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It's a question for my friend actually who got his PAN card when he was an Indian citizen. He is now a Canadian citizen and was wondering what he needed to do to get his PAN card record updated. Does he need to do something? I suspect so but if so, what exactly?

Has anyone applied for their PAN card from the US and could you detail your experience? I know you can do it directly with the NSDL or the UTIITSL websites or some third party vendors. I thought of doing it directly with probably NSDL. Looking at the application form brings back bureaucratic joy...

My son already has his OCI and his US passport will be expiring a few months (less than six months) after the end of an India trip we're planning. In other words, we're planning to land in India when his passport has less than six months' validity left. Now I know certain countries do not allow...

Update: Right after I posted this, I got an email from Travisa to send the passport in. My question becomes moot now. However, I would advise anyone else to also wait for the confirmation email from Travisa because they include some instructions and bar coded things to print out and include with...

About to apply for my new child's OCI and this is going to be my first interaction since Travisa got involved. Basic questions: 1. On the online application, for the "Visible Distinguishing Marks" question, has anyone ever answered "None"? My kid's got flawless skin apparently and I can't see...

Is anyone else having issues in the last couple of days where this forum is extremely slow and connection timeouts are frequent? It is very annoying.

A rather general question: After your photo/signature has been scanned, the next step is the official approval of the OCI. Where is that actually done? Is it in New Delhi or is it at the local CGI you applied at? I will guess that it is in New Delhi because that is what the scanning is intended...

Does anyone know whether there is any reason for the marriage certificate to be included in a family OCI app for just one parent and one child? Proof of child relationship is the birth certificate where both parents' names are but does the marriage certificate of the parents also need to be...

Anyone with insight and/or prior experience with this scenario, your input would be greatly appreciated: I had applied for myself and my son's OCI visas and a couple of reasons they rejected and sent it back and for which I need some clarifications are: 1. They wanted a copy of my wife's...

My entire SC application was sent back because I apparently did not apply in duplicate. I have a feeling however that the person who sent it back works in the OCI cell because they kicked back my OCI application as well (I had submitted SC and OCI applications in one mailed package) and the list...

I thought it would make sense to get a thread going on tracking timelines for both Surrender Certificate application and OCI application timelines. It makes sense also to include your consulate because things can vary tremendously between the different consulates here. I applied for SC and OCI...

Just interested to know what people did when they applied for OCI. I am applying for myself and my USC son together. 1. I plan only to submit the pages that have data on them (ie Part A for myself, Part A for son, Part B which is 2 pages long that covers us both). So totally only 4 pages per...

The CGI-NY website says that the SC and OCI applications can be submitted together in the same envelope as separate packets with their own supporting documents and fees. Has anyone done this? How does the OCI application's need for proof of passport cancellation and surrender certificate get...

As an FYI, the service fees for new US passports and passport cards as well as renewals are going up starting 7/13/2010. Read about it here: State Dept Notice So if you're eligible and have been sitting on the fence on this one, don't delay in applying for your passport and/or passport card or...

In this Surrender Certificate requirement era, has anyone applied for their SC prior to receiving their US passport in hand? The CGI-NY says that the Indian passport needs to be surrendered within 90 days of acquiring US citizenship even if the US passport is obtained later. In the interest of...

Hear me out on this. Right after my son was born here in the US, we got his first (5-year) US passport and a 10-year India visa because we made a trip out there when he was a couple of months old. I am going to be applying for my OCI shortly and intend to get it done for my son as well because I...

After I passed my naturalization interview yesterday, the clerk who handed my oath letter told me to write my name on my two passport photos. I asked her whether I needed to sign my name or write out my name, she said write it any way you want. So I printed my name on my photos. Now I hear that...