The OCI process in NY is done for me and incredibly fast, at that!
I dropped off my passport in the morning. I got there at 11:30 instead of 11 (misread the website) but there was a guy who was kind enough to accept it. Picked it up at 5pm.
I got a stamp/seal/sticker-thingy in my passport and and a light blue OCI document that looks like a passport with just one blank page. I am not sure why the blank page exists, but oh well. The guy said you must travel with both.
In my stamp/sticker in the US passport, it has Firstname Lastname even though the "Field" is titled "Surname, Given names". Checked with the guy and he said it was fine.
So, that's that. Here's my timeline again --
Date FedExed - 9/6
Date Delivered (by tracking the package) - 9/7
Date Of Acknowledgment - 9/12
Photo/Signature Scanned - 9/13
Registration Status Granted - 9/18
Documents Printing Status - PRINTED
Documents Printed On - 19-SEP-2006
Documents Despatched From Delhi On - 19-SEP-2006
Documents Received at NEW YORK CGI On - 25-SEP-2006
Dropped off and Collected OCI at NY CGI On - 26-SEP-2006!!
I dropped off my passport in the morning. I got there at 11:30 instead of 11 (misread the website) but there was a guy who was kind enough to accept it. Picked it up at 5pm.
I got a stamp/seal/sticker-thingy in my passport and and a light blue OCI document that looks like a passport with just one blank page. I am not sure why the blank page exists, but oh well. The guy said you must travel with both.
In my stamp/sticker in the US passport, it has Firstname Lastname even though the "Field" is titled "Surname, Given names". Checked with the guy and he said it was fine.
So, that's that. Here's my timeline again --
Date FedExed - 9/6
Date Delivered (by tracking the package) - 9/7
Date Of Acknowledgment - 9/12
Photo/Signature Scanned - 9/13
Registration Status Granted - 9/18
Documents Printing Status - PRINTED
Documents Printed On - 19-SEP-2006
Documents Despatched From Delhi On - 19-SEP-2006
Documents Received at NEW YORK CGI On - 25-SEP-2006
Dropped off and Collected OCI at NY CGI On - 26-SEP-2006!!