Monday 20 June 2016

How to Apply for OCI Card Online for Family?


The facility of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card is availed to the foreigners. It facilitates them right to acquire Indian citizenship. But first, they must give up their foreign country’s citizenship.
Let’s catch its vital information below.

How to apply:
• Application for this card begins with registration. It is 2-tier online and offline process available in Part A and Part B. 

• Out of these, Part A is mandatory that requires online registration. 

To kick-start registration,

• Login through this URL: https://passport.gov.in/oci/welcome to access government’s gateway for OCI registration.

• The screen will display menu bar from which the applicant must click on OCI Registration. 

• Click on the Click Here To Proceed tab below content.

• The next page will display header as All Valid PIO-Card Holders may now register to become OCI-Card Holder. Eight navigation tabs will appear on it. Select New OCI Registration navigation.  

• As the tab is clicked, an instruction for applicant page will pop up. Read the instructions carefully. It mandates uploading applicant’s image and signature image during registration. Also, it mentions guidelines regarding photo size and signature photo size. Click on OK. 

• The next page will display 3 steps for successful registration. It instructs for mandatory filling of Part A; image and signature uploading, completion of Part B; supporting documents to upload at the end of Part B; and submission of  the registration forms’ hard copy at the selected mission office. Provide answer to a simple question and press Enter.

• Select Fresh Application on the popping up next screen. 

• OCI Registration Form window will be displayed. An online form will appear. It will ask to fill Place of submission, Surname, Given name, Sex, DOB, Country of birth, Place of birth, Current nationality, visible mark, marital status, Passport number, Date of issue, Place of issue, Father’s name, Father’s nationality, Mother name and Mother’s nationality. Fill authentic information and click on Save & Continue.

• If the form submission will be flawless, the copy of Part A form will pop up. Along, a registration number will also appear. The applicant must take its print out. 

• Subsequently, form for Part B manifests to download. Take out its hard copy as well to fill it by own hand writing. The writing should be legible and as per norms. 

• Visit the consular office or Indian embassy office in the nearby locality to submit the form with the below mentioned documents. 
Required documents for attachment to apply for OCI card online:

• Present citizenship’s proof

• Evidence of self / parents/ grandparents like copy of passport, domicile certificate, relationship evidence etc..

• School certificate

• Record of property ownership in India

• Birth certificate of parents/ grandparent

• Surrender certificate (stating that the applicant has resigned the citizenship of country other than India.)

• Photographs

Apply For OCI Card: https://www.services2nri.com/OCIOverseasCitizenofIndia

1 comment:

  1. Thank you so much for this useful information. i was looking for some more information related to this, and i found this How to apply for OCI Card ?

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