Recent content by phillygc

With my OCI application going no where and knowing that the documents are in CGI NY, I just went there with the passport at 9:15AM and I was returned my US passport, OCI, cancelled Indian passport and surrender certificate at 12:15PM. Thanks all and good luck!

I applied for OCI+Renunciation for my wife at BLS-India New York Office. The application was sent to them end of July before they had the order form. I did put all the required documents. When I check the status at https://passport.gov.in/oci/statusEnqury, this is what it says: Date Of...

I am applying for surrender certificate. My understanding is that unless my passport says "Cancelled due to acquisition of foreign citizenship", I have to get the surrender certificate. My passport just says "Cancelled". I just want to avoid problems in the future.

I got naturalized in Feb 2009 and immediately applied for OCI. As part of the process, my Indian passport came back with a "Cancelled" stamp(just that, nothing more, nothing less) along with my OCI booklet an sticker. Fast forward to now and am not clear on why the Travisa site is trying to...

I acquired US citizenship February 2009 and came to know of this stupid surrender certificate yesterday by chance at a party. My Indian Consulate is NYC and I already have OCI and my Indian passport says "Cancelled". Just "Cancelled" and nothing else. I thought since it's only $20, I will...

There has been some misunderstanding and my MIL overstayed her I-94 by 1 day. I read up on the potential of not getting an entry the next time she travels to US. Anything she can do while in India to correct this? Will there be any leniency if she stays out of US for a set amount of time...

I sent 2 extra in addition to the 2 on the application.

After resending the photos, I waited for a week before calling the Consulate. The scanning department initially denied they have my new photo. I said I have delivery confirmation at which point they put me on hold, called their mailroom, confirmed it's there and told me the photos should be...

This happened to me very recently. After "Scanned" appearing and disappearing couple of times, I got a call from CGNY asking me to send new pictures and a signature. Once I did that, everything processed quickly. Obviously, wait for a few days to see if it's really not appearing again before...

I think passports should never be mailed out of the country the person is in.

My timeline below. Thanks for all the helpful posts on this forum. My photos had to be scanned multiple times since there were some issues and I had to resend them. Application Mailed: 2/23/2009 Application Received by CGNY: 2/25/2009 Acknowledged: 3/6/2009 Photo/Signature Scanned...

Caller ID showed up as a New York number. You can call them between 2PM-4PM on a weekday at the number given on their website for OCI. You cannot leave a message for them since it seems like their voice mailbox is full. If it goes to VM, hangup and just keep on dialing that number again and...

Something interesting happened this afternoon. Someone from the NY Consulate called me on my cell and asked that I submit a new photo since they are not able to scan the photos I sent. My online status doesn't show anything.

My application was acknowledged on 3/6 and registration was granted on 3/15 and there is no more movement in my application since then. My photo/signature was scanned on 3/13. Documents are not yet printed. Should I be concerned? Application Mailed: 2/23/2009 Application Received: 2/25/2009...

I mailed my application on 2/23 and was received by NY on 2/25. My status just showed up online when I checked it.