Hi Rud. I only surrender my passport in 2016. Hi Sultan, Sorry to bother you again - I am bit confused. When you say you have only surrendered your passport - Do you mean to say you have a British Passport, but do not have an OCI card? So when you submitted your kids application you submitted you S...

Hi Rud. I only surrender my passport in 2016. Hi Sultan, Sorry to bother you again - I am bit confused. When you say you have only surrendered your passport - Do you mean to say you have a British Passport, but do not have an OCI card? So when you submitted your kids application you submitted you S...

I have written to Birmingham embassy and their response is "The matter of citizenship of minors has been taken up with the Ministry and decision on the same will be reflected in the guidelines for renunciation of Indian citizenship." Hi Rajesh, If you have not yet renounced your citizenship and onl...

Hi, I have recently received UK citizenship and as part of OCI have to renounce my Indian Citizenship. However my dependents are all in India and hold Indian Citizenship. My minor kid(elder) has a passport which will expire soon and my younger kid doesn't not have a passport. Both are ofcourse born...

Hi Sultan , have you applied child passport renewal in takaal service , the processing time for takaal service is 3 to 5 working days ? Hi Rud. I did standard service. Not tatkaal. I didn't get any update yet next step is police verification when it done I will update. Thanks. Hi. Yesterday I recei...

Hi, Apologies if this post seems aggressive. I am referring to the Section 8 of the Indian Citizenship act. I have been emailing and texting Indian Consulate / embassy, but not rec'd any positive or significant answers. From what I can gather nothing has changed since Oct 2023. The children's passpo...

Shiva, One reply i got is to apply for British Citizenship for my child, my child is eligible and i have applied...it will take two months and odd to come then i shall apply for Indian visa and travel...I am doing that now... Actually i was of the view of not having BC for my kid for few more years...

Hi, We are also facing a similar issue, I got my British passport 3 months ago. When we were in the process of renuncing my Indian citizenship, we came across section 8(2) Indian Citizenship Act 1955, where a minor also loses Indian citizenship when any parent renounces it. My 6-year-old kid came t...

Hi,

Unfortunately the Indian Embassy is still not responding positively to emails and texts or giving a go ahead for accepting Minor Indian child's Passport renewals.

I would like to know if anyone body has managed to renew their child's passport since Oct 2023

Thanks
Siva

Hi,

Have you been successful in renewing your Minor child's passport from India.
Pls can you share if your were able to resolve your issues.

Thanks
siva

Hi , My kids are not eligible for BC or ILr for another 3+ yrs. The Indian govt website says they are stiped off their Indian citizenship. The consulate / embassy / Ministry / Indian passport office is not replying to my queries. How can I get in touch with other people in my situation and find a so...

Very Sorry to barge in on your post. I am having issues with renewing my Children's passport. (one British parent and one Indian Parent) My kids are not yet eligible for BC or ILR. Moderator edit : you are not permitted to poat aocial media links on the forum Please do not do this. To the moderator...

I am having issues with renewing my Children's passport. (one British parent and one Indian Parent)

My kids are not yet eligible for BC or ILR.

Very Sorry to barge in on your post.

I am having issues with renewing my Children's passport. (one British parent and one Indian Parent)
My kids are not yet eligible for BC or ILR.

Moderator edit : you are not permitted to poat aocial media links on the forum Please do not do this.

Why would the Indian Government not renew your sons’ passports? India allows children to keep Indian nationality until they are 18 when they can choose. How old are your sons? The Indian government has recently changed its interpretation of the law (I believe, but am not sure, that there has been n...

Hi, I am a British Citizen since 2018. My wife and 2 sons initially came over on a PBS visa in May 2019. My wife and 2 sons then applied and got the Family visa in 2022. (Our PBS route was closed) They are due for an extension in end of this year FLR (M). My sons' passports are expiring soon and the...

My spouse has got British citizen recently but I’m not eligible for citizenship yet in flr m for 2+ years now , my child was born in India and currently living in uk for 5+ years now. I was told in the same forum that both parents have to be settled for the minor to qualify for settlement. Now My c...

Hi kihiq2024 , Have you heard anything further from the Edinburgh Consulate or the VFS Edinburgh ? I am in a similar situation, need to renew my minor kids' passports as soon as possible. No response from Edinburgh consulate as of yet. Thanks Siva Hi Siva, I am also in same situation, trying to fig...

Hi All, Firstly apologies if this is not the correct section as i am not entirely sure where should i be putting this query. Background: Got British passport in Nov 2021 via 10 year route. Wife and kid still on Indian passport and having FLR visa. Second renewal due in March 2024 (i.e. for 5 yrs). ...

Hi. Do we need to contact HCI London about Delhi high court's decision.or wait to any update from MAE. Thanks. Hi, I had already contacted High commission, Edinburgh for the same and no replies. However, you can contact HCI as well. Thanks, KIA Hi. There is a good news. Now they tracking applicatio...

Thanks @ AmazonianX . Any suggestions regarding my below 2 queries ? Any response in much appreciated. Do I need to upload the sponsor's payslips, Bank St, sponsor employer letter, employer contract, co-habitation letters for 2 years in both of my kids' section also, or is just uploading them in my ...

Hi, Thanks to all the moderators for their kind help and support. I have submitted my visa application (with 2 dependant kids) last week and am awaiting the biometrics in first week of December. I am now uploading the mandatory and supporting docs online and had the following queries - Do I need to ...

Hi, I have submitted my Visa application (FLR-M) last week and have booked for a Biometrics appointment in the first week of December. In the appointment confirmation email I rec'd, instead of my home address under my name, its displaying my immigration advisor's address. Even though in the applicat...

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I did feel the explanation might be a tad over the top , but was hesitant to write a long sob story .
I'll keep it short and crisp as suggested.

Fingers crossed am hoping to submit by Thursday.

Thanks for your help with my previous questions. While reviewing my form have come up with 2 more queries - It has been suggested to answer the below 2 questions with the following answers, but I thought maybe a more personal answer is expected. Is the below answer OK or should I remove it and put i...