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Hello Everyone,
I am a US national naturalized in January 2010. I was born and raised in India. I currently have an X entry visa issued by Indian embassy in Seoul as I was working there at that time. The visa is about to expire this month. I am currently residing in USA and have to visit India this April. I remember the Indian embassy in Seoul took my Indian passport and then only issued me the X entry visa to India for the first time. I am not able to recall if they have issued any passport surrender/renunciation certificate at that time back in 2010. My question is , when I am trying to get a new visa from Houston embassy they are asking for a renunciation certificate.
1. So can I again apply for renunciation for the second time by paying penalty even though I did it in Seoul Indian embassy?
2. If I do apply for renunciation certificate, I do not have original Indian passport which I surrendered in Indian embassy Seoul. So is it legal to make an affidavit and get a police certificate for loss of passport and still apply for renunciation now?
3. Can I just write a letter instead of a police certificate explaining to Indian embassy in Houston explaining my situation? or Should I mention in the police certificate that I lost my surrender/renunciation certificate but not the actual passport?
4. Can I just apply for an ETV visa for 30 days instead of going through all this?
Please help guys as I am really confused on what to do now. Thank you so much.
I am a US national naturalized in January 2010. I was born and raised in India. I currently have an X entry visa issued by Indian embassy in Seoul as I was working there at that time. The visa is about to expire this month. I am currently residing in USA and have to visit India this April. I remember the Indian embassy in Seoul took my Indian passport and then only issued me the X entry visa to India for the first time. I am not able to recall if they have issued any passport surrender/renunciation certificate at that time back in 2010. My question is , when I am trying to get a new visa from Houston embassy they are asking for a renunciation certificate.
1. So can I again apply for renunciation for the second time by paying penalty even though I did it in Seoul Indian embassy?
2. If I do apply for renunciation certificate, I do not have original Indian passport which I surrendered in Indian embassy Seoul. So is it legal to make an affidavit and get a police certificate for loss of passport and still apply for renunciation now?
3. Can I just write a letter instead of a police certificate explaining to Indian embassy in Houston explaining my situation? or Should I mention in the police certificate that I lost my surrender/renunciation certificate but not the actual passport?
4. Can I just apply for an ETV visa for 30 days instead of going through all this?
Please help guys as I am really confused on what to do now. Thank you so much.
