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I have been trying to get information on the OCI process and requirement of cancellation of Indian passport for those who had acquired US citizenship prior to 2005 and are filing new applications for an OCI after June 1 2010.
NYCGI does not have clear instructions or requirement posted on their site for the above case. On their How To Apply page for Surrender Certificate it states that Applicants who also need to
apply for Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)or Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card by mail, may send their OCI/PIO applications and ‘Cancellation of Indian Passport/Obtaining Surrender Certificate’ applications in the same envelope with separate document sets and fees.
Recently there was a clarification by Dr. A. Didar Singh, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA)
Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:11 AM
Subject: passport surrender issue
D.O.No.OI-15014/02/2009-DS
which states:
4. As regards the surrender of Indian passports last held by such PIOs, it has been clarified by MEA vide their circular letter dated 03.05.2010 [para 2(viii)] that there would be no need to surrender a passport which expired before 2005.
Has any one submitted an OCI application after June 1, 2010 whose Indian passport had expired before 2005 and had not been canceled?
There is not any mention of above MOIA communication on any of the consulate web sites or any discussion on this Forum.
Some of the people whose OCI documents were received at NYCGI in June got their OCI booklet and U visa sticker without submitting old expired passport and paying $20 cancellation fee.
NYCGI does not have clear instructions or requirement posted on their site for the above case. On their How To Apply page for Surrender Certificate it states that Applicants who also need to
apply for Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)or Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card by mail, may send their OCI/PIO applications and ‘Cancellation of Indian Passport/Obtaining Surrender Certificate’ applications in the same envelope with separate document sets and fees.
Recently there was a clarification by Dr. A. Didar Singh, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA)
Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:11 AM
Subject: passport surrender issue
D.O.No.OI-15014/02/2009-DS
which states:
4. As regards the surrender of Indian passports last held by such PIOs, it has been clarified by MEA vide their circular letter dated 03.05.2010 [para 2(viii)] that there would be no need to surrender a passport which expired before 2005.
Has any one submitted an OCI application after June 1, 2010 whose Indian passport had expired before 2005 and had not been canceled?
There is not any mention of above MOIA communication on any of the consulate web sites or any discussion on this Forum.
Some of the people whose OCI documents were received at NYCGI in June got their OCI booklet and U visa sticker without submitting old expired passport and paying $20 cancellation fee.
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