POOR Service in INDIAN CONSULATE GENERAL offices SFO and Houston

"Nobody answers the phone. My entry visa is extremely delayed. Even the emergency number is not working. This is pathetic"

"I have applied for OCI at Houston, on line it says my case is acknoledged 3 months ago, no process since than. No body is picking up phone. There is no way you can contact Houston office. It is pathetic. My file in US department was very smooth, there is "

"Worst consulate I have experienced! No one answers the telephone or e-mail."

"no response to phone calls"

"Its more than 10 weeks since i applied PIO card for my daughter and there is no any update or acknowledgement on the application till date. No one is picking up the phone and even if they pick up rarely they transfer to some other number where nobody answ"

"OCI taking 6-8 months."

"My OCI application was lost after 6 months and it is now nearly a year . when I asked for a refund as I have been transferred to Australia, they refused to give me refund. They are asking for the old indian passport which I had to surrender when I got my "

"Houston Consulate is horrible"

"Indian consulate general:O BAP RE TOBA....TOBA....YE KUTE KI AULAD KAAM HI NAHI KARTI."

"I get rude people on the phone, and that too, I have to call other departments."

"Hooston office news: the staff have been told not to answer any phone calls .period"

"Nobody will pick up the phone anytime. It is better to cancel the telephone line so that you can save some money."

"I support this petition"

"Horrible Non responsive service"

"Same as mentioned above i am so fed up. so happy to be here in the USA and kudos to US government on managing their staff well"

"I have been trying to reach the consulat in past 1 month but no one aswers the call nor they reply the mail."

"need to change all side of service"

"I have not heard back from CGI Houston after 2 months since they have received my petition, for the petition for children passport renewal with prepaid priority return postage"

"I agree"

"Lack of Management and not hiring enough help has created a mess. We have been dealing with consulate and visas for 25 plus years and we have lot of ideas to solve the problems."

"Applied for our daughters oci with original US passport, online says granted so far we have not received her OCI, its impossible to contact Houston office it has been almost 8 months applied for OCI ,so far they have not dispatced my daughters US passport"

"Absolutely appalling service. I was to invest in India with my university but may find collaborators in other countries now."

"Houston service is hopeless. I have been trying to retrieve my passport from them after submission of OCI card registration. Never ever got any reply to 100s of emails/ fax . Spent hours on the phone waiting for someone to answer. All in vain. These peopl"

"Bad Service. They treat us like second class citizens and have no sense of job responsiblity."