Employment Letter needed for India OCI in 2023

[boball]

The VFS site has a PDF (link below) that says an Employment Letter is one of the documents to be submitted as part of the OCI application.

Is it really needed (if employed) or can it be skipped?

Has anyone who is employed received their OCI in 2023 without submitting the Employment...

[SpouseOCIDelayed]

My husband is an American citizen. He applied for OCI card early last year using my Indian passport details. He is finally asked to appear for the interview next month. But, during this 1 and half year time, I got my US citizenship. I haven't renounced my Indian citizenship yet as I was was waiting...

[Sam255]

Hi everyone,

I received my OCI a few years ago. My passport recently expired and I got a new passport. Will I need to renew my OCI? Or do I just need to submit my new passport information online? I am between the ages of 20 and 50.

I’ve read conflicting information so far...

[nnspabpjs]

Hi,

I recently got OCI Card. I am unemployed and single, which is i have filled in application as well. The occupation is Housewife written is OCI card. That is not correct.
Is there any issue? Please advise....

[powerplyer]

Hello, thanks in advance for the help.

I am a 21-year-old US-Citizen by birth. My dad is of Indian origin and has his OCI card and is a US Citizen by naturalization. My mom is of non-Indian origin and does not have an OCI but is US Citizen thru naturalization.

My dad no longer...

[UUBhaskar]

Dear friends,
No one can take the India, our of us? Agree? Its emotionally painful to drop Indian citizenship while we acquire non-Indian Citizenship of any other country. I did some research, and there is ABSOLUTELY no reason why India cannot grant dual citizenship. For example USA allows dual...

[bobbyg]

Hello friends,

I received my OCI card a few days back and realized that the signature of the issuing authority is missing but the seal is present. Will this cause an issue for travel? Anyone else have similar issue and what is corrective action we can take?

Thank you!

[ThomasC1126]

I am an American citizen, and I am married to an Indian national. In future, I plan to apply for OCI and settle in India. In OCI application, they ask if I have served in Military. So my question is this... If I was discharged from the US military with an OTH (Other than honorable discharge) would I...

[Dip2022]

As Indian law does not recognize same-sex marriage, should someone having a same-sex spouse declare himself as "single" while applying for an OCI card?...

[minkathebest]

I am going through the renunciation process and OCI process now. However, I feel the process is sad and unfortunately for the people get turned away (I almost did myself) because of the financial commitments at each of the various steps:

1. $2.46 per minute for the phone calls after 5 minutes
2. Additional

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[raviahr30]

Hi,
My newborn's OCI application is in process (more than 3 weeks since submitted to VFS). We need to travel to India in next 2-3 weeks. Based on the current timeline it looks unlikely that we will receive the OCI card in time before our travel. options as below
a. Visa on arrival in india...

[parampara]

Hello All! We are traveling to India from SFO on July 19 and want to apply for OCI. Will we be able to get it back in time? May I please know what is the current processing timeline?

Thank you in advance.

[punjaban]

Hello,

I am helping my mother apply for a New OCI (she has never had one) and she does not have her Indian passport anymore. She was born in India but lost her passport after she became a US citizen. She has a copy of two pages but VFS requested five pages, therefore, they didn't accept...

[Tej87a]

I am Indian National and kids are US Citizens and they all have X1 Visa valid till 24/10/22.

We came to India on vacation 6th Nov 21 and for personal reasons they may have to stay with me beyond Max allowed180 days.

We previously applied for OCI cards and they are in possession...

[thateye]

I just found out there is a virtual interview for OCI via Spouse of Foreign Origin process. Does anyone know if the husband/wife have to be physically in the same location for that? I read from posts here that each spouse is questioned separately so they can see if the questions are answered the same...