Surrendering Indian passport and applying OCI - in India

[scorpionking2015]

Dear all,

I have indian passport and recently i have been naturalised and i have just applied for my passport.
Due to an emergency i will have to go to india and be there for atleast 6 months.I dont have time to
surrender my indian passport and apply for OCI.

I have seen on Passport seva website that i can surrender indian passports in India.It is one of the services they provide.

I want to travel to india on my indian passport,surrender it and apply of OCI there in india.

Could someone please tell me it this is ok?

Many thanks.

[geriatrix]

One of the requirements for applying OCI in India, as mentioned on the "instruction pages" when you print a submitted OCI application is:

In case application is submitted in India, copy of any type of Visa (other than Missionary Visa and Mountaineering Visa)/ Residential Permit with 3 months validity as on the date of application.

which makes me think that you may be okay surrendering your IND passport in India but you'll need to have a valid (IND) visa on your British passport to be able to apply for OCI in India. I don't know if you can apply for a Indian visa in India on your British passport, having entered India on an Indian passport.