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Folks, Do we need to carry the OCI document when we travel to India for a brief vacation (<2 months)? Since the US passport already has the "lifelong" visa, what's the point of carrying OCI booklet?

I am done! Received my passport/OCI document by express mail today. Took exactly 1 week since I sent my passport last week (Wed). Thanks to all for the amazing amount of information on this website.

Instead of going to the consulate, I decided to mail my passports last week (5/7). Does anyone know how long it takes to get the passports/OCI back from the consulate?

Further update - the documents have been received at CGNY. I will most likely go there this Friday 5/9 to pick up the documents.

No worries, I am not sure of the PIO process. I will post my experience once I go to CGNY (hopefully next Friday).

I am planning to do the same. If you read through few of the earlier posts in this thread you will find the info. Net is: 1) You have to drop the passport at CGNY between 9:30 - 11am, Counter 7 2) If you have applied for family OCI, your family doesn't need to be there, no need for any...

Further update - Documents dispatched from Delhi on 29th April. So, things have moved fast for last few steps.

Further update -- the documents got printed today 28-Apr-08.

Our app just got the registration granted -- so things are moving along, but at an extremely slow pace. Hope to get the OCI before we leave for India in late May.

Wow NRI2008, good time line for you. I applied a week before you, and my application is still not "Granted". I need to start calling the OCI cell (called yesterday and left a message -- not sure anyone is monitoring the voicemail).

Here's my updated timeline: Date Application Sent - 23rd Feb Date Of Acknowledgment - 01-Apr-2008 Registration Status - Underprocess Photo/Signature Scanned - Scanned on 15-Apr-08 Documents Printing Status - Documents Printed - Documents Despatched From Delhi - Documents Received at...

All, Finally got my application acknowledged, so things seem to moving along (albeit slow). Here's my timeline: Current status is - Date Application Sent - 23rd Feb Date Of Acknowledgment - 01-Apr-2008 Registration Status - Photo/Signature Scanned - Documents Printing Status -...

All, Has the OCI processing slowed down in NYC? I have sent my documents on 23rd Feb, but my application hasn't been acknowledged yet. If anyone has similar dates, please let me know your status. Thanks, Jeevs

Nimche, I completely agree with you about the Casino part -- my wife completed her N-400 processing in less than 4 months, it took me 20 months! Jeevs

All, I received my US e-Passport in 17 calendar days (8 business days). I had asked for regular processing. The post-office agent who collected the passport application initially suggested 2-3 months for the processing time. Looks like the passport processing bottleneck is over. Applied...

FTM, I received my interview letter about a month after told by an IO (800#) that my name was in interview queue. Looks like yours' might be on the way. Good luck!

Sachin, LadyBuggy, Huracan, Thanks all!

Brian, In NY DO (Federal Plaza), the oath letter is given 30-45 mins after you pass the interview, with the oath date typically on the following Friday. If you see my wife's timeline, she has Oath 4 days after interview, as opposed to 9 days for me.

Folks, I completed my oath ceremony today morning. It has been a long (and sometimes painful) journey. I had been coming to this site since 1998 (when I started my GC), and have been a regular visitor ever since. The interview on 29th Oct was fairly straightforward -- no questions were...

Sorry, no idea. My understanding is that NYC DO conducts regular oath ceremony every friday -- but have no clue about court oath.