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    OCI - New York Tracker

    Status Update. Docs received in NY on 6th Feb. Plan to go in person to get the OCI stamped. Hopefully it is a one day affair. Any one with experience personally showing up for OCI pickup in NY please chime in.
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    OCI - New York Tracker

    Updated. Waiting for the docs to be received in NY. Plan to go in person to get the stamps on the passports.
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    OCI - New York Tracker

    Update: Photos Scanned today (19 Jan 2010)
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    OCI - New York Tracker

    Updating OCI Status. Acknowledgement seen on website. Wonder why it takes this long for the acknowledgement. Houston and SF seem to acknowledge right away and infact turn around the applications in the time it takes for NY to acknowledge the application. Awaiting to see if the babus like my...
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    OCI - New York Tracker

    Looks like I may have not been way off Check this link out http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/US-UK-protest-as-India-gets-tough-on-visas/articleshow/5367548.cms :eek: based on this I'd say my estimate of Christmas 2010 may not be way off. Am just passing on the info. I do not...
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    OCI - New York Tracker

    Sorry to hear that bro. Hope you get it sorted out. I am hoping my bp does not shoot up before I get the OCI.
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    OCI - New York Tracker

    GC_KA_CHAKKAR, Yeah I/We signed the page. I signed on behalf of my child in the space indicated. As for what pages I sent, I sent the pages you mention, for sure. But I also sent other non-Visa pages and a visa page with ECNR not required stamp. Why you ask? because I do...
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    OCI - New York Tracker

    OCI Process Started Applied for Self Spouse and kid y'day. Sent all the stuff to CGINY. Spouse had last name changed during naturalization so sent a copy of court order and marriage certificate. Let' s see if the babus accept it. It being Christmas/New Year time, I expect w'll have the OCI...
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    Healthcare insurance options for elderly parents

    Check your employer's Health Insurance Plan You may want to check your employer's health insurance plan, if you have that option. Some companies provide for insurance coverage of one adult other than your immediate family (spouse, children) as part of the family plan. That option is probably...
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    Misc. OCI Application Questions

    Sorry my bad. I thought I checked the posts before I posted the thread. Should have looked more carefully. Apologies
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    Misc. OCI Application Questions

    Should I wait for US Passport before I start OCI process? I will be applying for US passports for all three of us in our family (1 Renewal, 2 new applicants) by the weekend. Given that the OCI might take a while to process (about a month and a half at least from the timelines I have seen here...
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    Newark, NJ - N-400 Timeline

    My wife took her birth certificate, a notarized translation and a notatrized statement of why her name was different in her passport than from her birth certificate. But those were part of the GC application as well. In fact the IO had them with him and asked her about it but my wife did not...
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    Mass RFEs?

    Got Our Citizenship as well Self and wife were interviewed and sworn in y'day. T'was a long day. Our interviews were scheduled for 9:20 in the morning and we were there by 9:00. Wife was asked to go to the 14th floor for interview (due to name change request? may be?). Anyhow I was called in at...
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    July 2009 N-400 Filers

    Got Our Citizenship as well Self and wife were interviewed and sworn in y'day. T'was a long day. Our interviews were scheduled for 9:20 in the morning and we were there by 9:00. Wife was asked to go to the 14th floor for interview (due to name change request? may be?). Anyhow I was called in at...
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    August 2009 N-400 filers

    Got Our Citizenship as well Self and wife were interviewed and sworn in y'day. T'was a long day. Our interviews were scheduled for 9:20 in the morning and we were there by 9:00. Wife was asked to go to the 14th floor for interview (due to name change request? may be?). Anyhow I was called in at...
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