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Discussed on here many times, India does not allow dual nationality.BLK235 wrote:You want to check with indian law on citizenship to see whether you already lost it. Normally when a country does not allow dual citizenship one would lose their citizenship the moment another one acquired.
If that's the case then technically you will be travelling on invalid passport because nationality on it is no longer correct and consequently deceiving immigration officers by claiming to be a national of a country you are no longer citizen of.
http://www.indianconsulate.org.hk/main. ... ge&XID=159it has been decided by the Government of India to impose penalty on a graded scale for such violations as per details given below:
Sl. No.
Scenario
Penalty
Section
1.
Passport not surrendered up to three years and not used for travel after obtaining foreign passport
No penalty
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2.
Passport not surrendered up to three years and traveled once after obtaining foreign passport
No penalty for retention of passport, but penalty of HK$ 1550.00 for travel on Indian passport
12 (1A)
3.
Passport not surrendered up to three years and traveled more than once after obtaining foreign passport
No penalty for retention of passport, but penalty of HK$ 1550.00) for each travel on Indian passport (aggregate penalty on travel not to exceed HK $ 7750.00)
12(1A)
4.
Passport not surrendered for over three years and used for travel after obtaining foreign passport
Penalty of HK$ 1550.00 for retention of passport and penalty of HK$ 1550.00 for each travel on Indian passport (aggregate penalty on travel not to exceed HK $ 7750.00)
12(1A)
5.
Renewal/re-issue of Indian passport and traveling on it after acquiring foreign nationality
(i) HK$ 3860.00 for each renewal/re-issue and
(ii) HK$ 1550.00 for each travel on Indian passport (aggregate penalty on travel not to exceed HK $ 7750.00)
12(1A)
3. A grace period of three months is allowed from the date of acquisition of foreign citizenship, for the purpose of travel on Indian passport. Therefore, no penalty will be leviable for travel on Indian passport within three months of acquisition of foreign passport.
Hifaisalshb wrote:Hi,
So, what happened here? The "grace period" mentioned in the last post should have applied & you won't need to pay a fine I think. Do post a reply as to what experience you had.
whiskywhisky wrote:Hi
I applied for the Surrender Certificate a couple of weeks back and whilst tracking online, under the status it states I am due a fine around £145.
Is this correct? is there anything I can do or do I have to pay this if I want the certificate?
Thanks
approx. 145 quids for each trip.Renunciation wrote:Travel each time on Indian Passport after acquiring foreign citizenship INR 10,000/- (subject to maximum of Rs.50,000/-)
Yep I paid the £145 fee. The experience was that I posted all the relevant paper work and tracked online, after about 2 weeks the online message stated that a penalty fee was due. I waited another couple of weeks without a reply and then rang them, I was told that I owe the fee and the paid it via credit card and got the SC after a couple of days.rajibbasu wrote:I am in the same situation. Had three days before travel to apply for british passport, apply for Visa etc. couldn't do. now looking to serrender indian passport. need to know if I got to pay the £145 penalty.
What was your experience "whiskywhisky"
No I just used Indian which worked fine. I did not have the British passport at the time.ajaysimha wrote:Hi,
When you entered the UK back on your Indian passport, were there any questions at Immigration. How did you fill your landing card. Did you mention that your Nationality is British in the Landing card. Appreciate if you can help me with this info as I am in a similar situation.
Thank you
You didn't answer the question about what did you fill in as your Nationality. If it was British, was there a question raised why you didn't have your British passport, if you filled as Indian, did they not ask the question, why it is written as Indian instead of British, as someone in some other forum was asked this question?whiskywhisky wrote:No I just used Indian which worked fine. I did not have the British passport at the time.ajaysimha wrote:Hi,
When you entered the UK back on your Indian passport, were there any questions at Immigration. How did you fill your landing card. Did you mention that your Nationality is British in the Landing card. Appreciate if you can help me with this info as I am in a similar situation.
Thank you