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    Welcome to the OCI Thread

    Hi Welcome to Overseas Citizenship of India. Please post all "dual" Citizenship related questions and discussions here Rahul
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    Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all

    Happy Holidays. May your citizenships come thru without a hitch! :) All the best in 2006!
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    Russel Crowe's immigration woes

    Even Oscar winning Russel 'Gladiator' Crowe has immigration problems http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/14/people.russellcrowe.ap/index.html
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    Immigration Law as Anti-Terrorism Tool

    Very interesting article on Immigration Law's new scope http://news.yahoo.com/s/washpost/20050613/tc_washpost/immigration_law_as_anti_terrorism_tool
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    Culmination of a Long Saga - My wife got her Immigrant Visa!!

    Folks, Yes its true. Ever since I met my wife to be in Sept 03, I was waiting for this day. The day she could join me in the US. Today is the day this dream becomes a reality. Today is the first day of the rest of my life! My wife's CR1 interview experience on 2/22/05 at Chennai,India - in...
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    Wow Nice Thread

    Hello Monica,Rajiv and other mods. I was unaware of this thread and I regret it! This is a fantastic place to for us to come together and reach out! TTYL Rahul
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    A conference call session with Rajiv ?

    People, I am thinking of requesting Attorney Rajiv Khanna (whose board we are using now) to attend a conference call with us to answer any US Citzizensip related questions you may have (try not to get too specific to your particular case and frame the questions that may be useful to the...
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    Is this a way to see if your Natz case is progressing ?

    You can create an account with USCIS.gov and enter a couple of case numbers there. That way you will be sent an email if there is an outcome or adjudication. There is an interesting field called "Last Updated" often called the date the application was last "touched". If there some king of...
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    Joint Tax filing ?

    As you know I got married 3 weeks ago and my spouse is still in India. When I file my 04 tax returns next year, can I file with a status of 'Married filing jointly' ? My spouse does not have an SSN yet. In essence, can I get a tax break or not? thanks
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    Meet your new Moderator

    Dear People, I am elated to post this message as your new moderator. In fact I am a joint moderator along with Sachin (userid:sachinphadke), I expect to maintain the sanity of this board and serve as a "firewall" , preventing spammers and trolls from invading the board and abusing other...
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    I became a proud US Citizen today

    Folks, Yes its true! I became a Proud Citizen of the United States of America! The oath ceremony was scheduled for later this month but got advanced to coincide as close as possible to 9/11. The ceremony was at 2pm and we were asked to report by 1pm at the Federal courthouse. US Marshalls...
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    Forum is very slow or unavailable

    I noticed that in the last 2 days the forum has been unavail atleast on 5-6 occasions for me. Can Homa/Admin please take a look ? Thank you
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    Advance Parole Problem

    Im posting for a friend of mine: How long does it take to get Advance Parole approved thru VSC ? He applied in March but has not yet recieved word. He has emergency travel coming up in 3 weeks.... Please advise
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    Finally an update to my case!!

    Hi all, I am very happy to report to you all that my name check was completed on 7/9/04 (pending since 10/03). I had also managed to get a very quick interview date from the USCIS. The name check showed up on USCIS's computers today (FBI sends results by cable/tape to USCIS) and as the...
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    A Techie Tip to save your N400 application to disk!

    A Techie Tip ! For those geeks out there. When you save a fillable PDF file it does not save the fields that you enter or fill, and the only way for most folks to save a copy of their N400 application is to have a spare printout or a photo copy... For those who want to save a SOFT COPY...
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    India PIO Card After US Citizenship

    Has anyone applied for such a document and if so could you please share your experience?
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    New Case Status Online

    https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp Processing Dates for Dist Offices and Svc Centers are conveniently mentioned , but I still doubt if they will be of much use. Also a new system for Case Status Portfolio (email updates is available on the site) Will this all but help clear...
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    N-400 Change of Address Advisory!!

    I went to the VSC today as I had not heard back from anyone about my interview. After a detailed investigation for which I had to beg the guy at the counter(who swore that all checks were done and that the VSC was thru with me), the N400 supervisor took a peek into my record and found that...
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    N-400 Timeline - St Albans,VT

    Has anyone ever applied for their Natz from this local sub office ? (I am not talking about the VSC) Any timelines ?
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    Direct Consular Filing Procedure - I130 from Delhi for spouse

    Has anyone filed for an I-130 for their spouse , any experiences ? Even second hand experiences are welcome!
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