OCI
- Overview
- Benefits
- Eligibility
- Documents
- Online Registration Form
- Photograph Instructions
- Proof of Indian Origin
- OCI Fees
- Passport - Name Difference
- Submitting Application
- Procedure-Granting Registration
- Renunciation of OCI
- FAQ
- Surrender Certificate
- Extract - Citizenship Act, 1955
- Extract - Citizenship Rules, 1956
- OCI Tracker
OCI Miscellaneous Services
OCI Application - Proof of Indian Origin
- Former Indian Citizen:
Copy of first three and last two pages of the last Indian passport held. Visa pages or blank pages should not be sent. If that is not available, any document that provides sufficient evidence that you held Indian citizenship, such as:- A notarized copy of educational certificate issued by an institution in India and land ownership certificate by which eligibility
may be reasonably ascertained, OR
- A duly notarized affidavit to that effect, OR
- A copy of an Ancestral Nativity Certificate issued by an Indian official or magistrate with sufficient authority to confirm Indian origin
of the applicant.
Indian bank statements, Indian cell phone provider statements, Indian lease agreements, Indian credit card statements etc. are not valid as proof of Indian nationality.
If you currently hold an unexpired Indian passport, it must be sent for cancellation.
- A notarized copy of educational certificate issued by an institution in India and land ownership certificate by which eligibility
may be reasonably ascertained, OR
- Others:
If you do not have an Indian passport but you are applying on the basis that your parents and/or grandparents were Indian citizens, you must enclose the following documents:-
Copy of proof of both parents current nationality and previous nationality.
- Your birth certificate that has your parent's name mentioned. If you are applying as the grandchild of an Indian national, you must submit
additionally submit your parent's birth certificate as well that shows the parent's names.
This will establish the relationship.
- One of the following:
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Copy of your parent/grandparent's Indian passport. Please send only the pages that contain the personal particulars, not all the pages of passport.
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Copy of your parent/grandparent's domicile certificate issued by the competent authority
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Copy of your parents OCI cards
- Any other document that provides sufficient evidence of your parent/grandparent's Indian citizenship, such as a notarized copy of school
certificate and a land ownership certificate by which eligibility may be reasonably ascertained. The decision of whether to accept this type of
document as proof of your parent/grandparent's Indian citizenship will be made by the Consular Officer and will be final in such cases.
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Copy of your parent/grandparent's Indian passport. Please send only the pages that contain the personal particulars, not all the pages of passport.
- If applicable, copy of any U.S. court order regarding custody of minor child/divorce.
In the case of minor applying with their parents under "Family Group," copies of parents' Indian passports need not be again enclosed with the documents of these children.
However, if applying for a minor child as an individual (NOT as a family), photocopies of the parents OCI cards or US Passports AND earlier Indian Passports are required. -
Copy of proof of both parents current nationality and previous nationality.
If the applicant is a PIO card holder and is eligible for an OCI, copy of PIO card.
