Applying for OCI - final list of documents - Please help

[Captain1]

Let me know how it goes. Because my family members didn't need their birth certificates so you should be ok. And if they do reject you in the VFS office, you won't have lost any money anyway because you only pay them after they accept your application.

Many Thanks Satellite,

I will update.

Kind regards

Hi RKUK ,

Did you apply without birth certificate . Could you please share your experience with us as I am in a similar state , I don't have my birth certificate and I have to apply for my OCI card . Many thanks

[rmukherjee]

First sorry if i am posting duplicate query unfortunately couldn't find a complete list of documents required for OCI. I am going to submit my OCI application in few days and plan to submit following documents:

Application form
Printed & Signed Declaration form
2 Photos
copy of British Passport
copy of Naturalization Certificate
Surrender certificate

However I do not have any of "Other Necessary documents" mentioned on VFS website :

Domicile certificate
Original Birth Certificate
School Leaving Certificate
Agriculture land

Are these mandatory? I am struggling to arrange as have already surrender my passport and can't travel to India to bribe officials. I do not understand logic behind these "Other Necessary documents".

Please advice. thank you for your help in advance.

Best Regards

If you have surrendered your Indian passport and have a "surrender certificate" you don't need any other documents (e.g. domicile certificate, school leaving certificate, etc) to prove Indian origin. This has been clarified by the High Commission, VFS, as well as several people on this forum (I can speak from personal experience as well). Don't worry, the surrender certificate is enough.

Other documents like domicile certificate etc are required only when an application does not have a passport surrender certificate.

[Ocihopeful2017]

Hi
The VFS website mentions a letter from the employer with job description as a mandatory document. Is it really needed? Has anyone been asked for it? If so, do you have a format in which it needs to be.

Also is the revoked Indian passport needed?

Any help on the actual documents needed from anyone recently is highly appreciated. Thank you.

[theroyale]

[quote="Ocihopeful2017"]The VFS website mentions a letter from the employer with job description as a mandatory document. Is it really needed? Has anyone been asked for it? [/quote]

At the VFS on Goswell Road (London) I was asked to rebook my appointment as I had not taken the employer letter when applying for OCI. This was last month (Apr 2017).

[vin1983]

I submitted my oci application with employment letter mentioning designation, salary etc but no job description and it was fine for acceptance.