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I hope you recieve it soon, Pau. My $ 20 cashier's cheque was returned by the embassy. They might have used my wife's fee to send both packages as there were 2 packages but they were under one tracking number.

It seems to be taking about 14 to 18 days for the status to be updated to recieve. Most likely the person in charge of signing/final approval is only able to dedicate a few days per month and one has to wait for the next time around if one misses that window.

I applied for my wife's PIO card in person at the DC embassy on July 30, 2010. We recieved the card on Aug 16th, 2010.

SoK, you can check the OCIs mailed out by NYC consulates each day by tracking by reference at the UPS website and then select US and the country and put your zipcode. Selct the date as just one day or else it would be too many to show at a time. The turn around time is quite fast- under a week...

Konig wrote: You have to file US taxes every years regardless of where you live. If you earn less than a certain amount (I think it is $80,000), then you do not have to pay any US taxes, but you still have to fill out a form and send it to IRS. Here you can read about all requirements for...

No, Pau. I wasn't able to track it using OCi as reference. They didn't include OCI in the recipient's address part but it was there in the sender's portion. It said "OCI phone Embassy of India ... address" I hope you get it soon as well. See you in Goa one of these day!

Final timeline Here is my final timeline after finishing the process today. Good luck to everyone else! Despatched OCI packet (FedEx): Aug 1st Packet received in D.C August 2nd Acknowledged on OCI status website: August 9th 2010. (regn status: under process) Photo/Signature: Scanned (Aug 10)...

Good news and update! I received both packages today! My OCI was delivered by UPS and we were able to pick up my wife's PIO card. The OCI is beautiful:) whereas the PIO card is alright as it is handwritten. Still, great to have a hand written one than wait longer. DC embassy processed...

In person visa application at Travisa takes about 3 days for a former Indian person based upon my recent experience. Non Indian origin people can get same day visas. A naturalized Indian citizen could be granted the visa the same day if all looks well but be ready to wait a week. My advice would...

:mad: This is crazy :mad: I asked for the packages to be held at UPS location fro same day pickup and I got a call confirming that they would be available after 7:00 pm for pickup. When we got there they couldn't locate the packages! We waited 2 hours till they closed and everyone else got...

It looks like the DC embassy has slowed down when it comes to updating the received documents. In my and several other people cases in the last few eeks, it took about 20 days for the status to change to received (Aug 19th dispatched- Sept 8th received). You could try sending your passport in...

I have learnt that UPS tried to deliver 2 packages for me too today! We will pick them up later this evening. I am hoping it is my OCI and ny wife's PIO card!!

Yeah!! Congratulations! I hope I get mine today as well.

Congratulations Linux!! Were you/are you able to track your shipment by reference? I have no note , nor can I see any current shipments.

I agree. I think the SF embassy has that note as they don't want to offically recommend an "illegal" manner of copying the certificate.

Hello GC4, I didn't mention the file number on the outside of the envelope though now that I have read your advice, I probably should have. I wrote OCI dispatch/cleection on the outside and the first thing in the envelope was the printout of the status page. This was followed by a cover letter...

Has anyone been able to track their OCI dispatch on UPS or FEDEX? Nothing for me so far (:

Thank you, GC. I have sent a couple of emails in the past 2 weeks but haven't recieved any response. I did manage to speak to a gentelman at the shrine about 3 weeks back. He sounded hassled but very nice and sincere and assured me that he would send the card but didn't give any date and hung...

lobo, linux, bvkmails and others are in the last stages of their OCI processing.... Seniors in the system..... others are juniors as of now I like this! I suppose we have earned it. Anyone has any ideas about inquiring about or speeding up my wife's PIO application pending at the DC shrine...

I wouldn't worry yet. The DC emabbssy's website clearly states that it takes 2 months for them to acknowledge an application. However, in real practice it is often faster. They seem to have slow periods with little OCI activity (probabaly busy with other tasks) followed by a week when they...