Renunciation Procedure using VFS

[we-shall-overcome]

any one else receiving "failed to download courier label" error after paying. what did you do to get the courier labels....i have tried many times from different browsers...nothing seems to work

[we-shall-overcome]

we-shall-overcome - Thank you for your reply. Yes, I will be sending our marriage certificate as proof of the name change. Any idea about the name on the Government Application Online Form?

I'm not an expert but only a vfs customer like your self. If in your situation, I would put the current name there...

[marathon_running]

we-shall-overcome - Thank you for your reply. Yes, I will be sending our marriage certificate as proof of the name change. Any idea about the name on the Government Application Online Form?

[we-shall-overcome]

Hi Guys,

I need help with name we need to put on both Government Application Online Form and Renunciation Certificate. My wife's name on her India's passport has her last name before marriage and her US passport (and the naturalization certificate) has my last name. The guidelines from VFS (link given given below) say that we need to put the details based on existing passport. Does it mean Indian Passport or US passport?

https://www.vfsglobal.com/one-pager/...-june-2010.pdf

Specifically, I am looking for name for

1) Applicant's Name under Applicant Details in Government Application Online Form
2) Three places where we need to enter name in the Renunciation Certificate

I read somewhere else that name on the Renunciation Certificate needs to be name on the Indian Passport. If that is true, I am not sure how one can solemnly declare and sign on the Certificate (which is what the Certificate requires) when the name is not legally correct.

I contacted VFS, but did not receive any reply from them.

Has anyone run into similar issue? If so, please let me know how you applied.

please see this from the checklist. i think this answers your question -

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NAME CHANGE DOCUMENT (IF APPLICABLE) – COPY
For Former Indian nationals, if your name in your Indian Passport or Indian Government issued document is different in any way from the name in the Current Passport, a copy of ONE of the following documents must be provided:
Marriage Certificate showing the name change if the last name was changed at marriage
OR
Official Court Order for the change of first name or full name.
OR
Notarized affidavit if only middle name initial is added.
OR
Endorsement of name change during the naturalization process
Note: The name as on Indian Passport will appear on the Renunciation Certificate since it is a surrender of Indian passport.
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[marathon_running]

Hi Guys,

I need help with name we need to put on both Government Application Online Form and Renunciation Certificate. My wife's name on her India's passport has her last name before marriage and her US passport (and the naturalization certificate) has my last name. The guidelines from VFS (link given given below) say that we need to put the details based on existing passport. Does it mean Indian Passport or US passport?

https://www.vfsglobal.com/one-pager/india/united-states-of-america/renunciation-of-indian-citizenship/pdf/naturalized-on-or-after-1st-june-2010.pdf

Specifically, I am looking for name for

1) Applicant's Name under Applicant Details in Government Application Online Form
2) Three places where we need to enter name in the Renunciation Certificate

I read somewhere else that name on the Renunciation Certificate needs to be name on the Indian Passport. If that is true, I am not sure how one can solemnly declare and sign on the Certificate (which is what the Certificate requires) when the name is not legally correct.

I contacted VFS, but did not receive any reply from them.

Has anyone run into similar issue? If so, please let me know how you applied.

[Donald_Trump]

I am hearing that San Francisco is seeing a heavy rush of applicants. Fingers crossed.

kiranboda I think, that's because the whole of west coast has just 1 Indian mission (Although lots of desis in California and Washington state itself) Whereas there are 2 in midwest and southwest (Chicago and Houston) and 3 in North Eastern/Eastern region (Washington D.C., NY, and Atlanta).

[we-shall-overcome]

I just sent it on Tuesday, I hope to receive an update next week. I am hearing that San Francisco is seeing a heavy rush of applicants. Fingers crossed.

Thanks kiranboda .....pls let us know when you get the update.....i should be getting the renunciation back this week and would be applying oci few days after that...

[kiranboda]

I just sent it on Tuesday, I hope to receive an update next week. I am hearing that San Francisco is seeing a heavy rush of applicants. Fingers crossed.

[we-shall-overcome]

we-shall-overcome I submitted a copy of the surrender certificate and copy of the indian passport which now has cancelled stamp due to acquiring foreign citizenship. They changed the process recently and are no longer returning the completed renunciation certificate back with a stamp on it. Instead, they are printing out a surrender certificate with all your details on it and sending that instead.

Great!.I will do the same.....thanks for sharing...what stage is your OCI app at VFS...Has it been moved to embassy now?

[kiranboda]

we-shall-overcome I submitted a copy of the surrender certificate and copy of the indian passport which now has cancelled stamp due to acquiring foreign citizenship. They changed the process recently and are no longer returning the completed renunciation certificate back with a stamp on it. Instead, they are printing out a surrender certificate with all your details on it and sending that instead.

[we-shall-overcome]

This is what you have to send to them. The signed and stamped version that consulate would have sent back along with your canceled Indian passport.

Yes....this was sent by me along with the renunciation application but they returned back a surrender certificate instead. i believe i saw someone reported on this forum that they wrote to consulate and were replied back that they are only giving surrender certificates going forward....but strangely enough...VFS documents required still contains the renunciation certificate...!!!

I guess I will also send the surrender certificate copy + the cancelled page copy from passport....My confusion is because of the following and was wondering if they mean to send the cancelled passport (actual passport not copy) along with the surrender certificate copy

"Declaration of surrender certificate issued by the Embassy/Consulate of India Both - Cancelled/Surrendered Passport along with the copy of the Surrender/Renunciation Certificate must be submitted for Indian passports surrendered after May 2010"

[sinnerman26]

I had the same thoughts. I haven't submitted the OCI application yet. However my thoughts and assumptions are as follows:

01. Its says copies, so send copies only of your canceled Indian passport and the Surrender Certificate. Get the copies of the passport pages where there is a canceled stamp from the consulate.

02. Consulate should have sent you a Renunciation+Surrender Certificate. This is not the form that you filled out on the government website with the affixed photo. They keep that. There is another form that is available on VFS website(the one that is incredibly difficult to fill out because of their crappy field format). The bottom half of it is where the Consulate would have stamped. You would have to make a copy of that and send it.

03. In the checklist it says one of the following. But out of abundance of caution, I would send both the canceled Indian passport and the Renunciation+Surrender certificate copies.

This is what you have to send to them. The signed and stamped version that consulate would have sent back along with your canceled Indian passport.

[sinnerman26]

Hello Folks - Please share your advice. Now they are not returning the renunciation certificate we filled out with the renunciation application but are sending a different format called surrender certificate + we also get the Indian passport back with cancelled stamp. I'm trying to understand the below requirement from OCI checklist. The headline says COPY so I'm guessing only copies would need to be sent but the bullet points are extremely confusing......

1) Per first bullet - do i need to send a copy of the cancelled page or do I need to send the cancelled passport back
OR
2) second bullet we cannot send because they are not sending renunciation certificate
OR
3) Third bullet says we need to send both the cancelled passport and copy of surrender certificate


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PROOF OF RENUNCIATION– COPY
Proof of Renunciation of Indian Citizenship
If you ever held Indian Citizenship, it is MANDATORY to provide proof of the Renunciation of Indian Citizenship along with your OCI application. One of the following MUST be produced as proof

 Canceled Indian Passport with a stamp stating the passport is canceled due to obtaining US/Foreign citizenship
OR
 Certificate of renunciation issued by the Embassy/Consulate of India
OR
 Declaration of surrender certificate issued by the Embassy/Consulate of India Both - Cancelled/Surrendered Passport along with the copy of the Surrender/Renunciation Certificate must be submitted for Indian passports surrendered after May 2010
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I had the same thoughts. I haven't submitted the OCI application yet. However my thoughts and assumptions are as follows:

01. Its says copies, so send copies only of your canceled Indian passport and the Surrender Certificate. Get the copies of the passport pages where there is a canceled stamp from the consulate.

02. Consulate should have sent you a Renunciation+Surrender Certificate. This is not the form that you filled out on the government website with the affixed photo. They keep that. There is another form that is available on VFS website(the one that is incredibly difficult to fill out because of their crappy field format). The bottom half of it is where the Consulate would have stamped. You would have to make a copy of that and send it.

03. In the checklist it says one of the following. But out of abundance of caution, I would send both the canceled Indian passport and the Renunciation+Surrender certificate copies.

[Donald_Trump]

we-shall-overcome For OCI, only US passport has to be sent original. All other should be copies.

[we-shall-overcome]

I finally got my canceled Indian passport and Surrender Certificate back yesterday. It was a tense few weeks but its finally here.
My experience was with the VFS Chicago Center. Items were delivered on Nov 20th and I received the items back on December 10th including the time it took to coordinate with VFS, Consulate and the person who had received my documents because of VFS incompetence.

sinnerman26 hoping you have looked into the oci apploication.....what did you do for the renunciation proof... pls see my post above...thank you