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Instructions regarding Dispatch of OCI cards from CGISF

We are required to affix the U-visa on your US/foreign passport and also deliver the OCI card to you (and your family, if applicable). In order to complete the work, you are requested to:

Step 1: Send your and your family member’s US passport/s and PIO card/s, if any, to us by mail marking attention to "OCI (Dispatch)", Consulate General of India, 540 Arguello Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118.

Step 2: Kindly quote applicant’s/applicants file number and current address in a cover letter along with the passports.

Step 3: In Case return mail charges, or pre- paid envelope was not sent earlier, enclose a self addressed stamped (Postage Prepaid $16.50) USPS Express Mail envelope for returning the passport. Please ensure that the complete current mailing address is mentioned on the USPS Express Mail envelope.

IMPORTANT NOTE: FOR APPLICANTS WHO HAD ALREADY ENCLOSED USPS EXPRESS MAIL PRE-PAID ENVELOPE
Kindly send extra postage stamp of 25 cents as the rates for USPS express mail have increased (US $16.50 instead of US$ 16.25)

Step 4: In case you have acquired a new US/Foreign passport since you applied for OCI, kindly send Expired US/Foreign passport in original and a photocopy of first page of new US/Foreign Passport. The U visa sticker has to be pasted on the Passport with which application was made.

Important:

a) Since the number of applications is large, we are unable to send any letter regarding receipt of OCI card from India. Once your file number is displayed on our list, there is no need of confirming by phone or by e-mail. 

b) There is no option for personal pick-up. US/Foreign Passport should be sent by MAIL only. It will take 7-8 working days for the OCI Cell to mail back the passport and OCI card.

 

All approved cases are sorted by File Number. You can find out your file number by entering your online reference number on the following link- https://passport.gov.in/oci/OnlineOCIenquiry.jsp