List of supporting docs for minor child OCI
Just letting you know that this list is based on the following background about my family: I am ethnically Indian and used to have Indian citizenship before becoming a US citizen and I have OCI now. My wife is and always was American (with no Indian heritage). So based on this, these are the docs we submitted for our minor son's OCI application.
This is the complete OCI submission package that consisted of two application sets:
1. First application set:
- completed Travisa order form [I stapled all these Travisa order form pages as 1 unit]
- Bank treasurer's check for $290 (i.e., $278 + $12) in favor of "Travisa Outsourcing"
- Envelope with 2 additional passport photos of my son (labeled the envelope with my son's name and his USANI number)
- completed OCI application in original with attached photo and son's thumbprint on Part A. My wife and I signed twice in Part B like I had mentioned earlier. [I stapled all the pages of this OCI application as 1 unit.]
- copy of my son's US passport picture/info page + endorsement/amendment pages. [I stapled all these US passport pages together as one unit.]
- copy of my US passport picture/info page + endorsement/amendment pages. [I stapled all these US passport pages together as one unit.]
- copy of my wife's US passport picture/info page + endorsement/amendment pages. [I stapled all these US passport pages together as one unit.]
- copy of my former Indian passport pages (first three pages and last two pages with my parents' names on them) [I stapled all these former Indian passport pages together as one unit.]
- copy of my son's US birth certificate (for proof of my son's relationship to me and my wife)
- second copy of my son's US birth certificate (for proof of his OCI eligibility through me)
- second copy of my former Indian passport pages (same pages as earlier and this was for proof of his OCI eligibility through me) [like before, I stapled all these former Indian passport pages together as one unit.]
- copy of my US driver's license (proof of my son's father's address).
- copy of my wife's US driver's license (proof of my son's mother's address).
- FedEx envelope with prepaid Return Label attached [I created a FedEx account online and linked that to my credit card. Then I was able to generate a Return Label online and print it out]
- copy of the above FedEx Return Label
I used a binder clip to clip all these above docs as one set in the above order.
2. Second application set:
- photocopy of the Part A page from above that already had my son's thumbprint. I then attached his photo in the appropriate space in this Part A. My wife and I signed in original twice in Part B like I had mentioned earlier. [stapled all the pages as 1 unit.]
- copy of my son's US passport picture/info page + endorsement/amendment pages. [stapled all these pages as one unit.]
- copy of my US passport picture/info page + endorsement/amendment pages. [stapled all these pages as one unit]
- copy of my wife's US passport picture/info page + endorsement/amendment pages. [stapled all these pages as one unit]
- copy of my former Indian passport pages [stapled all these pages as one unit]
- copy of my son's US birth certificate
- second copy of my son's US birth certificate
- second copy of my former Indian passport pages [stapled all these pages as one unit]
- copy of my US driver's license.
- copy of my wife's US driver's license.
- copy of the FedEx Return Label
I used a binder clip to clip all these above docs as a second (i.e., duplicate) set.
Important things to note:
1. Even though I used FedEx as my return carrier, I submitted the entire OCI package to Travisa using USPS Priority Mail with signature confirmation. Much less expensive and very efficient.
2. Make sure you attach the bar coded Travisa address label to the front of the OCI submission package envelope to Travisa. This Travisa address label gets generated when you complete their order form online.
3. Make sure you self-attest every single page of every single supporting doc. I also wrote at the top of each document what the purpose of that doc was for. e.g. On copies of my former Indian passport pages, I wrote at the top: "Copy of <MY SON'S NAME>'s father's former Indian passport for proof of OCI eligibility"
4. Make sure you get a clear imprint of your child's left thumbprint. I made several copies of Part A because it took me several attempts to get a clear thumbprint inside that box on Part A. I did this when my son was asleep because it was easiest then. Once I got a clear thumbprint for Part A, I just made a photocopy of that page for the duplicate set's Part A.
5. For anyone reading this and is in the same boat as me where my wife never held Indian citizenship or passport, I wrote a note on my wife's US passport page copies that she never held Indian citizenship or passport. This is in case they wonder why we did not submit copies of my wife's former Indian passport which, of course, never existed. I did this to try to be as clear to these people what the situation was. I also wrote this same info about my wife on the copies of my former Indian passport as well.
6. Travisa says not to staple your docs and instead use paper clips. I felt this could cause problems if the paper clips came off and the pages got shuffled and mixed up. This is why I individually stapled anything that had multiple pages as a single unit. Then I binder clipped all forms and supporting docs together to create one set of application and supporting docs. Of course, you will have to create two sets for this submission.
Hope this helps. Good luck! BTW, I just checked today and my son's OCI just got granted
