Please advise on my query

[ocicitizen]

For surrender certificate, I got back the form that I had submitted from the Indian consulate.

The form says "passport cancelled" in the bottom.

Is this form being referred to as surrender certificate? Or is there a separate surrender certificate i should have received from indian consulate?

thanks a lot.

 

[afaafa]

For surrender certificate, I got back the form that I had submitted from the Indian consulate.

The form says "passport cancelled" in the bottom.

Is this form being referred to as surrender certificate? Or is there a separate surrender certificate i should have received from indian consulate?

thanks a lot.

ocicitizen, you need to make sure of two things.

(1) your passport should be cancelled, that means, it should have a stamp which reads something like "cancelled as holder has acquired US citizenship" on the first page and last page.

(2) you should get back one of the two copies of the SC application you sent them,
which should be signed and stamped by a consular person (probably by vice consul) at the bottom of the page, in addition to date stamp and file number.

If you see anything missing, please take care of those issues before applying for OCI. Otherwise your OCI application may be returned after 2 or 3 months.