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On Friday I went to the SF consulate and applied for Surrender Certificate. I also asked them to expedite it. They charged me $35 extra per application and gave me the surrender certificate on the same day. With the surrender certificate I have applied again on Sunday. Keeping my fingers...

Visiting the consulate will most likely help.

Folks, I went to San francisco consulate and got surrender certificates for myself and wife in a day. Had to shell out $35 extra per application. So it was $120 total for both of us. The OCI and Surrender certificate cells are different. So not sure if the OCI folks will do surrender...

Salem it is taking a while it seems. Have they asked you for the surrender certificate yet?

My application was sent exactly a month ago and status has not been updated and there is no e-mail for 4 weeks now. I have sent them couple of e-mail messages which they have not replied to at all. What should be my next steps? Wait for another month and then start calling them or go there...

Hi, When did you file the OCI?

I am going to go there personally this week and submit the money just like Salem did. Let's see what happens.

Has anybody received a e-mail like Salem said that the person at the counter told him? It looks like they will inform the people who are in limbo. We sent our applications before this new requirement showed up. So technically SF consulate should inform us that they need our hard earned moolah...

Salem, How did you pay $175? Did you take a postal money order or did you pay it in cash.

Initially there was no requirement to carry the OCI document with the U-Visa. So people only carried their passports. Then some officers at entry ports started asking for OCI document. This caused lot of confusion. Then Indian government said that OCI document was mandatory and nailed that. Now...

Just pay up and be done with it.

We entered the online application on 4/23 and send in our application on 4/24. It was received at the SF consulate on 4/26. Now Indian Government is saying that for all applications in progress or for which the OCI is not issued will have to get the Surrender Certificate. Does this mean that...

A few questions I am applying for OCI for me, spouse and a PIO card holder daughter at SFO consulate. I have a few questions. 1. Looks like Self Attestation is okay for my and spouse application. But for daughter PIO card and passport may need to be notarised? Did you guys notarise the...

Finally, The applications were mailed. we went to the Campbell, CA post office and a very nice lady took care of our application in exactly 20 minutes. Now we wait for the passports to come. On to OCI.

Hmmm Library. Now I didn't know they have that service there.