Originally Posted by
milepig
Update 2: just got an email that CKGS has the application back from the consulate. This is 8 hours!! Woohoo!
Given tourism visas to India in US passports has been the plurality of visa matters historically handled by the CGI-Chicago, they should be pretty quick in issuing these things given a large chunk of their work has been redirected away and out of the US countey of the Indian evisa scheme.