Transferring OCI to minor's passport

[coolshades]

Hi,

have a 10 year old and am trying to transfer the OCI visa to his new British passport.

can anyone please confirm if this is required because the HCI London site states one can carry the old passport along with the new one.

secondly, when i am trying to fill in the online form with the details of passport number, OCI number date of birth etc, i am getting a message that the information submitted does not match database.

the date of birth, place of birth, mother's name are straight forward.

does there need to be a hyphen after U or A for the U Visa number? and A number?

thks and will appreciate prompt responses.

[cheshiregoan]

Hi,

have a 10 year old and am trying to transfer the OCI visa to his new British passport.

can anyone please confirm if this is required because the HCI London site states one can carry the old passport along with the new one.

secondly, when i am trying to fill in the online form with the details of passport number, OCI number date of birth etc, i am getting a message that the information submitted does not match database.

the date of birth, place of birth, mother's name are straight forward.

does there need to be a hyphen after U or A for the U Visa number? and A number?

thks and will appreciate prompt responses.

Typically with any visa, as long as you carry the passport on which the visa has been stamped along with your valid passport it is not a problem with immigration.

The only benefit transferring your visa stamp to a new passport has is that you do not need to carry multiple booklets.