Saw the news today . The government seems to have given a temporary relief till July 30th . They have issued an office memorandum regarding the same , a couple of new websites have also covered the same. Hope the airlines are notified soon.If anyone is travelling in the near future please post your ...
Thanks. Got it and signed. Too late for me now but hopefully will help others. I stand to lose most of £2200 I paid for tickets as I can't reschedule now so close to holidays.
I had showed Alitalia the lifelong sticker in the old passport but that didn't satisfy them either. They were simply going by a statement on their system which said that that passport number on the OCI document must match the passport in hand. That was their sticking point.
I agree that it is not airlines' fault. Alitalia showed me a new notification they received from hci London on 23rd Oct about this rule. Would have been helpful if they had sent the same memo to their own immigration officials in India so this could have made the news and every one would have been ...
If this is the law, why is it not enforced by the government themselves at the time of arrivals? My kids have travelled before with OCI still attached to the expired passport but no objections were raised by the airline or immigration officials. If this is the law then it needs to be applied ...
We got boarding denied yesterday (14th) on Alitalia at Heathrow. Had tickets booked since Feb. Were looking forward to this trip. But the check-in staff showed the 23. 10.2019 notice from hci London reiterating the requirement of OCI renewal for under 20. Didn't expect it at all. Whole family ...
