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Thanks! What did you send other than US Passports? I've already sent $20 for them to send the passports back via fed ex.

Thanks, but I've not applied via Travisa. I applied via Houston CGI back in November of last year before they outsourced to Travisa.

Folks, I'm on last stage now. My documents have been sent to Houston from Delhi. What's the next step? Will I be getting some kind of email from Houston to send my Passports for stamping or just monitor the status site and send passports once it says documents have arrived in Houston? Thanks!

Finally, there is some change in my status. Now Registration and printing status has been changed to Granted and printed respectively. Let's see how long it takes now. It's not over yet for me as my daughter's passport is expiring on August 7th. I've been calling them and emailing them...

That is strange. I sent my application in November, it was acknowledged on Jan 25th like yours. However, my Granted status has not changed :-(

Hello BAntony, Why are you sending Canceled Indian Passport and Copy of Surrender Certificate again? Did you not send those when you applied?

OCI, PIO, and SC well ($$$$$) must be drying up hence the new scheme

Great! it was working in the morning. I just tried, it's not working anymore.

check out Consule General's interview... see what kind of excuses he's making for short comings of CGI - Houston http://www.pravasiherald.com/index.php/pravasih/comments/cgi_houston_pravasi_herald/

another day, another 20-30 minutes wasted calling CGI - Houston. Phone kept ringing. called number as per instructions on their web site. Dedicated telephone for making OCI Scheme related enquiries in respect of applications mailed to Consulate General of India, Houston: Contact...

Has anyone been able to contact Houston office by phone? if so what time and what numbers?

I"ve been emailing shettybn@nic.in. The person, Mr. shetty says he's on technical team. He's been pretty good about replying to emails, but I don't think he can do much.

I emailed mailto:shettybn@nic.in as per Arun_K and what do you know I got response from him immediately!!!!! Here's what he recommended for my situation, he wasn't able to exactly trace my application but gave general answer which was more then what CGI Houston has done.. My question to...

Arun_K Thank you so much for detailed information. I really appreciate it. on houston cgi web site it says "The Consulate is making its best efforts to process each OCI application swiftly so that the turnaround time after submitting the application with Travisa is 30 to 40 days." I wonder...

Thanks Speakamericano! What a mess this is.

arun_K, How did you get so lucky? what number did you call?

Thank you. Vellabadu, could you please post your experience and if you got any explanation/suggestion from consulate on what to do now?

Sorry, meant to paste this .... economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nri/visa-and-immigration/indian-americans-protest-over-new-indian-visa-rules/articleshow/8144894.cms

interesting ... forums.immigration.com/forumdisplay.php?243-Overseas-Citizenship-of-India-(OCI)-Issues

Thank you. Yeah, it's already a messy situation. How would I withdraw? I've already paid for the application.