OCI for Minors when parents holding indian passport

[newc]

Hi,

I applied for my son's OCI but got the documents back stating that one of the parents need to have the OCI and parent's foreign passport.. Has anyone had similar situation?

We still hold indian passport while we got British passport for my son recently and surrendered his indian passport despite that they said that the for minors one of the parents should have foreign certificate& surrende certificate. Anyone had similar situation?

[PG1983]

Please see the topic below where this is discussed. According to OCI rules, for a minor to achieve OCI status, one of the parents must be eligible for an OCI, i.e one of the parents must hold a foreign passport.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... ht=#581579

[geriatrix]

It just proves that a minor having held Indian citizenship before acquiring British citizenship does not make him eligible for OCI in his own right - unlike an adult.

A bit odd. Perhaps the lawmakers had their reasons!