My mother renewed her passport last year and she has not changed her oci card. You just have to carry the old passport with the life long sticker in it.

Check FAQ no 12
http://hcilondon.in/oci.html

No need to renew the PIO/OCI card. However you MUST keep the old expired passport with you as the PIO/OCI card has the old passport number.

If you wish to renew PIO/OCI you may via HCI London's Miscellaneous Services

As long as your daughter has her own surrender certificate then apart from her old indian passport and surrender certificate nothing else is needed

timeline at present is about 4-7 weeks so two weeks is a bit optimistic!

You dont have to put the names of everybody you know in India. One will suffice, dont worry indian embassy wont be checking!

jakedamuss wrote:thanx for the replies. do i need to self attest copies??

Yes you need self-attest all copies of paperwork. Also make sure you have a a surrender certificate for at least one of your parents (if they are british). Send original surrender cert.

lokeshkr wrote:I am plnning to travel to india on visting Visa for four months. Could it be posiable to apply for OCI in india?

You can apply at any Indian Mission in the world, however I suggest you apply where you are resident for convenience purposes, unless you live very near to Mission in India

No need to renew the PIO/OCI card. However you MUST keep the old expired passport with you as the PIO/OCI card has the old passport number.

If you wish to renew PIO/OCI you may via HCI London's Miscellaneous Services

Although you should NOT have sent the passports you still have time left.

If you dont hear anything by mid November I suggest you go down to HCI London and sort it out personally. You will not have much joy via phone!

Why not just go down to London on tues and see if it has arrived. If not just apply for a tourist visa on Wednesday

Also, what would I put under the Acquisition of present nationality section: Acquisition Method? Is that Naturalisation or Decent? - Descent Acquisition Date? Date I arrived in UK or Date I was born - I would use the date of your first British passport Previous Nationality? As I arrived in UK under...

ban.s wrote:either £175 x 3 or £250 x 2 + £25

all documents in a single envelope

to avoid confusion send 3 x £175 all in one envelope. Write the GBR.. no., name and address at the back of the postal orders.

Yes ready for collection

- print a copy of the status report
- buy a PREPAID special delivery envelope from post office and address it to yourself
- Original british passport

Put all of the above in an envelope and send it to HCI London

Hi i'm going to apply for OCI in person at HCI London. Do i've to enclose the photo copy of the cancelled Indian passport or Just copy of the Surrenderance Certificate. Some Counsulate website says both. Could anyone please confirm the enclosures Copy of Indian Passport is needed as well as copy of...

I have applied for my OCI on8th Nov 2011.My online application status says : Passport has been dispatched from Delhi office yesterday 21st Nov When i check my status now it reads "Documents dispatched from UK and awaiting for arrival at HCI,London office" But there is a message flashing o...

My OCI Timeline: Sent by special delivery on 31/10/2011 Received HCI on 01/11/2011 Acknowledged on Not yet Does any one know how long it takes for postal applications to be acknowledged??? I have seen previous posts with acknowledgement within a week at max. Mine was acknowledged within a week back...

Posted Special Del on 22 Jul 2011 Date Of Acknowledgment 29-JUL-2011 Application Status Photo/Signature at Mission Scanned On 01-AUG-2011 Registration Status at Mission : Granted On 01-AUG-2011 Documents Printing Status PRINTED On 02-AUG-2011 Dispatched From MOIA (OCI ): NEW DELHI On 03-AUG-2011 Doc...

Great to hear the news. Assume you can now apply for OCI next? I am planning to go to VFS personally and apply for surrender certificate. I have printed out the pages from the sites you kindly provided, and plan to use them to support my argument that I don't need to pay any fine either. But based ...

Good News

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... 633#459633

Okay everybody good news!!! Without a reply to my email, I have now received my old indian passport with the surrender certificate enclosed without having to pay the penalty :lol: I am ashamed to say this but the Indian Embassy in England have no morales and are just after £££'s. Lies and deceit ...

Basically its an old rule which the Indian government are re-inforcing (more likely to make some rupees!) Without the Indian Passport you wont get the 5 year visa; best is to apply for the OCI or PIO and get the required documentation from India as stated on Indian Embassy website to prove you are o...

Nope - HCI London have not given the paperwork to VFS yet

If paying a fine for not having surrendered your passport when you should have is considered a problem by you, then yes you will face a problem. You did not cease to be an Indian citizen just because your passport reached its expiration date. If you want to get OCI, you have to surrender your passp...

Okay here goes :) Submitted my application for a surrender certificate Timeline is as follows: British Citizenship obtained in February 2000 Indian Passport expired in January 2004 Never travelled on the Indian Passport after British Citizenship obtained Applied couple of weeks ago for the surrender...