You can apply for Entry Visa(X) Visa while OCI is pending. You have get Visa through Travisa. They have online Form for Visa. Fill up the form pay the Visa Fees and also they have also Form for surrender certificate on site for Former Indians but that Form on Travisa site is slightly different that the Form Posted on NY consulate site. Get the Form from NY site and fill up the form get 3 copies of Form Notarized and also send $ 175 payable to” Consulate General of India New York”
You must send Indian passport+ US passport+ Visa fees+ 3 copies for Surrender certificate notarized + $ 175 for surrender certificate+ Copy of Your Driving License or Utility bill. Travisa can get Visa for you in 7-9 days from the date you mail your documents to them. Travisa will get Visa for you and also surrender certificate for you.
If OCI is pending then send the Copy of Surrender certificate to OCI Cell with cover letter that your OCI application is pending write your online OCI Registration number on Cover letter, your name, address, phone and email and request them to process the OCI. At this time all the application of OCI are pending and they need surrender certificate before they process the OCI. They had huge backlog of OCI and they have cleared that backlog up to April. The applications that are pending without surrender certificate they are not processing and again they will create backlog.
Those who got OCI Granted and Printed from Delhi and reached NYC they are not getting OCI. To get OCI one need to get surrender Certificate by sending Fees and Form and once you get back your surrender certificate then again you have to mail the surrender certificate, US passport, Indian passport and $20 so that they can send OCI.