We have tried contacting the UK Home Office and the National Archives, unfortunately both departments are not able to assist with this. As a last ditch attempt we have called on the support of our local MP who is in the process of writing to the Home Office to determine whether this would be possible.
Asides from this it seems the OCI application has come to halt, until we make a trip to India to try and get this Nativity Certificate
Thanks for the help so far.
learner1947 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:37 pmYou can try this to contact UK Home Office: https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk
If this doesn't work, try seeking help from your local MP as they have a direct contact within the Home Office, or try citizens advice. I know its a long shot but don't see any other option.
Regarding the Nativity Certificate, sorry, I don't have any experience/understanding about that.
HCI Birmingham website says, quite a few options to prove the Nativity (https://cgibirmingham.gov.in/page/display/43). If you are able to prove nativity for your mother, that might be enough to prove your Indian roots.
Let us know, how you get on with any of these.
Good luck!
mistrk29 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:24 pmHi!
Thank you for your reply! Currently no one in the family holds an OCI card. HCI advised to get a nativity certificate but there doesn’t seem to be much support online how to get one of these. Do you have any advice for this please or how to contact home office to get the Indian passport copy?
Thank you very much for your help
learner1947 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:18 pmSorry, completely forgot while writing the response that your mother doesn't have her last Indian Passport.
Here is the updated response:
Don't think just Indian birth certificate would be enough as that's most probably doesn't establish your Indian roots. I assume none of your parents has an OCI either?
Maybe you can try asking UK home office if you can get a copy of your mother's last Indian passport, once you have one passport, HCI should be able to track all her passports.
If the above doesn't work, try going to a HCI camp (usually organised in summer, information available on HCI website) and ask about this to the HCI employees, they are usually very helpful.
Keep us informed, as this is a unique issue and surely would help others.
Comprehensive documents list is available here: https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/docs/16372 ... 112021.pdf
Good luck!
learner1947 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:08 pmI think your mother's last Indian passport + your birth certificate should be enough to prove your Indian roots.
Comprehensive documents list is available here: https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/docs/16372 ... 112021.pdf
Good luck!
mistrk29 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:53 pmHi, all!
Need advice for OCI application based on my mother being the root Indian.
We are struggling with the documents needed to prove Indian origin.
We have:
Birth Certificate from India
Marriage Certificate from India
We do not have her Indian Passport or Surrender Certificate. She has naturalised since 1970s and is a British citizen now.
Are we able to apply using the Birth Certificate from India as proof? Does this need to notarised and if so, how do we go about doing this?
HCI informed us that getting a Nativity Certificate would be helpful but the application ask things such as 'name of vessel on which applicant emigrated from India' which was in the 1960s and so long forgotten/lost.
If anyone has advice it would be really helpful regarding next steps or experience of applying for nativity certificate.
