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Hi all, I noticed too late that my 18-year old daughter may need a fresh OCI sticker on her recently issued new US passport. I have just one month before leaving for India. I am thinking of two options, namely, apply for a visitor visa for her (can get it relatively quickly), or just take a...

I had become USC in 2007. I was intending to apply for OCI right away but kept postponing it. Then in mid-2010 I learnt that it was necessary to get surrender certificate even for getting a visa, forget OCI. So, I scrambled to apply for the certificate. This is despite the fact that I had...

I agree, the information on what to put in the package for getting the OCI sticker on your US passport is very contradictory. Apart from the return postage confusion (self-addressed stamped envelope vs $20 money order), there is ambiguity about the cancelled Indian passport / renunciation...

I thought it was the other way around. Only US citizen parents can apply for child's PIO or OCI. Indian citizen parents cannot.

The problem is, visas are also expensive. They charged me 80 dollars for a 6 months single-entry visa last year. I imagine multiple entry visas or visas of longer duration cost considerably more. Make two or three trips in 5-6 years using visas, and you have basically spent the equivalent of the...

Thanks a lot, Wivnmgm, Huracan. After I posted my question I did a search of the forum and found your messages, so I got my answer. We applied on Aug 24 (Friday) at our town hall, where the clerk was most accommodating (probably because we were soon to be town voters:-)) We will see whether...

My wife and I were naturalized last week, and as per the Child Citizenship Act of 2001 my daughter became a citizen automatically. Now it is time to apply for passports. But I am not sure how we can all apply at the same time, since my daughter's application will need my wife's and my...

I believe all you need to do is return your Indian passport to the nearest Indian consulate. If you ever got a new Indian passport in the US, there should be an entry in one of the back pages saying "warning: return this passport promptly if you acquire any other citizenship..." I am told you...

Back off, happy_life. This is a forum for helping people with immigration questions, not to satisfy your curiosity. If he didn't want to respond, leave it at that. -Prasad

My Boston interview experience My wife and I had different interview times, I going first. My interview went off very well. Most of the questions were focused on my N-400 answers. She asked about my encounters with the police and I mentioned my traffic tickets. She asked if I had paid them off...

You could get an appointment even for the next day if you want. I selected an appointment time (last month) based on my work schedule. The infopass website (https://infopass.uscis.gov/info_en.php) will give you a choice of dates. Regards, -Prasad

Got the interview letter Interview is on June 12. I was starting to get concerned when later-applying folks I know had gotten their interview calls already, and my case wasn't even on the online case status search. -Prasad My timeline: VSC, Boston DO 12/20/2006 N-400 Sent 1/2/2007...

My timeline VSC, Boston DO 12/20/2006 N-400 Sent 1/2/2007 Finger-printing done Waiting for interview letter. By the way I am not able to look up my case on line using the ESC*<number> that is noted as the "application number" on the fingerprint notice. It says "Case Retrieval Failed"...

About time someone pointed this out In general I agree with your sentiment. But the fact is that not everyone is interested in acquiring US citizenship out of love for the country. In fact when I came to this country (from India) I wasn't fleeing an oppressive setup or even grinding poverty. I...