Surrender of Indian passport certificate a MUST ?

[girish]

Hi All
I have just recived my British Passport and in verge of applying for OCI...Just wanted to get familiar with the process.I tried to search the forum but could not find the exact process...Can someone please clarify if
I need to apply for Surrender of Indian Passport Certificate first and then apply for OCI ?

Regards
Girish

[z18runway]

1)apply for surrender certificate by submitting last uncancelled indian passport to one of the vfs centres, where they will cancel it and issue a surrender certificate in 7-10 working days.

2) with surrender certificate, approach HCI london to apply for OCI,

[ban.s]

Dear friends,
hope few of you would be able to throw some light here on my below query....
I am about to apply for OCI in Londonl and i believe the current processing time is approx.10 weeks. My concern is what in this case i have to travel to India on an emergency (say within few hours)? Can i apply for an emergency India Visa or is there a Visa on Arrrival as i would be having my British Passport. My parents are aged and about 1 month back i had to travel to india on an emergency as my dad was very ill and hospitalised

Appreciate your help

Thanks
Girish

[ban.s]

As you haven't submitted your Indian passport yet, so in case of any emergency you can travel with your Indian passport and ILR/BRP.
If your travel dates fall outside the 90 days of grace period from naturalisation then you'll need to pay penalty of £145 per travel.
Alternately if you manage to find atleast 2 weeks of quiet period - then you can first surrender indian passport and then apply for visa to travel. Visa on arrival is not yet available for British citizens.