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Speedy1027/Gee24/Girish
The person signed for me is Anxx. I tried calling him many times but it goes to voice mail and you can't leave a message in there. I spoke a person , his answer is we will send you soon. I know some of us does not have travel plans but what happens when there is an emergency? There is Nuclear summit this week. The people who are dealing with Nuclear Summit are not Consular people. In anycase it is very unfortunate that these people's lazyness is causing us concern/problems. I feel very sorry for Girish. Today is holiday for the embassy. I will update if i receive. I am not expecting today or tomorrow.

tsb
 
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Speedy1027/Gee24/Girish
The person signed for me is Anchula. This is the last name of Praveen. The full name is Anchula Praveen. I tried calling him many times but it goes to voice mail and you can't leave a message in there. I spoke a person ( i guess the name is Natarajan...), his answer is we will send you soon. I know some of us does not have travel plans but what happens when there is an emergency? There is Nuclear summit this week. The people who are dealing with Nuclear Summit are not Consular people. In anycase it is very unfortunate that these people's lazyness is causing us concern/problems. I feel very sorry for Girish. Today is holiday for the embassy. I will update if i receive. I am not expecting today or tomorrow.
tsb
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tsb,
Based on what you are saying it looks like the only bucket we are all going into is the S@#t bucket of "xyz" hahahaha. So much for my pattern theroy :)
Well, I guess if any one has an emergency, then they have to go the visa route....which could be extremely painful
and frustrating. I feel for you Girish. Hope everything goes well for you.

Good luck to all the rest of us....may god 'xyz' have mercy on you.:D

Cheers,
speedy1027
 
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Hey Guys,

Can you guys not use this thread for whining? If you need to rant - can you do it in a separate thread? And try not to use people's name in here especially when you plan to abuse them.

The Embassy is very clear that
1. It takes about 12 weeks to process OCI. You can send inquiries after the 12 week period.
2. It takes about 20 working days to process your passport once it is received from India.
3. Don't make travel plans till you have your OCI in hand or apply for visa.

Based on your time lines , I don't see anybody who doesn't fall in one of these categories. So whats up with all the negativity and rants? Seriously people let the guys at embassy do their job and you do yours. If they don't then feel free to complain.
 
OCI Sent: 4/9/2010
OCI Acknowledged: 4/13/2010
OCI Scanned:
OCI Printed:
OCI Recd in DC:
PP sent to DC:
PP recd by Embassy in DC:
OCI Recd by me:
 
NJOY_SCUBA said:
Hey Guys,

Can you guys not use this thread for whining? If you need to rant - can you do it in a separate thread? And try not to use people's name in here especially when you plan to abuse them.

The Embassy is very clear that
1. It takes about 12 weeks to process OCI. You can send inquiries after the 12 week period.
2. It takes about 20 working days to process your passport once it is received from India.
3. Don't make travel plans till you have your OCI in hand or apply for visa.

Based on your time lines , I don't see anybody who doesn't fall in one of these categories. So whats up with all the negativity and rants? Seriously people let the guys at embassy do their job and you do yours. If they don't then feel free to complain.
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Jeez....scuba where is your sense of humour man!! The whining/ranting/negativity which you are reading too much into is about our collective inability to come up with a theory/pattern to predict who gets their OCI/PP properly. It is not directed against the Embassy folks.

Btw, there is no "abuse" going on here. Do you see any embassy individual's name and any 'french' words directed towards them directly?? Sheesh man....don't be so sensitive and touchy. Since you don't have urgent needs with respect to OCI, you are able to preach so much. Imagine the plight of folks like Girish who are stuck in the limbo. Doesn't he have his freedom of speech to 'rant' and 'whine' (as you call it) to vent his frustration? For $275 bucks an application, they can atleast maintain some customer service which tells folks where they stand....not
leave everything in air.

What we write/rant/whine etc here has no bearing on their job. We are not putting any boulders in their path to stop them from doing their job. Irrespective of what we do, they keep chugging along like a good old goods train. The moment we gave up our Indian citizenship, we lost all the rights to 'demand' or 'complain' about the GOI or its organizations like the embassy. We can only 'request'.....they 'grant' or deny. There is no complaining business buddy. So, pls. chill out dude.

Cheers,
speedy
 
Jeez....there are too many socialists/left-wingers/maoists running the show now-a-days :)

Anyways, I changed my earlier posts to remove names. Sleep tight tonight ok?

Btw, there are many other posters who refer the embassy folks as 'babu'. Could you pls. reprimand them too? I feel it is derogatory/racist just like using the "N" word.

Thanks for your help in advance.

cheers,
speedy
 
Friends, my wife and I passed the Citizenship test on this Monday and going for the Oath on this Friday. I have a situation and was wondering if my fellow expert friends may give me some suggestions on how to proceed.

Travel Situation:
1) My wife along with kids planning on going to India in Mid-June this year (Kids already have PIO).
2) I am planning on going in Mid-August to bring them back.
3) We have not booked tickets yet, I know it will be a bit expensive but can not buy until I have a clear picture on passport/visa situation.

Passport Situation:
We will be applying the passports right after our Oath ceremony this Friday.

Questions/Suggestions needed:
1) Since my wife is planning on going in Mid-June, I am thinking to apply her passport by regular method (3 weeks) and get her a Indian Visa (2 weeks), she should have everything set by 3rd week of May. I will get her OCI after she gets back in the country after vacations.
Q. Is it a good idea, any other ideas/suggestions?
Q. Which Visa it should be - Entry Visa or Tourist Visa?

2) Since I would be going in Mid-August, I am thinking to apply my passport by Expedite method (1 week?) so that I could get it fast and than apply for OCI and expect it to come before my travel dates.
Q. Is it a good idea, any other ideas/suggestions?
Q.Will I have enough time before traveling in Mid-August, If I receive my passport by end of April I will still have 3 and half months time?

Any ideas or suggestions from any of you could really help me deciding this? I really appreciate it.
 
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Not received PP yet. Just wait, wait....
I thought we were trying to figure out the pattern of how the PP are sent out after the OCI. Some one looks very upset with that. We are not trying to abuse anybody in here. We are just waiting on the mercy of some people. Some people got their PP's in a week but some are still waiting even after 3 1/2 weeks.
 
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tsb said:
Not received PP yet. Just wait, wait....
I thought we were trying to figure out the pattern of how the PP are sent out after the OCI. Some one looks very upset with that. We are not trying to abuse anybody in here. We are just waiting on the mercy of some people. Some people got their PP's in a week but some are still waiting even after 3 1/2 weeks.
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I DID NOT GET IT EITHER.

Do NOT worry about members getting upset in a forum like this............though I don't mean to pass any remarks on views of any.
My sympathies for persons like Girish......
Please continue to seek the information you need in this forum and you will get it.
Main intent of this forum is to share the information and in the process we may some times tend to be little irritated......and we should put up with all these things....as they are normal.

When I get the PP, I will post the data.
Good Luck.

Gee24
 
hello guys,

I mailed my cancelled indian PP with my OCI app yesterday ....later I read that if it's already cancelled, I don't need to send the original ............what will happen now ? Embassy will send the indian PP back to me now or later with US PP ? do I really need cancelled indian PP ( I don't have any valid visa on it ) ?
 
sam012007 , I would wait till everybody comes back from vacation and apply for OCI CARD as a family. I am not sure about what kind of visa do you need..!!




sam012007 said:
Friends, my wife and I passed the Citizenship test on this Monday and going for the Oath on this Friday. I have a situation and was wondering if my fellow expert friends may give me some suggestions on how to proceed.

Travel Situation:
1) My wife along with kids planning on going to India in Mid-June this year (Kids already have PIO).
2) I am planning on going in Mid-August to bring them back.
3) We have not booked tickets yet, I know it will be a bit expensive but can not buy until I have a clear picture on passport/visa situation.

Passport Situation:
We will be applying the passports right after our Oath ceremony this Friday.

Questions/Suggestions needed:
1) Since my wife is planning on going in Mid-June, I am thinking to apply her passport by regular method (3 weeks) and get her a Indian Visa (2 weeks), she should have everything set by 3rd week of May. I will get her OCI after she gets back in the country after vacations.
Q. Is it a good idea, any other ideas/suggestions?
Q. Which Visa it should be - Entry Visa or Tourist Visa?

2) Since I would be going in Mid-August, I am thinking to apply my passport by Expedite method (1 week?) so that I could get it fast and than apply for OCI and expect it to come before my travel dates.
Q. Is it a good idea, any other ideas/suggestions?
Q.Will I have enough time before traveling in Mid-August, If I receive my passport by end of April I will still have 3 and half months time?

Any ideas or suggestions from any of you could really help me deciding this? I really appreciate it.
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Still waiting

Ack.: Date 2/23
Documents recived at Washington: 3/23
US Passprt sent by overnight: 3/23
Received at Embassy: 3/24 Signed by an embassy person

GK
 
kgirish1 said:
Ack.: Date 2/23
Documents recived at Washington: 3/23
US Passprt sent by overnight: 3/23
Received at Embassy: 3/24 Signed by an embassy person

GK
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Good luck to you .........Hope you get it by Friday's mail (4/16).......and proceed per your travel plans.

Gee24
 
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My return envelope is coming back... Delivery truck already left...

US Passports received at Washington On 13-APR-2010
OCI & PPs rcvd from Embassy 16-APR-2010 ????????????
 
eggpullsu said:
my return envelope is coming back... Delivery truck already left...

Us passports received at washington on 13-apr-2010
oci & pps rcvd from embassy 16-apr-2010 ????????????
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congrats.....that's very good.
Quick processing.
Enjoy.

Gee24
 
Congrats Eggpullusu. That is quick. Any one else got today?

I have not got yet. It seems we are still stuck. I sent my passports on 03/22/2010 and received by embassy on 03/23/2010. I response for any emails and no answers for phone calls. There is no pattern to guessing. I guess just WAIT, WAIT,...

God bless Embassy People.

tsb
 
Got it... I included UPS envelope even though I paid $20 return mailing fee..

US Passports received at Washington On 13-APR-2010
OCI & PPs rcvd from Embassy 16-APR-2010
 
eggpullsu said:
Got it... I included UPS envelope even though I paid $20 return mailing fee..

US Passports received at Washington On 13-APR-2010
OCI & PPs rcvd from Embassy 16-APR-2010
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Congratulations pullsu!

Tonight...full party with eggs and Pullsu??

Cheers,
speedy
 
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