OCI status in Washington DC

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Bharathi12

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Hello everyone, Good evening :)

I saw the existing threads regarding OCI and it seems it goes back to the year 2006..hence postinga new thread..any suggestions will be great. Thansk very much again.

AT present, below is my status for OCI.

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Date Of Acknowledgment 17-DEC-2010
Registration Status UnderProcess
Documents Printing Status NOT PRINTED
Documents Dispatched to Concerned Mission/Office on NOT DISPATCHED
Documents Received at WASHINGTON NOT YET
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Is this the correct time for me to send my original US passport ??? OR should I still wait for any other status to come up ?

I appreciaet any response please.

Regards,
Bhathi
 
Bharathi12 said:
Hello everyone, Good evening :)

I saw the existing threads regarding OCI and it seems it goes back to the year 2006..hence postinga new thread..any suggestions will be great. Thansk very much again.

AT present, below is my status for OCI.

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Date Of Acknowledgment 17-DEC-2010
Registration Status UnderProcess
Documents Printing Status NOT PRINTED
Documents Dispatched to Concerned Mission/Office on NOT DISPATCHED

Documents Received at WASHINGTON NOT YET

--------------Once Documents Received at WASHINGTON then send US passport with online OCI status printout page
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Is this the correct time for me to send my original US passport ???

OR should I still wait for any other status to come up ?
------- You have to send US passport AFTER your Documents are Granted then PRINTED and Then Sent to DC and received at DC. Once documents reach DC then send your US passport.

I appreciaet any response please.

Regards,
Bhathi
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Bharathi12 said:
Hello everyone, Good evening :)

I saw the existing threads regarding OCI and it seems it goes back to the year 2006..hence postinga new thread..any suggestions will be great. Thansk very much again.

AT present, below is my status for OCI.

******************************
Date Of Acknowledgment 17-DEC-2010
Registration Status UnderProcess
Documents Printing Status NOT PRINTED
Documents Dispatched to Concerned Mission/Office on NOT DISPATCHED
Documents Received at WASHINGTON NOT YET
******************************

Is this the correct time for me to send my original US passport ??? OR should I still wait for any other status to come up ?

I appreciaet any response please.

Regards,
Bhathi
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when did you posted your OCI forms?
 
Bharathi12 said:
hello emno, I mailed the oci application on 24th Nov 2010.
Is this what you are asking ?
Regards,
Bharathi
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Yes. Thanks. I wanted to see how much time it take to acknowlegde. I sent mine in 1st week of december.
thanks again
 
hello again emno..Thanks for mentioning that you mailed the forms in december 1st week. So..when should I send the US passport ..any idea ? at waht status ?

also..did u send the Indian original passwport also with oci forms ?? or ur Indian passort is already cancelled ? or or you from different nationality other than India ?

Thanks,
Bharathi
 
Bharathi12 said:
hello again emno..Thanks for mentioning that you mailed the forms in december 1st week. So..when should I send the US passport ..any idea ? at waht status ?
Keep on checkking online status and When you see that Documents Received at Washington/Your place of application date filled in.Do not send US passports unless you see this date filled in. As your application just got acknlowdhed, it may take approx 30 more days (as per their website)
also..did u send the Indian original passwport also with oci forms ?? or ur Indian passort is already cancelled ? or or you from different nationality other than India ?
Yes I did as I applied for SC together with OCI. I guess first they will cancel my forign Passport and then Acknowledge my applicationa dn start OCI process.
Thanks,
Bharathi
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please see above.
did you apply for SC and OCI together?
 
I appreciate your reply again, Emno. Thansk very much again. Sure, will keep checkingthe status and will update here also for information.
Regards,
Bharathi
 
oci status

Hi,
Are you guys able to check the OCI status these days..

I am always getting this error message for the past 20 days or so - Application with this number not yet Acknowledged or Wrong Passport Number.
Before that I used to get the correct response like name and acknowledgment date which is 12/15/2010. I applied in the last week of november, 2010
Please let me know..
Thanks!
 
remu said:
Hi,
Are you guys able to check the OCI status these days..

I am always getting this error message for the past 20 days or so - Application with this number not yet Acknowledged or Wrong Passport Number.
Before that I used to get the correct response like name and acknowledgment date which is 12/15/2010. I applied in the last week of november, 2010
Please let me know..
Thanks!
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That message shows when you don't enter your passport number AND acknowledgement or file number.
 
Thanks for your response Superho, that was really helpful..

Is it possible to go in person to the embassy to get OCI stamping instead of mailing as explained below..

After seeing the online status : Documents Received at Washington on -------- (date will be shown), send your Original US Passport for OCI stamping. Please quote your "OCI File No." while sending the US passport. It will take about 7 working days for us to return your US passport, along with U visa and OCI card through UPS mailAfter seeing the online status : Documents Received at Washington on -------- (date will be shown), send your Original US Passport for OCI stamping. Please quote your "OCI File No." while sending the US passport. It will take about 7 working days for us to return your US passport, along with U visa and OCI card through UPS mail

Thanks!
 
remu said:
Thanks for your response Superho, that was really helpful..

Is it possible to go in person to the embassy to get OCI stamping instead of mailing as explained below..

After seeing the online status : Documents Received at Washington on -------- (date will be shown), send your Original US Passport for OCI stamping. Please quote your "OCI File No." while sending the US passport. It will take about 7 working days for us to return your US passport, along with U visa and OCI card through UPS mailAfter seeing the online status : Documents Received at Washington on -------- (date will be shown), send your Original US Passport for OCI stamping. Please quote your "OCI File No." while sending the US passport. It will take about 7 working days for us to return your US passport, along with U visa and OCI card through UPS mail

Thanks!
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Unless you wanted to save the mailing charges or live close to the embassy, why bother? My wife and child's passports were received by them on Jan 17 and we got them back on the 19th.
 
I have read occasional horror stories like passports getting lost, that make me nervous sending us passport..
 
Send them Fedex. the embassy uses UPS to return. DO NOT use the post office for ANY immigration documents (not even Express mail as there is no real time tracking).
 
Superho said:
Send them Fedex. the embassy uses UPS to return. DO NOT use the post office for ANY immigration documents (not even Express mail as there is no real time tracking).
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I sent mine thru USPS Priority and I was able to track online on real time base, and also received a confirmation with the name of the person who signed and received my package at Washington DC embassy.
 
Superho said:
Send them Fedex. the embassy uses UPS to return. DO NOT use the post office for ANY immigration documents (not even Express mail as there is no real time tracking).
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I have only used USPS (both Priority Mail with tracking and Express Mail) for all of my dealings with the CGI NY and have had no issues whatsoever. I'm not sure where you get the idea that there is no real time tracking and why USPS is not recommended. Priority Mail and Express Mail have special handling because of their accelerated delivery service and I wouldn't mail things by regular USPS mail.
 
JPBoston said:
I have only used USPS (both Priority Mail with tracking and Express Mail) for all of my dealings with the CGI NY and have had no issues whatsoever. I'm not sure where you get the idea that there is no real time tracking and why USPS is not recommended. Priority Mail and Express Mail have special handling because of their accelerated delivery service and I wouldn't mail things by regular USPS mail.
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My experiences with it. Nothing showed in the tracker until after the package was delivered and that too a day after it got delivered. I have that happen even when some online vendor sends a package by tracked mail. The number never shows in the tracker until it gets delivered... therefore I always use fedex.
 
Superho said:
My experiences with it. Nothing showed in the tracker until after the package was delivered and that too a day after it got delivered. I have that happen even when some online vendor sends a package by tracked mail. The number never shows in the tracker until it gets delivered... therefore I always use fedex.
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Interesting. I have always had great service using USPS and the tracking at each leg of the journey has been pretty much real-time (or probably very close). It's also pretty cost effective but the reliability based on my experiences is why I continue to use them.
 
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