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The OCI Process now looks like a mess. It used to be only getting back USA PP with 'U' visa sticker. Last month they messed up mailing the PP's back. Now this surrender/cancellation of india PP mess. It is not clear. CGNY is has different info than Washington DC embassy. Houston Consulate is...

Marias, UPS is better. Embassy uses UPS to send the PP's back. It is would be better service.

Maria, There is no Cover letter to send with the PP's to embassy. You can write a letter with bold file number (USAWIXXXX..) and your address. Print the status page from the OCI status website and send along with PPs. Write OCI dispatch in the address. Gee24, Speedy.. It took...

Gee24, Congratulations on getting the PP's with OCI. It is a long waited process. Now you do not think about the PP's and OCI for the weekend. Have a good weekend. tsb

Speedy, Congrats to you. Gee24, I'm sorry to hear that you have not got your passport yet. I think they sent by express mail and thought you got it. You should keep calling them again and email them daily. Again i'm sorry to hear that you have to go through so much. This is too much of pain...

Friends, I have a question on H4 to H1 and then H4 to H1. The following is the situation. My friend's spouse came on H4 to USA. Before coming to USA she applied for H1 from india. Her H1 got approved after her arrival in USA on H4. So She applied for Change of Status COS and got...

Gee24, I am sorry to hear that. Is Speedy and some others got theirs? Keep sending the emails and keep leaving the messages. Good luck to you. tsb

hitraj,Gee24,speedy The person that is handing OCIs is Rajeev Ranjan (not rajeeb ranjan) and the email should be rajeevr@indiagov.org. They misplaced some passports during the last week of March. I think they are tracing back and making sure they sent to the correct address. After...

Speedy, I did not send my indian PP's. I had them cancelled before. I sent my kids PIO cards. The cards are stamped with cancelled and returned to me. Yes, the UPS guy got my signature. I was home when it was delivered. tsb

Gee24, you are in NC. I guess you will get in tomorrow. I'm local so got the next day delivery. They ship them in the evening. Good luck to you. Speedy: I hope they won't misplace few more. According to the assistant consular officer, they generally mail back in two weeks. So far most of...

I agree with GK. some one is keeping an eye on this forum and some one is reading the emails sent to Ociwashington. they may be not responding to the email but they read them. Using UPS is best with Embassy in washington. Keep the tracking number handy,don't throw away until you get your...

Gee24,Speedy I want to update all of you in the forum. I received my passports(family of 4) with OCI today in the UPS. I got them around 10:20 A.M today. It looks like they misplaced these set of passports somewhere and traced them yesterday. There were...

Gee24, I will send you an email with my contact info. I assume you were not able to contact embassy in phone. After several tries i got through. tsb

I can go to Embassy in person. The person i talked to today said he will update the status in an email today. So far no email from OCIwashington. fingers crossed. Has anyone had this problem before in this forum?? Please post if you had similar problems. tsb.

Speedy, The embassy person told me on the phone, "we do not keep the passports for a month unless there is a problem".I'm not assuming. Regarding the lost PP. He asked for FEDEX Tracking # and the person who signed for it. I gave the copy of FEDEX tracking # in the email. He said they got...

Speedy, Gee24 I called the OCI section today. I was able to talk to a person. It appears they are not able to find my passports. They are researching where my passports are. They generally does not keep one month unless there is a problem. I have given the PDF copy of the FEDEX...

Speedy, thank you for your predition and encouraging words. I do not think i will get it this week, after seeing the email from Ociwashington, i am not expecting any time this week. Just hope it will arrive some time .... kgirish1: good luck with your travel. Have a safe travel. I wish...

congrats KGirish1. Finally you got it. There is a response from someone. It is my turn now to wait. My details are (Family of 4) Documents received in Washington :20-March-210. Passports sent to embassy : 22-March-2010 Passports received by embassy : 23-March-2010 OCI received...

Gee24 The following are Phone numbers i called. 202-939-9860( General OCI Enquiry).202-939-9861, 202-939-9862,202-939-9835,202-939-9836. You have to call in the morning and try several attempts. Afternoon hours they will not pick up. Girishk: Can you provide the status after Monday...

I sent the screen prints and the fedex receipt to begin with. In my email i have given all the 4 registration numbers. This is how they work. At this point i am clueless what to do. I'm so annoyed by this process. I do not know what tell them. Did they lost my papers?? What is going on... Isn't...