YOUR India visa application experience with CKGS @USA
The Cox & Kings Global Services (CKGS) will open its doors to service India Visa applications and other services for residents in the USA starting 5/21/2014. Please share your experience with regarding to length and quality of their visa service as time moves along. Hopefully there will be no longer lost passports or delayed processing issue with this new contracting company.
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cox & kings definitely have a better image than the other 2 previous companies....hopefully they can make the process easier & quicker....
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I have applied for visa with BLS long time ago and it was accepted on April 30th, 2014. I have tried calling them but nothing worked. Neither emailing them worked. I still haven't got back my passport with visa yet. Don't know what to do and now this new contract thing. I am going to go to India in a week from now and I need it. someone help me please. Need a solution. I can't even track on BLS website anymore and on cox & kings (CKGS) website it shows some different type of tracking but I think that it isn't up to date yet. So someone please help me. This is URGENT!
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Originally Posted by Sahils0786
(Post 22900362)
I have applied for visa with BLS long time ago and it was accepted on April 30th, 2014. I have tried calling them but nothing worked. Neither emailing them worked. I still haven't got back my passport with visa yet. Don't know what to do and now this new contract thing. I am going to go to India in a week from now and I need it. someone help me please. Need a solution. I can't even track on BLS website anymore and on cox & kings (CKGS) website it shows some different type of tracking but I think that it isn't up to date yet. So someone please help me. This is URGENT!
http://www.in.ckgs.us Please do come back and let us know your experience with the new CKGS USA. |
Originally Posted by Sahils0786
(Post 22900362)
I have applied for visa with BLS long time ago and it was accepted on April 30th, 2014. I have tried calling them but nothing worked. Neither emailing them worked. I still haven't got back my passport with visa yet. Don't know what to do and now this new contract thing. I am going to go to India in a week from now and I need it. someone help me please. Need a solution. I can't even track on BLS website anymore and on cox & kings (CKGS) website it shows some different type of tracking but I think that it isn't up to date yet. So someone please help me. This is URGENT!
Important Notice Dear Applicants, We are happy to announce that we have started operations effective today i..e, 21st May 2014. We wish to state that all applicants who have applied with BLS will have to wait for the tracking of application online as we are yet to receive any handover from BLS. The only BLS office which has submitted the handover is Houston. We are in the process of reconciling all documents. You will shortly be able to track Houston applications online if all goes well with the reconciliation. We request you to kindly bear with us until then. We are trying our best to service you in this regard. Regards, Customer Service Team CKGS |
The service charge is US$17 - is this considered normal or excessive?
Also, what is the ICWF fee? I couldn't find what ICWF stands for. |
Originally Posted by dministrator
(Post 22900950)
The service charge is US$17 - is this considered normal or excessive?
Also, what is the ICWF fee? I couldn't find what ICWF stands for. |
This change can't have happened soon enough. BLS was beyond awful.
Not sure what one poster's beef with Travisa, who did it before BLS, was. They were awesome....I got my Visa back a week and a half after I first Fedex'd it out to them. Call centers sometimes required a bit of a hold, but definitely not bad and they were always very helpful. Unfortunately, not that surprised that BLS hasn't handed over docs...though their website says they have. BLS couldn't even be bothered to even mention who the new service provider is, much less provide a link. |
I had applied for reissue of OCI .....back in April....BLS returned the entire application back without the money order .......
THEY TOOK THE ENTIRE MONEY (consular fees too) AWAY.... |
Originally Posted by Raj Dasani
(Post 22921787)
I had applied for reissue of OCI .....back in April....BLS returned the entire application back without the money order .......
THEY TOOK THE ENTIRE MONEY (consular fees too) AWAY.... |
Hi
I'm in similar situation. Any luck? if yes then please let me know what did you do?
Parma
Originally Posted by Sahils0786
(Post 22900362)
I have applied for visa with BLS long time ago and it was accepted on April 30th, 2014. I have tried calling them but nothing worked. Neither emailing them worked. I still haven't got back my passport with visa yet. Don't know what to do and now this new contract thing. I am going to go to India in a week from now and I need it. someone help me please. Need a solution. I can't even track on BLS website anymore and on cox & kings (CKGS) website it shows some different type of tracking but I think that it isn't up to date yet. So someone please help me. This is URGENT!
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OCI re-issue-NY
I applied for an OCI re-issue for my kids back on Feb 12, 2014 with BLS. Fedex delivered the package the very next day. Ever since my Night mare started. eventhough the status states that they received the package, was never submitted to the consulate. I never got though one phone call with them. Eventually after 3 escalation e-mails, they submitted to the consulate on March 18th. I was requested to send the original US passport in on April 20th. The last status that ever received was that it was submited to the consulate and will take 5-7 days and this was on April 24th 2014. Never heard from them since. I have been calling and e-mailing like crazy. Now with the provider change it has been in limbo. I was able to get through to CKGS twice but all they say is that they have not received any data from BLS. Will have to wait but howlong? NOBODY seems to know. I have purchased the tickets for June 3rd and pretty positive that i wont get the oci by then. I am really hoping and praying that they did not loose my original US passport, Old US passport and OCI cards. If they did then I am not sure where to start.. Still Waiting.......
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OCI with BLS pending
Originally Posted by Sahils0786
(Post 22900362)
I have applied for visa with BLS long time ago and it was accepted on April 30th, 2014. I have tried calling them but nothing worked. Neither emailing them worked. I still haven't got back my passport with visa yet. Don't know what to do and now this new contract thing. I am going to go to India in a week from now and I need it. someone help me please. Need a solution. I can't even track on BLS website anymore and on cox & kings (CKGS) website it shows some different type of tracking but I think that it isn't up to date yet. So someone please help me. This is URGENT!
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OCI
Originally Posted by Raj Dasani
(Post 22921787)
I had applied for reissue of OCI .....back in April....BLS returned the entire application back without the money order .......
THEY TOOK THE ENTIRE MONEY (consular fees too) AWAY.... |
cox and kings qeuries
Originally Posted by Sahils0786
(Post 22900362)
I have applied for visa with BLS long time ago and it was accepted on April 30th, 2014. I have tried calling them but nothing worked. Neither emailing them worked. I still haven't got back my passport with visa yet. Don't know what to do and now this new contract thing. I am going to go to India in a week from now and I need it. someone help me please. Need a solution. I can't even track on BLS website anymore and on cox & kings (CKGS) website it shows some different type of tracking but I think that it isn't up to date yet. So someone please help me. This is URGENT!
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