paula1971
Please visit this
official Indian Government website:
This should have all of your questions answered.
http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=553
http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?ID_PK=84
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To apply for the O.C.I, or P.I.O, please visit this website as this is where you will get your complete instructions:
For P.I.O visit this website:
https://indiavisa.travisaoutsourcing.com/pio/homepage
For O.C.I visit this website:
https://indiavisa.travisaoutsourcing.com/oci/homepage
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Depending on the state at which you reside in, your application will be sent to one of these consulates or embassy of India. You, however, will
not be sending application directly to consulate or embassy, but instead you will be sending it to the private outsourcing agency called TRAVISA that Embassy of India and all of the Consulates have officially hired to accept this applications. TRAVISA, on your behalf, will send the application along with all the proper documents to the embassy or at any one of the proper consulate.
Please find your state at which you reside in, and its respective jurisdiction Indian Consulate or Embassy of India at Washington D.C.:
Again, you will not be sending your application directly to the Consulate or Embassy, instead you will apply on TRAVISA website, and will send your application to TRAVISA as per their instruction.
These are consulates and Embassy of India websites just for your information:
Chicago Consulate:
http://chicago.indianconsulate.com/
Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Illinois, 2. Indiana, 3. Iowa, 4. Michigan, 5. Minnesota, 6. Missouri, 7. North Dakota, 8.South Dakota, and 9.Wisconsin.
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New York Consulate:
http://www.indiacgny.org/
Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Connecticut, 2. Maine, 3. Vermont, 4. Massachusetts, 5. New Hampshire, 6. New Jersey, 7. New York, 8. Ohio, 9. Pennsylvania, 9. Puerto Rico, 10. Rhode Island, and 11. Virgin Islands.
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San Francisco Consulate:
http://www.cgisf.org/
Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Alaska, 2. Arizona , 3. California, 4. Colorado, 5. Guam,
6. Hawaii, 7. Idaho, 8. Montana, 9. Nebraska, 10. Nevada, 11. New Mexico, 12. Oregon, 13. Utah, 14. Washington, 15. Wyoming
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Houston Consulate:
http://www.cgihouston.org/
Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Alabama, 2. Arkansas, 3. Florida, 4. Georgia, 5. Kansas, 6. Louisiana, 7. Mississippi, 8. Oklahoma and 9. Texas
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Embassy of India at Washington D.C. :
http://www.indianembassy.org/
Areas of Jurisdiction: 1. Bermuda, 2. Delaware, 3. District of Columbia, 4. Kentucky, 5. Maryland, 6. North Carolina, 7. South Carolina, 8. Tennessee, 9.Virginia, and 10. West Virginia
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Other important Official Indian Governmental websites you may need are as follows:
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This website will come in handy when you have check your O.C.I status on the M.H.A exclusive website:
https://passport.gov.in/oci/OnlineOCIenquiry.jsp
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M.H.A website where you may apply for the O.C.I online application Part A ( out of Part A and Part B ), and fill the Part B offline when it prints after filling the Part A out.
https://passport.gov.in/oci/OnlineOCIRegistrationG.jsp
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This is the original website where one may visit to see how the original welcome website for the O.C.I Services looks like.
http://ociindia.nic.in/index.html
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Please do post if any of the weblinks do not work.
-Thanks
I hope this will help you make informed decision.