Size specifications requirement for the return mailing envelope

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coolbhai

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Hi All

1. IS THEIR ANY SIZE SPECIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT FOR THE
"SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED TRACKABLE RETURN MAILING ENVELOPE"

2. ALSO WHICH ONE (Fedex, UPS, and USPS, accepted) IS THE CHEAPEST ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS IS APPRECIATED

This is to send my visitor visa forms along with the renunciation forms.

Thank you in advance
 
Agree. Although USPS prepaid Priority envelopes can only be ordered online. Any Priority label you buy and print online will have a mailing date printed, which you have no way of predicting. USPS generally does not allow mailing when the mailing date does not match (it is their internal policy).
 
But what do you do with the shipping label ? It has to be hand-written in that case which these outsourcing processors do not apparently allow!
 
I printed the label on my computer and taped it onto the priority envelope. It is a new requirement.
 
Thank you gundas

How to get a airwaybill number (to be filled in the BLS order form) for USPS priority mail with tracking?
Also how can I get the return labels printed?

I need to send my renunciation forms(with my recent indian passport) along with
my visa forms (with my current US passport).
 
coolbhai (or anybody else) - Were you able to figure this out? What did you do for the prepaid return label?


coolbhai said:
Thank you gundas

How to get a airwaybill number (to be filled in the BLS order form) for USPS priority mail with tracking?
Also how can I get the return labels printed?

I need to send my renunciation forms(with my recent indian passport) along with
my visa forms (with my current US passport).
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Hi kool_maverik

I went in person to BLS office SFO on Oct-04-2013 (took prior apt.) and submitted my OCI/Renunciation
application.
Paid the fees in cash.
They gave me two receipts one for OCI and the other one for Renunciation.
Its so strange the BLS website says to make two copies of all the documents.
But @BLS office they just took one copy of all the documents.

I booked my appointment on Oct-02-2013.
My appointment was @12:40 PM I reached their around 12:00PM
But I had to wait for one hour to get my turn/call for the hand written token number
on a small piece of paper given/allotted to me at the reception (only when I asked for it).

Now I should wait and see how many days it will take to get the info updated on their website.
How many websites should I check ? (BLS and/or MOIA)

Cheers
 
kool_maverik said:
What did you use for postage? Stamps of how much value?
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I think it was $5.80 worth of stamps.

This is what I did, I first went to the post office and got the priority envelope for shipping to them and one for return and had them put the stamps on the envelope and got my tracking number. After getting that I went back home and filled out the BLS Order form with the tracking information. Put the unused new priority envelope with stamps inside the other envelope with all OCI documents and submitted paperwork.
 
Thanks.

gundas said:
I think it was $5.80 worth of stamps.

This is what I did, I first went to the post office and got the priority envelope for shipping to them and one for return and had them put the stamps on the envelope and got my tracking number. After getting that I went back home and filled out the BLS Order form with the tracking information. Put the unused new priority envelope with stamps inside the other envelope with all OCI documents and submitted paperwork.
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Hi Gundas,
For the USPS envelope, I understand what you are saying, but how did you end up with a printed label? I thought that was one of the requirements.
Also, in the other thread, you mentioned that you did the online fedex option. When I try to do UPS or Fedex online, it asks for a weight. Is that not the case?


gundas said:
I think it was $5.80 worth of stamps.

This is what I did, I first went to the post office and got the priority envelope for shipping to them and one for return and had them put the stamps on the envelope and got my tracking number. After getting that I went back home and filled out the BLS Order form with the tracking information. Put the unused new priority envelope with stamps inside the other envelope with all OCI documents and submitted paperwork.
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kool_maverik said:
Hi Gundas,
For the USPS envelope, I understand what you are saying, but how did you end up with a printed label? I thought that was one of the requirements.
Also, in the other thread, you mentioned that you did the online fedex option. When I try to do UPS or Fedex online, it asks for a weight. Is that not the case?
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When they say printed they want the address label printed (The to and from address to be printed) - I did this for one of the OCI cards.

For the other OCI card I used the online Fedex and for the weight I put 0.5 lbs.
 
gundas said:
When they say printed they want the address label printed (The to and from address to be printed) - I did this for one of the OCI cards.

For the other OCI card I used the online Fedex and for the weight I put 0.5 lbs.
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Thanks, I think I will use the online Fedex/UPS option.
 
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