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It is difficult/impossible to get a PAN card/state DL if you do not have residency or residential address (with proof) in India.

The constitution of India does not allow indian citizenship to those who have voluntary acquired and not renounced foreign citizenship. To date this has not been amended so therefore dual citizenship is considered unconstitutional.

I have got away without registration and tax clearance certificates from immigration because they don't have training - at the time I did not think it was an issue to complain about ;) . Back then they were local police, and more interested in criminal matters and checks. Now they are...

Immigration forms While coming there are two Immigration forms, one for citizens and one for non-citizens. As an OCI you should fill in the "non-citizen" form. The main reason is that you also get a return form that you can use when you are returning home. It had some useful information...

Photocopy of passport/OCI When you pay by credit for large amounts, several shops asked to get a xerox of my passport - bank regulations they said for foreign credit cards. Worth keeping a photo copy of your passport/OCI/visa with you in your wallet/purse. Also required sometimes for domestic...

Back from India - fantastic trip ... Anyway while entering India I went in the "Diplomatic/PIO/Aircrew" Queue. While coming back I went in the same queue. There is no "OCI" label as yet. They had no problem with me being in that queue. The queue is empty. Immigration is no longer...

Quick note to let you know that I am in India. At Mumbai, they did ask for my OCI card - don't know why - but I was able to use the short queue so no problems other than this ...

So what is this forum for?

We had a check cashed two months ago. "Yet to register ..." :o Also ... my father has still not got his OCI despite putting his application in 2004, 18 months ago. This is the record in this forum. Yes we are furious. But the quality of processing varies widely.

I have removed passport cancellation. Re the other forums, the R2I one provides excellent stuff not so much on OCI but more on how to return to India, jobs, apartments, education etc. The OCI is light on but a good pointer for those who want to go back to India. I agree, IMHO this is the best...

I personally think registration is good - it is one of the big issues (rights of OCI)

Stop complaining All you people complaining about slow processing. My father applied in Nov 2004. After the process going wrong at every point, he was granted 8 weeks ago. The embassy has no idea where his OCI is! So 18 months...

Mangal, For a start I think we are doing better than the independent site, but there is always room for improvement. We could come up with a list of just a few posts (all complete and self contained, and concise ... And remove those that people don't find useful. Lets be honest and...

I think a web site would be good, but what will make it usefull is: a) if it was professionally edited b) the information was well researched and accurate, simple and concise. Our link is starting to get too confusing. c) you were answerable to public, i.e. if someone provided feedback it...

See my post above - I correctly predicted that they are using the scanner as their lunch table. It is probably the only clear surface in the OCI area, the rest is piled up with overdue paperwork ;)

Adoptions AskG, basis, others .... Whats the situation on the street, is there a demand for adoptive parents? A couple of years ago some acquaintances (Indian locals) were trying to adopt, and there was basically not many children available for adoption even for residents. The process...

Thanks basis, you deserve more than two cents...

Gaurav, absolutely feel for you ... You know all this but for the benefit of future generations: Don't send your passport when you see "granted" I had warned someone before re this, and I think Gautam and Mangal both had a feeling that this could be problematic. The consulates work on a...

OCI Card and Visa - description When you get your OCI you will be handed two items: 1) An OCI booklet, a lighter blue passport like document. 2) A sticker placed in your passport. OCI Booklet (All labels are translated in Hindi) ========= Front Cover ========= Inside Front Cover...

Personally, I would take this positively and turn it around and say that they should "outsource" their frontline functions to friendly local residents (OCIs ;)). The consuls can sit in the back office and stamp passports.