Indian Consulate of New York has posted that one need to surrender Indian passport after getting US citizenship. One needs to fill up form and pay the 7000 Indian Rupees fees and they will cancel the Indian passport.
Questions one need to ask from Consulate:
1, what about those who got OCI 1 year or 2 year back and they got passport “cancelled stamp” on India passport do they again need to fill up the form for SURRUNDER OF INDIAN CITIZENSHIP and Pay the Rupees 7000 FEES.
2. According to FEMA if one departs India one can take only 5000 Indian Rupees. How the person will get Indian Rupees 7000 in US?.
3 Many in past got Visa and got Indian Passport cancelled and at the time of getting Visa they fill up form to surrender of Indian Citizenship. Do they again have to pay the Fee of Indian Rupees 7000?
4 Many have to collect the OCI through mail (They changed it that OCI can only be colleted through mail) as OCI Cards have reached NYC. They did not say that one should send and Fill up the Form to surrender Indian citizenship when they send US passport and Indian passport for sending OCI documents and pay the extra fees of Indian rupees 7000. They should be clear. If one can pay the OCI fees in USD then why they did not wrote that one should pay the fees in USD.
****Where the Minitry of Home affair does says that one need to fill up the Form to renounce Indian Citizenship and Pay Indian Rupees 7000? Where is GR from Ministry? According to Indian constitution or Indian Citizenship Act 1955 if one gets Citizenship of other country then that person is no more Indian Citizen. They day Person in US became naturalized and took oath and he automatically abandoned the Indian Citizenship
They have posted the information in hurry without clearing many issues.
Please make it clear BEFORE you send your US passport and Indian Passport for collection of OCI documents for the above points. if you send US and Indian Passport and later they ask for the form to be submitted then they may send back your passports and it will take 2-4 weeks just to know that you were supposed to Send Extra money to them and to Fill up form and you will not have US passport/Indian passport with you.
Write emails/send Fax to them so that they post the clear information.Good Luck!!
Questions one need to ask from Consulate:
1, what about those who got OCI 1 year or 2 year back and they got passport “cancelled stamp” on India passport do they again need to fill up the form for SURRUNDER OF INDIAN CITIZENSHIP and Pay the Rupees 7000 FEES.
2. According to FEMA if one departs India one can take only 5000 Indian Rupees. How the person will get Indian Rupees 7000 in US?.
3 Many in past got Visa and got Indian Passport cancelled and at the time of getting Visa they fill up form to surrender of Indian Citizenship. Do they again have to pay the Fee of Indian Rupees 7000?
4 Many have to collect the OCI through mail (They changed it that OCI can only be colleted through mail) as OCI Cards have reached NYC. They did not say that one should send and Fill up the Form to surrender Indian citizenship when they send US passport and Indian passport for sending OCI documents and pay the extra fees of Indian rupees 7000. They should be clear. If one can pay the OCI fees in USD then why they did not wrote that one should pay the fees in USD.
****Where the Minitry of Home affair does says that one need to fill up the Form to renounce Indian Citizenship and Pay Indian Rupees 7000? Where is GR from Ministry? According to Indian constitution or Indian Citizenship Act 1955 if one gets Citizenship of other country then that person is no more Indian Citizen. They day Person in US became naturalized and took oath and he automatically abandoned the Indian Citizenship
They have posted the information in hurry without clearing many issues.
Please make it clear BEFORE you send your US passport and Indian Passport for collection of OCI documents for the above points. if you send US and Indian Passport and later they ask for the form to be submitted then they may send back your passports and it will take 2-4 weeks just to know that you were supposed to Send Extra money to them and to Fill up form and you will not have US passport/Indian passport with you.
Write emails/send Fax to them so that they post the clear information.Good Luck!!
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