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You Need Your Passport Copy, OCI Details and Current Passport-size Photos Are the Most Essential Documents.

Applicants Can Track the OCI Application by Visiting the Official Website of OCI.

Yes! Applicants Need to Upload Their Recent Passport-size Photo With a Specified Background Color and Dimension.

Yes! Below the Age of 20 and Above 50 Years Must Renew Your OCI cards Due to Biological Change or They Issued a New Passport.

Yes, you need an employment letter to apply for Overseas Citizenship Of India. Unless you are unemployed or are a minor under the age of 18.

The processing time for an OCI may vary depending on the type of application and some factors. Typically, it takes 8 to 10 weeks.

Yes, an OCI cardholder can get an Aadhar card if they meet certain requirements. Like staying in India for more than 182 days in 12 months before applying and having an Indian address.

Yes, the applicant has to submit both an original and digital photograph for the OCI.

Although some Indian politicians have spoken in favor of dual citizenship in India. In this respect, the OCI scheme is one such concession. However, the traditional reason India does not allow dual citizenship is according to it citizenship is a commitment towards a nation and it believes that a person cannot remain truly loyal to two nations at one time.

Giving up Indian citizenship means you are no longer entitled to get support from the Indian Embassy if you are abroad. In this case, the rights, laws, and responsibilities of the new state will be applicable. It means that as any other citizen, you might be obliged to serve in the military, vote, and so on. With this, when you come back to India the same rules will apply to you like the other citizens of your adopted nation and you need a visa to travel to India.

Possessing two passports in India is considered an offense and it comes under the Passport Act as the nation does not allow dual citizenship. It means you need to legally surrender your Indian passport once you get citizenship of another nation. However, if you fail to do so you need to pay a fine and potentially imprisonment depending on the situation.

Yes, with an OCI card by your side, you can permanently live in India, significantly granting you a form of permanent living, allowing you to live and work in the nation indefinitely. However, as it is not Indian citizenship, it does not provide you the voting rights and holding public office.

To become an Indian citizen by naturalization an individual with a preceding application need to live in India for 12 of 14 years and aggregate eleven years within the last fourteen years. In addition, it also includes the complete calendar year of the citizenship application.

Through naturalization, if you take citizenship of another country you automatically lose the Indian citizenship. Also, if you want to voluntarily leave your Indian citizenship you are free to do so.

Yes, you can apply for a British passport for your child if you have settled status in the UK

No, if you are born in the UK then you cannot automatically be a British citizen. Whether you are a British citizen depends on when you were born and your parents' immigration status.

Yes, Indians can become British citizens through naturalization.

Birth or adoption certificate, Proof of British nationality, Photos, Parent's details, Grandparent's documents, and Digital referee. These are the essential documents you need for a child’s first UK passport.

Yes, you may be able to get British citizenship through your child if they are a British citizen or have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK.

Yes, a child born outside the UK can get a British passport if their parent is a British citizen by descent. The child must be registered as a British citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981.