OCI OR PIO for my 16-yr old daughter?

[chaitanya2011]

Hi friends!

I recently recd my OCI within a month of applying - everything went smoothly and that has encouraged me to apply for OCIs for my spouse and daughter. My daughter is 16 and US-born. I want to apply for OCI for my daughter, but recently read somewhere that OCI for non Indian-born expires when they turn 18 yrs old. Is that true? My spouse and I are both Indian-born, so is there any way that my daughter gets eligible to get an OCI that entitles her to the same benefits as us Indian-born US citizens?

Your replies will be much appreciated. Dhanyawad!

Chaitanya

 

[sanjoseaug20]

OCI does not expire like that.

People younger than 18 need to renew their OCI every 5 years. So if she gets OCI at 16, she will need to renew it at 21. Similarly people over 50 need to change their OCI once. The intent is to update the appearance / picture.

There is no distinction between India born and non-India born, it is only the age.

 

[ginnu]

Hi friends!

I recently recd my OCI within a month of applying - everything went smoothly and that has encouraged me to apply for OCIs for my spouse and daughter. My daughter is 16 and US-born. I want to apply for OCI for my daughter, but recently read somewhere that OCI for non Indian-born expires when they turn 18 yrs old.
Is that true?
--Not true
My spouse and I are both Indian-born, so is there any way that my daughter gets eligible to get an OCI that entitles her to the same benefits as us Indian-born US citizens?
-----------She is eligible for OCI
Your replies will be much appreciated.
Dhanyawad!

Dhanawad ka Dhanayavad

Chaitanya

"sanjoseaug20" gave you correct reply.

 

[SHJ]

The answers provided by the previous 2 post are accurate.

Just one addition .... the need to renew OCI for kids is driven by the fact that children below 18 get a passport for the validity of 5 years, while adults enjoy Passport validity of 10 years.
If the passport on which the OCI sticker is pasted expires, it is recommended to seek OCI transfer to the newer US passport (though not mandatory, as one can still carry the old US passport with OCI sticker AND the OCI booklet PLus the new US passport -- till you plan for the transfer at your leisure.)

 

[sanjoseaug20]

Just one addition .... the need to renew OCI for kids is driven by the fact that children below 18 get a passport for the validity of 5 years, while adults enjoy Passport validity of 10 years.
If the passport on which the OCI sticker is pasted expires, it is recommended to seek OCI transfer to the newer US passport (though not mandatory, as one can still carry the old US passport with OCI sticker AND the OCI booklet PLus the new US passport -- till you plan for the transfer at your leisure.)

As far as I know, the passport validity has nothing to do with these rules. Adult passports also expire every 10 years. Between the age of 18 and 50, they could potentially go through 4 passports. Adults can carry their old passport + new passport, while the instructions for children are ambiguous (some places say it MUST be transferred, but the implementation is not strict). It is more to do with appearance, and then secondly to do with carrying multiple passports.

 

[SHJ]

Visa's (OCI being one of them) is issued against the Passport, so in that essence change of passport will trigger the need for the Visa to be reissued to the new Passport. I'm sure some on this thead may have dealt with transfer of Visa's for US born children when their US passports expired, before the expiry of the Tourist visa itself.

As of now OCI is promoted as a Lifelong VISA, and so one can still carry the old US/Foreign Passport with OCI sticker/OCI booket AND the new US/Foreign passport and still travel into India on it. (The OCI sticker/booklet mentions the orginal US passport number, and with the traveller carrying the orginal OLD US passport AND New US/Foreign passport can establish to be the same person who was granted the OCI to begin with. The Passport Number is the key here which binds these docs together.)

Children get shorter passports (5yr), as their facial features needed to recognize them with certanity are changing , and a current passport/set of docs helps Airports identify children while travelling abroad.
So you are right on that aspect, and may well be one of the drivers.