Deb74 That's annoying..There was nothing like that in October. I suppose they do not want people applying at last minute and then saying that they did not get the visa in time. I had also helped a few british friends apply as well and one of them got the ETA in around 20 hours or so !!. My only sugg...

99.9% of the time it's okay.. Its always the airline which creates the issue. Once you reach India it should all be fine I have never heard of anyone denied entry into India with an 'expired' OCI. In fact my relative who was denied boarding in the UK (and then travelled 3 days later with an evisa) e...

Correct. People misplace their OCI booklets all the time and they go with e -visa. When you are granted the e-Visa be careful of the following The email from them will come like saying something like electronic travel authorisation and with instructions to print it out. This may not have your photo....

Please also look at the advise from the consul general in Australia for those who dont have time to renew OCI before travelling. https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/devastating-experience-many-children-and-elderly-oci-holders-not-allowed-to-board-flights-to-india He has suggested getting a e-vis...

I think we are complicating things unnecessarily..I did help my relative in filling up.the evisa form. We put have you visited india before as yes Previous visa as Entry VISA ( no option for OCI) For previous visa number we put OCI 12xxxxxx After all in the initial questions if you are previous indi...

I know several people who have applied for evisa for their kids as they did not want the hassle of having to renew every 5 years after the first OCI.

Also the family member who was denied boarding due to having a new passport after 50 yrs travelled finally with the evisa .

CGI Birmingham has in fact put up this alert recently.

[https://cgibirmingham.gov.in/news/display/1717]

Why does everyone blatantly disregard the rules and try to take a chance? The airline may deny boarding as there is a clear TIMATIC notice regarding OCI If you manage to reach India then Indian immigration may let you in There have been multiple cases of passengers not being allowed to board as thei...

My wife got her british passport and we surrendered her Indian passport via VFS. The process was very smooth and she got her surrender certificate and old Indian passport in just over a week. What I noticed is that there is no cancellation stamp on her Indian passport. Have they stopped putting a ca...