I'm sooo dissapointed! I spent considerable time and energy reading the HCI London website for OCI information, collected all documentation, did an extra paper round to save the fee
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...unfortunately the OCI interviewer threw out my application. The reason? Because I attempted to prove my mother's indian citizenship eligibility through her UK passport (which shows that she was born in India in 1932) and also through her UK naturalisation document which shows that she lived in India up to 1952.
The OCI interviewer told me that ONLY INDIAN documentation may be submitted as proof of parents/grandparents citizenship. I replied that the website info didn't state this, it says "any other proof" and doesn't say anywhere that only indian documentation is valid. I suggested that a UK passport is a bona fide legal document recognised internationally, but the OCI man stuck to his guns and I had to leave with my tail between my legs.
I'm sad that I'll probably never get to qualify for OCI now, as I don't think I can dredge up indian proof of my mothers indian citizenship. Has anyone else out there had any similar experience? Anyone care to commiserate with me?
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Thanks