Hi,
Naturalized in Jan 2010, we are planning to visit India shortly with an OCI card. Now, do we need to get the surrender certificate first in order to apply for OCI? we believe OCI can be applied directly without surrender certificate and the CGI in San Francisco will cancel our previously held Indian passport? or we can enclose the form for surrender along with the OCI application?
Our friend says we need to obtain the surrender certificate first before applying for OCI, is this the right way? to us, it duplicates the process and time.
Please post your thoughts and suggestions.
Thanks,
Ria
Naturalized in Jan 2010, we are planning to visit India shortly with an OCI card. Now, do we need to get the surrender certificate first in order to apply for OCI? we believe OCI can be applied directly without surrender certificate and the CGI in San Francisco will cancel our previously held Indian passport? or we can enclose the form for surrender along with the OCI application?
Our friend says we need to obtain the surrender certificate first before applying for OCI, is this the right way? to us, it duplicates the process and time.
Please post your thoughts and suggestions.
Thanks,
Ria