OCI-SFO Processing Delay

[luvincanada]

Dear folks,



we applied for OCI online on Dec 15th,2010 and after that all the papers were fedexed . which the tracking number shows were received/signed by SFO office. However till date even after almost 5 weeks, the online status shows as
"This case is not yet acknowledged by Mission " , where as they have already received the online application as well as all papers those sent in fedex mail.

Though we have not sent the original US passport yet, as waiting to see the status to show as granted online before we can send them to counslate for OCI visa/Card.



How much time is being taken in total processing.

I am wondering b/c another friend of mine had received his OCI Just within a month, .

what is the best way to follow up .

Can someone advise which email/phone/fax number is for OCI cell Sanfranciso counslate.?

Regards,

Sunny

[bachuraj]

Dear folks,



we applied for OCI online on Dec 15th,2010 and after that all the papers were fedexed . which the tracking number shows were received/signed by SFO office. However till date even after almost 5 weeks, the online status shows as
"This case is not yet acknowledged by Mission " , where as they have already received the online application as well as all papers those sent in fedex mail.

Though we have not sent the original US passport yet, as waiting to see the status to show as granted online before we can send them to counslate for OCI visa/Card.



How much time is being taken in total processing.

I am wondering b/c another friend of mine had received his OCI Just within a month, .

what is the best way to follow up .

Can someone advise which email/phone/fax number is for OCI cell Sanfranciso counslate.?

Regards,

Sunny

Hi Sunny,

They don't respond quickly for emails or voice messages if you post or fax or
phone... that is the stupid and rediculous consulate i never seen in my whole lifetime.

I am trying to reach them since 15 days.... all the possibilities i have gone through and fed up finally.

the only one way u can catch them is to go thier office personnaly if you stays very near place. apart from that theier is no alternate.

Thanks
Bachu

[mehulvora75]

Oci

Also I think they have mentioned clearly that you must submit the Passport in Original in BOLD.
I am not sure because may be you did not send in the Passport in Original they are just holding on to it

[ap1972]

The SFO OCI processing seems to be taking a long time. I had sent my application on Dec 20, 2010 and I don't see any acknowledgement. If you check the tracker, there are quite a few folks, who had applied before me and they haven't received any acknowledgement. Also, few weeks back when I checked, the application date for which the OCIs were getting processed, was Dec 2. So my guess is that, in another 2 weeks, they should be done acknowledging the 2010 Dec applications. However, there are instances where applications with later date, have already been acknowledged. See the tracker.

[ap1972]

Not to mention, you are supposed to send the original passports with the application. I don't think that is delaying your acknowledgement but that could delay your processing. So please send your original passports as soon as you can.

[ap1972]

CGISF web site says

OCI applications received till December 10, 2010, have been processed.

[ap1972]

Finally, after more than a month (almost 8 weeks), my application was acknowledged.

[mehulvora75]

Question

Can you please tell me whether we can hold of sending our original Passport when sending the OCI application and other supporting documents?

When would submit the Passport? I am asking this because the website clearly states that Passport must be submitted in original

Please advise

[ap1972]

Can you please tell me whether we can hold of sending our original Passport when sending the OCI application and other supporting documents?

When would submit the Passport? I am asking this because the website clearly states that Passport must be submitted in original

Please advise

I believe it depends on the consulate. For SFO, you have to send the original US passport with the application.

[Ashking]

OCI processing at CGI San Francisco

Folks - It has been 6 weeks since I mailed the application - no acknowledgment yet. The website days "check back in 3 weeks". Have sent 2 email for status inquiry - no response. Anybody having similar experience? Any luck/suggestions on getting a response!

Ash

[ap1972]

Folks - It has been 6 weeks since I mailed the application - no acknowledgment yet. The website days "check back in 3 weeks". Have sent 2 email for status inquiry - no response. Anybody having similar experience? Any luck/suggestions on getting a response!

Ash

For me, it took somewhere around 8/9 weeks for an acknowledgement. The website says that you should only contact after 8 weeks. So I would suggest waiting for another 2 weeks before sending another email. They will not respond to your email till then.

[ap1972]

I finally got my OCI yesterday, after almost 60 days. It took a long time for the consulate to acknowledge my application, after that it was fast.

[mailareers]

Applied on Jan 20, 2011. No acknowledgement received, no response from consulate. Left may voice messages on x-113.

[jagbagri]

I think we applied almost same time, here is my time line:

My Status Shows like this:
Application Mailed: 1-21-11
Application Delivered: 1-25-11
Acknowledgement Date: 3-6-11
Photo Scanned Date: 3-8-11
Regi. Status Granted Date: 3-8-11
Document Printed Date: 3-9-11
Doc. Sent from India Date: 3-16-11
Doc. Received by CG SF: 3-22-11

If I were you, I would call them many times everyday, send them email, via multiple ways, use the Contact Us link on their website and if all fails, I would actually plan to visit them to inquire about my docs i.e. OCI stuas/my passports etc.

Good luck to you...