Dear all, please help as I have difficulties to complete AN form for British citizenship. I need to give the dates of entry in the UK during last three years, but because I used IRIS border I don't have entry stamps in my passport and don't remember the dates :( Can please someone advise me if ther...

All - Im going to the embassy tomorrow. Can anyone help me on this please? My OCI has been granted and I need to get it stamped on my passport. I will be going to London OCI in person since I need to travel in 3 weeks and am not sure whether they will stamp & return on time by post. For those of you...

All - Can anyone help me on this please? My OCI has been granted and I need to get it stamped on my passport. I will be going to London OCI in person since I need to travel in 3 weeks and am not sure whether they will stamp & return on time by post. For those of you who have been to embassy recently...

Hi, All you can do is wait..We all know that HCI is facing a massive increase in application. My own application was acknowledged after 2 and a half weeks. After that, there was no progress was over 8 weeks. There is still a considerable amount of time to May so hopefully you'll be fine. Dear friend...

Hi, My OCI has been granted and I need to get it stamped on my passport. I will be going to London OCI in person since I need to travel in 3 weeks and am not sure whether they will stamp & return on time by post. For those of you who have been to embassy recently, can you advise: 1. What is a good t...

Thanks "punjabi boy" I know while applying OCI/PIO HCI london used to cancel indian passport. Post implemantion of SC in 2009 , I was thinking SC is mandatory for OCI so sourrendar the indian passport (need 2 visits to HCI london) and apply OCI with SC (2 more visists to HCI london) . can you pleas...

Hi, Has anyone, who has applied by post, received their OCI recently? Could you please advise what the timelines for turnaround were. I'm seeing on this forum that applications over the counter are being turned around in 3-4 weeks but don't know if postal applications are taking any longer? Regards

Thanks for sharing your experience. I agree there is inconsistency every where because some have submitted 35*35, you submitted 35*45 (standard passport size) and I got a reply from NIC that it should be 51*51. I think I'll go with 51*51 and attach the email from NIC in case they consider rejecting....

All - Any suggestions on the photo size?? Does anyone if the following requirements apply given that I have a surrender certificate: Birth certificate from Indian Municipality or from Panchayat and full version birth certificate from Registrar of Births/Local Borough in case born in UK. For any othe...

Hi, Can anyone confirm for OCI what photo size to use: The hcilondon site says: Two photographs (35mm X 35mm) should be pasted at the place provided on the application and two additional photographs must be attached in small envelope separately. Photographs should be of light colour background (not ...

Does anyone if the following requirements apply given that I have a surrender certificate: Birth certificate from Indian Municipality or from Panchayat and full version birth certificate from Registrar of Births/Local Borough in case born in UK. For any other foreign-born applicant birth certificate...

Hi, Does anyone if the following requirements apply given that I have a surrender certificate: Birth certificate from Indian Municipality or from Panchayat and full version birth certificate from Registrar of Births/Local Borough in case born in UK. For any other foreign-born applicant birth certifi...

reply to all queries: They only ask for active passport, not a passport which has already been cancelled by HCI. Not true you have to surrender ALL passports including ones already cancelled. Read notice on their website. They basically want ALL Indian passports out there handed back to make the £...

All, Update on my surrender certificate application I sent a request for my surrender certificate by post on Monday last week by special delivery. It reached the embassy by Tuesday. I was expecting a two week turnaround by the embassy. To my surprise, I have my surrender certificate with me already....

RAJ2007 wrote:even to get a normal visit visa you need SC first. they will not issue visa until you provide SC.

Yes, I have heard the same. You are better off gettting a long term visa (5 years) but you need a surrender certificate before you can apply for one. I could see this requirement on the VFS website.

All, I sent a request for my surrender certificate by post on Monday last week by special delivery. It reached the embassy by Tuesday. I was expecting a two week turnaround by the embassy. To my surprise, I have my surrender certificate with me already. It arrived this morning by special delivery (i...

I travelled in August after getting the citizenship in April .(few years back) I am not having the UK passport..in fact the HCI asked me on phone to submit the naturalisation certificate..which i do not have ..so I told them that it is not given in the country I lived in.. , but if you are from UK....

I travelled to india with my Indian passport after getting a foreign passport. I surrendered recently (paying the 90£ surrender fee), and subsequently applied for OCI. I was told to pay a penalty of 125 £ per visit to india after the date I got my foreign passport. I aksed if it is illegal or an ...

High Commission of India, London - postal order should be payable to. Hi Raj, Thanks for the update. It is really useful for those looking to apply given that this is a new procedure.. Couple of questions: 1. Did you send a return envelope for them to send the certificate back? I recall when the se...

peejay wrote:http://hcilondon.in/notice.php

Application form and fees published for surrendering indian passport.

Hi,

Do we know if we can submit an application for surrender by post?? I do not want to get a banker's draft and then realise a postal application is not accepted.

Has anyone tried this??

Hi, I travelled on my indian passport after I attended my citizenship ceremony. However, I did not apply for my UK passport until after i came back. I have not undertaken any trip since the UK passport was issued. I noticed in applying for a surrender of your Indian passport you need to provide proo...

Hi, Has anyone recently applied for OCI by post in London? If so, could you please advise: 1.Which address did you send it to? I know the consulate address but is there any particular department/po box etc you need to address it to? 2. Do you send your current valid Indian passport in the OCI appli...

Hi, Has anyone recently applied for OCI by post in London? If so, could you please advise: 1.Which address did you send it to? I know the consulate address but is there any particular department/po box etc you need to address it to? 2. Do you send your current valid Indian passport in the OCI applic...

Hi Sachin,

Thanks for the response. To re-confirm, the enclosures I need are:

a. Photocopies of british passport
b. Valid Indian Passport (and its photocopies)
c. Naturalisation certificate (is this reqd. if photocopies of british passport are provided?)

Is that all I need for enclosures?

I'm due to get my UK passport soon and wish to apply for OCI asap to have it in time for my next trip to India. I have a few questions - can someone please help? 1. Cancellation of existing passport: Can you get your existing indian passport cancelled as part of the OCI application? If so, is there ...