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According to the OCI guidelines, a person does not have to renew their OCI registration & U-Visa when they get their US passport renewed if they are between 20 & 50. My new US passport was issued a few years ago when I was NOT yet 50 (6 months before). I am now 50+ and going to India later...

The link posted by Akgarg above says that the turn-around time is 3 hours. My advice would be to plan to be around till 5p when then close in case there is some issue. I will be going in either tomorrow or early next week. I'll let you know how long it took me.

Thank you.

Next step? Hello, My online status says that my approved OCI documents have been received by the NY CGI. What is the next step? I live close to NYC. Can I just show up at the CGI with my US passport and have it stamped? No one is picking up the phone at the consulate, and most...

Latest Update: Status shows Granted & Documents are printed. Date of Acknowledgement: Dec 3 Photo/Signature : Scanned (Dec 17) Registration Status : Granted (25 December) Document Printing Status : PRINTED Documents Printed on : Dec 29

My application was finally "acknowledged" on Dec 3rd. So, expect about 3 weeks from time time the ny embassy receives your application to the time it is posted as "acknowledged". My app status now says that "Photo/Signature Scanned" on Dec 17th. Looks like its moving along.

I called and talked to the embassy twice. Both times, they promised to look into why my application was not showing up in the system. The very next day (11/9), it arrived here by mail because they deemed it incomplete. I did what they asked for and shipped it out on 11/10. They received it on...

An update - no acknowledgement yet. I'll try calling them on Wed or thursday at 2p as someone suggested. I'll post when things change.

I mailed my OCI application on 9/11. Still shows Not Acknowledged on the online site. I did call a person at the embassy a week ago, and she didn't give me any information. Said I had to wait for 4 to 6 weeks before contacting them. She was quite indignant that I had the nerve to call them! She...

This forum is a wonderful resource. Most on this forum seem to mail in their US & old-Indian passport. Is it possible to go in person and have the stamp affixed? I'm in the New York area, so it is very convenient for me to do this in person. Thanks in advance for your replies.

Hello, When I try to go to the site to fill in Part A of the OCI application at https://passport.gov.in/oci/OnlineOCIRegistrationG.jsp Internet Explorer 7 gives me a warning and suggest that I close that page The warning says: There is a problem with this website's security...