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OCI approved but not yet received Folks I applied for my wife and 2 kids in Chennai. After a delay due to missing father's passport, all the OCI's are approved. However only my wife's OCI card was given. My kids cards are not given due to "not yet received" is the official reply given at the...

N400ATL - you make good points and reason enough to hang on to them. I will keep them as well. Thanks

Currently if you have a long term visa to India and a 5 yr validity passport, you have to carry both passports when you visit India if you do not intend to move your old visa to the new passport. I am sure similar rules apply. One of my friends asked the immigration authorities in Hydbad...

Thanks guys. I did scan all the documents but wondering about my old old Indian PP and also my son's old US passport.

Folks, now that we are US citizens and some of us have gotten the OCI, what are you thinking about your old documents / passports? I was going through my pile of immigration related paperwork and planning to trash all my NOTICE OF ACTION documents, old Indian passports that have expired (not...

Ginnu, see below and also the link. This is ambiguous. "(ii) Foreigners visiting India on any other category of long-term visa which is valid for more than 180 days, are required to register only if they intend to stay in India for more than 180 days continuously during a particular visit...

The rules regarding registration of children under 16 years are not clear. I have seen many R2I folks register themselves and their children just to be on the safe side.

Journey over folks. Received my documents back from DC. Please see signature below. Please note, I never sent any self-addressed envelopes till the docs were received at embassy. Even then, I just sent priority mail with delivery confirmation. Thought I would let you all know and save some money.

Received my documents today (6/28) at Embassy. Will mail the passports and envelope on Monday.

Check my timeline in signature. My registration was granted & printed. Update: documents dispatched 6/19/2008.

You lose US citizenship Since you acquire Indian citizenship, and as India does not allow dual citizenship, you have to forgo US citizenship. US however doesn't care.

No acknowledgement of OCI at Chennai yet Guys, my wife filed her OCI along with kids to the Chennai FRRO via Speedpost which was delivered on June 2nd as per the Speedpost tracking system. The FRRO acknowledgement status online says that it hasn't been acknowledged yet. Is this pretty normal or...

Thanks RAYG. I did look at that forum and it was quite helpful for my OCI to apply at DC. The Indian FRRO process was as usual a bit ambiguous, hence the questions.

Thanks serra142 for the detailed reply. Even though the OCI application is one of the easiest I have ever seen from the Government of India, some of the rules are ambiguous. For instance, the online instructions clearly say that "Please produce your passport(s) and PIO Card, if applicable, in...

Sent in my OCI application today to DC. Boy, is this the easiest application form that I have filled from Indian Government or what. This is much simpler than the application form for Indian visa. The documents I sent are Part A & B in duplicate with 5 photos, money order for $275...

Guys, applied US PP on May 1st (regular processing), got it just now along with the certificate. My wife's hasn't come in today but hoping tomorrow. Pretty quick turnaround for regular passport processing.

Thanks ssk I appreciate the detailed response. Yes, mine would be DC office. I will check with them.

CrossHairs - without this forums there is very little help for any immigration related matters. I mean cumbersome rules, no additional help from embassy, send mailing fees while also sending the envelopes, notarize, duplicate copies, etc. They could have made the process a lot simpler.

Thanks alt. I haven't applied yet but will as soon as the passport lands on my door. Just getting prepared for the cumbersome rules.

Thanks y'all.