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Sharma Ji, this has been answered so many times, you just have to search for it rather than starting a new Thread .... Anyways, just go to Walgreen and get the US Passport Size photos with whatever the background they have. Don't worry about the instructions on application, they accept US...

emno, happy holidays buddy ... enjoy the food:-)

I have said it again and again, have a thread but you people still do it and than blame embassy for their slowness or bad process. While I agree that process should be improved but don't agree with the fact people buy tickets to go to a country which requires permission to enter that you don't...

Sorry but you are guilty of planning the travel before you have OCI in hand, so the pain will be there and I am not very sympathetic with anybody who do that since Indian Embassy clearly writes up "DO NOT PLAN TRAVEL OR BOOK TICKETS BEFORE YOU RECEIVE OCI IN HAND" See my comments below:

Dude seriously this proves that their is no theory or pattern they have ...

I think privacy is something that we all deserve and that is one reason they have taken that visibility away. I don't want some random person looking at my OCI information just because they can. Indian Embassy should've thought about this long time before but I guess somebody may have filed a...

Reason: We want to find out the status on the person who filed before us or after us, and till yesterday you could do that by just changing the Tracking #. From today you can't do it, which is more secure but I am sure its buggy as well :-)

I think adding passport number would make sure that nobody can check the status of random people by just entering the random tracking numbers. A welcome change ... But lot more to be done on that freaking website. :-)

Yes I sent cover letter, and tell you the truth, with Indian Embassy or Indian Govt work, you always need a cover letter that should define things in a very clear manner and yes, its MANDATORY not courtesy. Here is the format to help you write one for yourself...

I will spend some time over this weekend to gather the facts and put together an email once again and see what would be response. Thanks guys.

LOL I tried it ... didn't work.. .they would just reply back with the standard message, which would have no relation with my message, nobody reads the emails, but I can try it again now that our OCIs are in hand.

My wife got her passport cancelled before all the SC fiasco started along with her VISA application during April-May 2010, she didn't have to pay a single penny to get that Gold plated Stamp. I got stuck cos I applied OCI at the time and they sent my documents back asking me to submit $175 for...

Forget it, Read my post above you will know why :-)

By the way, YES, I received all 3 OCI cards along with passports yesterday for my wife and 2 kids. Here is the final timeline for all: Wife: 09/20/2010: OCI Docs 2 DC 09/21/2010: RECD at DC 10/21/2010: Ack'ed 11/11/2010: Scanned 11/20/2010: Granted 11/27/2010: Printed 12/02/2010: Dispatched...

So friends as expected, Indian Embassy has eaten up my $40 without taking 'Dakaar'. As you all know, I sent all 3 applications (wife, 2 kids) separately with $20 return fee for each application and yesterday I received all the 3 Passports/3 OCI booklets in ONE single envelope. You would expect...

As far as I know you will not get the SC, all you get a canceled Indian Passport ===>>> If you apply for SC along with OCI, which you have done. Telling from my own experience, things may have changed from August to now.

Why can't the OCI Tracking page has 1 more status -> Shipped Passport/OCI Booklet -> Date and Tracking Number --->> We paid $20 for this, we deserve to get this information ... ?? No??

Sree, if you want to get stuck at the Indian Airport for whatever reason... go ahead travel with the passport only. If not, than follow what olddude has explained ... there is lot experience on this forum and he speaks on behalf of lot people.

My recommendations: Do NOT make any changes to your application Sandeep, and let the process be completed as it is if you want to get your OCI without any further delays.