Indian child living in India-Now eligible for British

[lovekirankumar]

Hi,

My case is totally different. I was Tier 1 during my baby born.

Baby born in UK last march, travelled to India on Indian Passport, last july where baby still living with their grand parents till date. Now me and my wife got ILR and I applied for baby naturalization certificate for baby, which also i got from Home office.

Now i am in confused state, whether to apply for british passport for baby in UK or should i go to India and apply british passport for my daughter.
Can I take british passport in UK and travelled to India and bring my child in UK passport. if I do this, whether Indian immigration will stop me for my child passport, as If i show british passport they will ask for Indian visa which will be not there. As the baby travelled in Indian passport.

Can I able to surrender my daughter Indian passport in India and get her PIO card in India before I bring her to UK.


Could moderator please give me some suggesstion on this?

Thanks
Kiran

[ban.s]

the steps that you (on child's behalf) need to follow are:

1. apply for BP from India
2. on receipt of the passport renounce indian citizenship
3. apply for PIO card
4. on receipt of PIO card, apply for exit permit

you need to contact local FRRO/FRO of your place of residence and enquire the specific process on step 2.
AFAIK, unfortunately there is no published guidance available. Also the overall process will take some long time, so be prepared for that.

Also see this thread - exit visa from india for

PS: few members have been told by FRRO that a child can retain both indian and british passports until age of 18 - i haven't seen any official policy on this and none have reported actual experience so far.

[jazb]

the steps that you (on child's behalf) need to follow are:

1. apply for BP from India
2. on receipt of the passport renounce indian citizenship
3. apply for PIO card
4. on receipt of PIO card, apply for exit permit

you need to contact local FRRO/FRO of your place of residence and enquire the specific process on step 2.
AFAIK, unfortunately there is no published guidance available. Also the overall process will take some long time, so be prepared for that.

Also see this thread - exit visa from india for

PS: few members have been told by FRRO that a child can retain both indian and british passports until age of 18 - i haven't seen any official policy on this and none have reported actual experience so far.

Why PIO card? Isn't OCI better in every way?

[geriatrix]

Perhaps yes, but unfortunately the catch here is that a child can apply for OCI only when one parent is a foreign national / eligible to apply for OCI.
At the time of creating the topic, both OP and his wife were Indian citizens.

[ban.s]

Why PIO card? Isn't OCI better in every way?

for a minor i don't think makes much difference

also see http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=143367