OCI - Washington DC Tracker

thiaga said:
Sent application for me,wife and kids - Week of July 17th
Date of Ack. 22-August-2006

Registration Status UnderProcess
Documents Printing Status NOT PRINTED
Documents Despatched From Delhi On NOT DISPATCHED
Documents Received at WASHINGTON NOT YET
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Updated status
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Registration Status Granted On 14-SEP-2006
Photo/Signature Scanned On 13-SEP-2006
Documents Printing Status PRINTED
Documents Printed On 14-SEP-2006
Documents Despatched From Delhi On 15-SEP-2006
Documents Received at WASHINGTON NOT YET
 
OCI Application Status

Mailed documents on Sep/15/06
Documents delivered at embassy Sep/18/06

Rest of the status changes... Hopefully sometime soon in the next few weeks! :)
 
Photograph Question?

alt said:
Mailed documents on Sep/15/06
Documents delivered at embassy Sep/18/06

Rest of the status changes... Hopefully sometime soon in the next few weeks! :)
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Hi,

I'm getting the forms ready to apply for OCI. There are a few confusing guidelines that I have come across.

1. Photographs should measure 3.5cm x 3.5cm without border and
have a light color background (Not white) - I guess I'm going to ask AAA to remove the white screen and take the pictures with a light gray background (that's the color of their wall). Does any one think this will be a problem?

2. Should the additional (three) photographs be of stamp size or 3.5cm x 3.5cm? Did any of you send stamp size photographs?

Your help in this regard is well appreciated!
 
infy said:
Hi,

I'm getting the forms ready to apply for OCI. There are a few confusing guidelines that I have come across.

1. Photographs should measure 3.5cm x 3.5cm without border and
have a light color background (Not white) - I guess I'm going to ask AAA to remove the white screen and take the pictures with a light gray background (that's the color of their wall). Does any one think this will be a problem?

2. Should the additional (three) photographs be of stamp size or 3.5cm x 3.5cm? Did any of you send stamp size photographs?

Your help in this regard is well appreciated!
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1. How I got my 35 mm X 35 mm photos -
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showpost.php?p=1509781&postcount=14

You can use the same trick at AAA also. Infact it should be easier there since their cameras have the face size markings for passport size photo. And face size in passport photo is about 33mm. So just make sure they zoom out to get your face + some shoulder within those markings.

Another tip - cut a 36mm x 36mm template out of a thick paper piece, and use the empty square template to mark the 35mmX 35mm square on your photos.

2. I sent the additional 3 photos also same size, 35mm X 35mm.
 
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Thanks!

alt said:
1. How I got my 35 mm X 35 mm photos -
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showpost.php?p=1509781&postcount=14

You can use the same trick at AAA also. Infact it should be easier there since their cameras have the face size markings for passport size photo. And face size in passport photo is about 33mm. So just make sure they zoom out to get your face + some shoulder within those markings.

Another tip - cut a 36mm x 36mm template out of a thick paper piece, and use the empty square template to mark the 35mmX 35mm square on your photos.

2. I sent the additional 3 photos also same size, 35mm X 35mm.
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:) Thanks for the info!
 
Average time in DC

My OCI application was acknowleded Sept 1st. Is 3 weeks waiting OK or should I call them?
 
Two weeks no ack + is it USAW "I" ir "1"?

Ok... Its been 2 weeks since delivery to DC. Online message says "Application with this number not yet Acknowledged." ... all fields are empty.

Is that standard?

Also, is online ref number USAWI or USAW1 ("I" vs 1)? The dialog box at time of submission says "I", copy text from pdf and paste to notepad, it says "I"... except people on the forums indicate it should be a number... (I am checking both versions).

Thanks in adv.

desis_r_us
 
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Desi_r_us said:
Ok... Its been 2 weeks since delivery to DC. Online message says "Application with this number not yet Acknowledged." ... all fields are empty.

Is that standard?

Also, is online ref number USAWI or USAW1 ("I" vs 1)? The dialog box at time of submission says "I", copy text from pdf and paste to notepad, it says "I"... except people on the forums indicate it should be a number... (I am checking both versions).

Thanks in adv.

desis_r_us
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Its normal. Give it a couple more weeks and it will show up online.

Its USAWI, not with 1 (one).
 
delhi1 said:
My OCI application was acknowleded Sept 1st. Is 3 weeks waiting OK or should I call them?
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Your status should change within the next week or so. Mine was ack'd on 8/29 and granted on 9/25. You can call if you like, but I don't think you will get anything useful from them. Most of the time they don't even answer the phone. So if you are not in a hurry, let it take its course.
 
My Timeline

Timeline:

Mailed OCI applications and documents --- Sept 11th, 2006
Delivered at Embassy of India, Washington DC --- Sept 12th, 2006
Date of Acknowledgement --- Sept 27th, 2006

Registration Status --- Under Process
Documents Printing Status --- Not Printed
Documents Despatched From Delhi On --- Not Dispatched
Documents Received At --- Washington --- Not Yet
 
Status Update

Mailed documents on Sep/15/06
Documents delivered at embassy Sep/18/06
Date of Acknowledgement Sep/27/06

So making some progress...
:)
 
Received OCI

We received our OCI today. Our timeline is as below.
Mailed application around 10-JUL-2006
Date Of Acknowledgment 21-JUL-2006
Registration Granted On 31-AUG-2006
Photo/Signature Scanned On 30-AUG-2006
Documents Printed On 31-AUG-2006
Documents Despatched From Delhi On 02-SEP-2006
Documents Received at WASHINGTON On 14-SEP-2006
Mailed passports to Consulate on 15-SEP-2006
Passports received at Consulate on 18-SEP-2006
Received OCI on 27-SEP-2006

We took our photos at Costco & Sears (2 in x 2in with *white* background)
Wrote the following on supporting documents "I certify this to be a true copy of
the original" and got our signature notarized on all of them at our bank.
 
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Status Update

Timeline:

Mailed OCI applications and documents --- Sept 11th, 2006
Delivered at Embassy of India, Washington DC --- Sept 12th, 2006
Date of Acknowledgement --- Sept 27th, 2006

Registration Status --- Granted, October 3rd, 2006
Photo/Signature --- Scanned, October 3rd, 2006
Documents Printing Status --- Printed, October 4th, 2006
Documents Despatched From Delhi On --- Not Dispatched
Documents Received At --- Washington --- Not Yet
 
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harry2005 said:
My application status:

Application Package Delivered : Aug 10, 2006
MO Cashed : Aug 18, 2006
Date Of Acknowledgment : 29-AUG-2006
Registration Status : UnderProcess
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Granted!

Mailed documents on Sep/15/06
Documents delivered at embassy Sep/18/06
Date of Acknowledgement Sep/27/06

Registration Status: Granted Oct/03/06
Photo/Signature: Scanned Oct/03/06

Oh yeah!!
:)

Now the wait starts for these documents to be printed and dispatched back to DC. Hopefully that will also be soon enough.
:cool:
 
OCI Card

Registration Status:granted on September 26th 2006

How long does it take to scan and print the documents and to mail them back to Washington DC?

Which site do you go to see if the photo/Signature have been scanned?
 
And Now Dispatched too!

delhi1 said:
Registration Status:granted on September 26th 2006

How long does it take to scan and print the documents and to mail them back to Washington DC?

Which site do you go to see if the photo/Signature have been scanned?
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I use this link - http://ociindia.nic.in/ociindia/OnlineOCIenquiry.jsp

And now my further status update -

Mailed documents on Sep/15/06
Documents delivered at embassy Sep/18/06
Date of Acknowledgement Sep/27/06

Registration Status: Granted Oct/03/06
Photo/Signature: Scanned Oct/03/06

Documents Printing Status: PRINTED
Documents Printed On: 04-OCT-2006
Documents Despatched From Delhi On 04-OCT-2006

My fingers are already itching to mail my passport to DC. But I guess I will have to wait till the documents are received at DC.
:D
 
donlogan said:
^Your application was granted very quickly. Lucky.
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Thank you. Yeah, looking at this tracker thread, looks like most of the DC applications have taken 2 or 3 months. But now I have seen a couple of quicker timelines indicating something has changed for better with the DC emabssy's work too.
And hopefully we are all helping a bit in this improvement as well by helping each other in this forum to make sure our document enclosures are all complete and well organized.

Anyways, I am just glad my application is moving along this fast.

I wish you all the best too donlogan. Have you mailed your app yet?
 
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