OCI SFO Travisa lost my cancelled Indian passport

[walliea]

I applied for an OCI (family) about couple of months ago through Travisa(SFO). I received the package back from them with OCI, however, they did not return my old cancelled Indian passport. I sent emails to Travisa as well as Consulate but have not received any reply yet. I called to Travisa (1 hour-46 minutes wait). The lady said she will look into it and bring her supervisor's attention. She said she will call back. I have not heard back from them yet.

In the worst case situation, assuming that they do not find my old passport, I suppose, nothing can be done. I do have the surrender certificate(acquired earlier) and now I also have an OCI.

Do I have to have the old cancelled Indian passport for traveling or for any other consulate services?

thank you,

[talanki]

Its not required for travel but not sure if it is required for future consulate services

[gresham93]

Since you already have the OCI, the old passport is normally not required. As a precaution, if you have the copy of the old cancelled passport, please send this along with a detailed letter mentioning about how the cancelled passport was not returned back to you by Travisa. This letter has to be sent to both the Indian consulate and Travisa preferably with delivery confirmation. Retain any correspondence that you receive regarding this.

Irrespective of whether you get any return correspondence, this letter and the delivery confirmation will be useful if in future there is a necessity for the cancelled passport.