that's what I did. They keep one copy of the SC application and send the second copy back to you after signing and stamping it. Because you have sent only one copy of SC application, you can send...

Update - I have received my wife's SC today, signed and stamped! It took just a week this time! Now it's time to start the snail race for OCI at CGI Houston :( By the way, CGI Houston is outsourcing SC and PIO processing to Travisa starting from Feb 1, 2011. I hope they do it for OCI too.

Hi JP, congratulations!

Sam, sorry to hear about your troubles. I think all of us are victims of their shitty service in one way or another, except a lucky few. I don't understand the logic behind the cut-off date of May 31, 2010 to charge $20 vs $175 for SC. If they charge $175 for people who keep their Indian...

sam012007, thank you! I will use FedEx when I send out our OCI applications.

JPBoston, thank you. I couldn't agree with you more. Unfortunately, we have to deal with these people, there is no other option. It looks like asking them to do what they are supposed to do is too much to ask for. Let's see how much time they take this time to sign it and send it back to me.