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Miscellaneous Services for OCI Scheme |
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1. The Overseas Citizenship of 2. Subsequent
to the launch, suggestions/representations have been received from Indian
Missions/Posts and registered OCIs regarding facilities/procedures for
re-issuance of OCI registration certificate/visa in certain situations viz: (i)
In
case of issuance of new passport. (ii)
In
case of change of personal particulars viz. nationality etc., (iii)
In
case of loss/damage of OCI registration certificate/visa. (iv)
In
case of filling of wrong personal particulars while submitting online
applications viz. name, father’s name, date of birth etc., (v)
In
case of manually filled in applications (discontinued now) mistakes have been
committed by the Indian Mission/Post/Office while entering the personal
particulars. (vi)
In
case of change of address/occupation 3. The
above-mentioned suggestions and representations have been duly considered and
it has been decided to launch an on-line supplemental service, namely the OCI Miscellaneous Services from 01.01.2008,
which can be availed by all
registered OCIs. The OCI Miscellaneous Services have been made available
on the Ministry’s website MHA OCI page. 4. The salient
features of the OCI Miscellaneous Services and the procedures there under are
given below:- SALIENT
FEATURES This service can be availed for
re-issuance/issuance of duplicate OCI documents in the following category of
cases: (i)
In
case of issuance of new passport. (ii)
In
case of change of personal particulars viz. nationality etc., (iii)
In
case of loss/damage of OCI registration certificate/visa. (iv)
In
case of filling of wrong personal particulars while submitting online
application viz. name, father’s name, date of birth etc., (v)
In
case of manually filled in applications (discontinued now) mistakes have been
committed by the Indian Mission/Post/Office while entering the personal
particulars. (vi)
In
case of change of address/occupation I. In
case of issuance of new passport OCI
registration certificate and visa carries the passport number of the registered
OCI. Accordingly, each time a new
passport is issued to an OCI holder, it has to be captured on the registration
certificate and visa. This would require
re-issuance of OCI registration certificate and visa each time a new passport
is issued. However, as the major benefit
of OCI Scheme is life long visa to visit (i)
Up
to the completion of 20 years of age, OCI documents have to be re-issued each
time a new passport is issued. (ii)
After
the completion of 50 years of age, OCI documents have to be re-issued once after issuance of a new passport. (iii)
Between
21-50 years of age, there is no need to seek re-issuance of OCI documents each
time a new passport is issued. However,
if the applicant desires, he may avail the service for re-issuance of OCI
documents. II. In case of change of personal particulars viz. name,
nationality etc./Filing of wrong personal particulars while submitting online
application In case of change of personal
particulars/wrong filing of personal particulars while submitting online
application, OCI holders may seek re-issuance of OCI documents by availing the
services. They have to enclose the documentary evidence for the change of the
personal particulars. However, in case of change of photograph without the
change of the passport, personal interview shall be taken by the Competent
Authority before the grant of the service. III. In case of Loss/damage of OCI registration
certificate/visa. In case of loss of OCI documents,
a copy of the complaint filed with the Police authorities shall be
enclosed. Personal interview of the applicant shall be taken by the Competent
Authority before the grant of the service. IV.
In case of filling of wrong personal particulars while submitting
online application viz. name, father’s name, date of birth etc., In case of filling of wrong
personal particulars while submitting the online application, OCI holders may
seek re-issuance of OCI documents by availing the services. They have to
enclose the documentary evidence for the correct personal particulars. V. In case of mistakes committed by the Indian Mission/Post/Office while
entering the personal particulars of manually filled applications (now
discontinued). Since the mistake is committed by
the Indian Mission/Post/Office, no fee shall be charged for re-issuance of OCI
documents. VI. In
case of change of address/occupation In case of change of address/occupation, new set of OCI documents will
not be issued. The applicant may take a print out of the new
address/occupation after online submission and keep for record purposes. No fee
shall be charged from the applicant. PROCEDURE TO BE
FOLLOWED BY THE APPLICANT A software module has been
developed by NIC named as OCI
Miscellaneous Services. The public interface for this has been hosted on
MHA’s website: MHA OCI Page.
The procedure to be followed by the applicant is as under: (1) After
accessing the OCI Miscellaneous Services and going through the Guidelines
and Instructions for filing the application form, the applicant has to
fill in at least one of the following data fields: (i)
U-Visa
number (ii)
OCI
Registration number (iii)
OCI
File number (2) Thereafter,
the applicant has to fill in all the following fields: (i)
Current
Passport number (ii)
Date
of birth (iii)
Place
of birth (iv)
Mother’s
name The applicant would be able to proceed ahead and seek the particular
service(s) only if, the above data
(except 2 (i) above) matches with the OCI database.
This feature has been incorporated as a security measure so that the
scheme is not misused. (3) The applicant, thereafter has to select any
one or many of the following services: (i)
Change of Passport particulars (ii)
Change of Personal particulars (iii)
Loss/damage of OCI certificate/visa (iv)
Change of Address/Occupation (4) After
selection of the service(s) to be availed, a Registration Form will appear
having only the relevant fields, which need to be entered as per the services
(s) sought. The applicant has to fill
in all the relevant fields afresh online. The reasons for availing the services shall
also be filled by the applicant. (5) Upon
submission of the Registration Form, a hard copy of the application with
Reference number along with the instructions for filling application form shall
be printed. The applicant has to sign
the application form, paste the photograph and append his signature in the box
provided and submit one copy of the application form along with the
relevant enclosures and fee as mentioned in the instructions. The application can be submitted to the Consulate's outsourcing agency, M/s Travisa Outsourcing
on their website www.travisaoci.com. Each applicant shall submit separate application form. No hard copy of the application
shall be generated in case of change of address/occupation since no application
needs to be submitted to the
Indian Mission/Post/Office. (6)
Enclosures (i)
Copy
of OCI registration certificate and visa (a) In case of issuance of new
passport, copy of
U-visa pasted on the old passport along with copy of registration certificate
has to be enclosed. If the old passport
is not returned by the concerned authorities while issuing new passport and
copy of the U-visa had not been taken prior to the surrender of old passport,
they may not be enclosed. A copy of new
passport also to be enclosed. (b) In case of loss of OCI
Registration Certificate and/or Visa, copy of the complaint lodged with Police authorities and
copy of visa and registration certificate to be enclosed. If a copy of the
registration certificate and/or visa was not taken prior to the loss, they may
not be enclosed. (c) In case of change of personal
particulars (due
to change by the applicant or wrong filling of particulars by the applicant or
Indian Mission/Office), copy of the document (s) relevant for affecting the
requisite changes viz. Nationality Certificate in case of change of nationality
etc to be enclosed. (d) In respect of the service for
change of address/occupation, no hard copy of the application shall be submitted to
the Indian Mission/Post/Office.
Accordingly, the issue of Enclosures and payment of fee does not arise. (ii)
Fees (a) US $ 25 by Money Order/Cashier
Cheque drawn in favour of CGI, Houston for re-issuance of OCI documents in case
of issuance of new passport, change of personal particulars, wrong filing of
particulars. (b) US $ 100 by Money Order/Cashier
Cheque drawn in favour of CGI, Houston for issuance of duplicate OCI documents
in case of loss/damage. (Both
OCI registration certificate and visa shall be issued in respect of any/all
service (s)). (c) Mailing Charge: Please add $ 20/- to the fee
towards return mail charge. (d) Refund: No fee shall be refunded if the
requisite service(s) are not granted.
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