PIO application guidelines in Houston

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letsee

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Document copies NEED NOT BE NOTARISED whle applying IN PERSON for PIO card at Houston

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Edited the OP on March 1st 2008 after verifying with own experience.

So the bottom line is,

Document copies NEED NOT BE NOTARISED while applying IN PERSON for the PIO card at the Houston CGI office.
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First OP (Feb 13 2008) follows :

Heading : PIO card guidelines in houston

Planning to apply for a PIO card for my kid (US Born citizen) in Houston but could not find what supporting documents are needed. It’s so vague and confusing wherever I read about it. Can someone with recent experience in Houston guide me please..(BTW, I am planning to apply at Houston “IN PERSON”)

1) Kid’s Birth certificate? Is it requiring to be notarized, if applying IN PERSON?
2) Kids US passport? All pages ? First 3 pages? Is it requiring to be notarized , if applying IN PERSON?
3) First three and Last three pages of BOTH Parents Indian Passport ? Is it requiring to be notarized , if applying IN PERSON?
4) Proof of address for my new born kid ? What address proof do I have for a newborn? Is the passport copies enough?
5)Do they accept CASH atthe counter, for the application fee?
6) How many days it take for the card to come ?

Thanks guys.
 
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letsee,

I recently applied for PIO cards for my twin boys by mail. I submitted the following.

1. Notarized copy of first page of my passport.
2. Notarized copy of first page of my wife's passport.
3. Notarized copy of my child's birth certificate.
4. Notarized copy of first page of my child's passport.

By first page I mean inside cover page and page 1 together.

Since I did this by mail I don't have answer to whether we still need to notarize or whether it can be paid by cash. But I suspect that you will have to notarize and also that they won't be accepting cash.

The cards came to us in about 3 and half weeks.

More details on http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=270559
 
Thanks Vadhan. appreciate it.
If anyone has recent experience with applying in person at the cgi-houston counter, please share it as well.
 
If someone is applying IN PERSON at the cgi counter in Houston, NO need to notarize

WOW..What a surprise. I got a response from CGI-houston within 30 minutes after asking them the same question. I never thought I would ever get a reply.

So, what it means is that If someone is applying IN PERSON at the cgi counter in Houston, NO need to notarize the documents.

Here is the quote :

From: "CGI, Houston" <cgi-hou@swbell.net>
To: "My name" <myname@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: PIO card
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:38:24 -0600


yes
-----Original Message-----
From: My name [mailto:myname@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:07 AM
To: cgi-hou@swbell.net
Subject: PIO card


Hello Officer,

I am planning to apply for PIO card for my kid. I would like to know whether the supporting documents need to be notarized while applying for PIO card at the counter ?

Is it enough to carry the originals while coming at the counter ?

Thanks,
My name.
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OK. I (OP) applied in person today for my kid's PIO card and none of my documents were notarised. I had all the originals with me but the lady at the counter said "no originals required".

She said it would take two weeks and had asked me to come on 2/29th to pick up.

Letsee whether they issue PIO or what problems they would create..
 
I picked up the PIO card for mykid yesterday without any issues. It was just waiting there.

So the bottom line is,

Document copies NEED NOT BE NOTARISED while applying IN PERSON for the PIO card at the Houston CGI office.

Following were my application contents

1)App in duplicate
2)additional photos 3
3)Birth Certificate copy
4)Kids US passport - first 2 & last 2 pages copy
5)Both parents Indian Passport -first 2 & last 2 pages copy
6) They accept cash at counter too
 
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