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Applying tourist visa without surrendering indian passport

Post by Shuksid » Tue May 31, 2022 9:34 am

Hi, I recently applied for British passport and need to travel to India by the end of June. I am still waiting to receive back the supporting documents from HMPO, including the Indian passport.

Can i apply for the tourist visa without surrendering the indian passport ?

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Re: Applying tourist visa without surrendering indian passport

Post by dontringthebell » Tue May 31, 2022 11:02 am

Shuksid wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 9:34 am
Hi, I recently applied for British passport and need to travel to India by the end of June. I am still waiting to receive back the supporting documents from HMPO, including the Indian passport.

Can i apply for the tourist visa without surrendering the indian passport ?
That is not possible. Surrender of Passport is must for Indian Visa.
Don't misconstrue my views for professional immigration advice, just trying to give back to a community that helped me through my journey.

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Re: Applying tourist visa without surrendering indian passport

Post by mesn » Tue May 31, 2022 7:19 pm

Shuksid wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 9:34 am
Hi, I recently applied for British passport and need to travel to India by the end of June. I am still waiting to receive back the supporting documents from HMPO, including the Indian passport.

Can i apply for the tourist visa without surrendering the indian passport ?
You can't be granted a visitor visa while you are a citizen of a country. However, do check with HCI/VFS. Someone in FB had mentioned about a declaration about no appointments availability and applying for a visitor visa.
T2G 2015, T2 Switch 2018, ILR 2020, BC 2021, British Passport 2022, OCI 2022

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Re: Applying tourist visa without surrendering indian passport

Post by adithi10 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:14 am

Hi,

Where you able to get tourist visa without surrender certificate? Am still waiting for my British passport and once I get passport it gets so long to get the documents, so my Indian passport will be returned very late and I need to visit India in July or early August

Thank you

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