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India rolls out digital e-OCI Cards from July 8: What changes for new applicants and existing cardholdersIndia will issue only digital Overseas Citizen of India cards from July 8, 2026. Existing physical booklets remain valid but are no longer ...
Revised rules for OCI cardholders and minor children holding two passports: Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026 notifiedNew Citizenship Rules for 2026 are here. Minor children cannot hold two passports. OCI registration is now digital, with e-OCI cards. Apply...
Centre fixes OCI card application fee at USD 275, scraps six-month stay ruleThe Indian government has revised OCI card application fees, setting the new OCI card fee at USD 275. Several changes to the application pr...
Received your OCI card and want to open an NPS account? Here’s what you must knowOverseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders, aged 18-70, can invest in the National Pension Scheme (NPS) on either a repatriation or non-r...
Rights of OCI cardholder can't be curtailed arbitrarily: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that the rights of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder cannot be curtailed arbitrarily and that due pr...
Can Indians have dual citizenship? Here's the fine printYou may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign countr...
Indian-Americans welcome revised OCI card rulesThe OCI cardholders will now be required to get their document re-issued only once at the age of 20 instead of multiple times needed to be ...
Expert Take: All your questions about the recent OCI changes, answered.An important modification introduced by the March 2021 circular changes the reporting obligations of OCI cardholders in India. They now hav...
OCI cardholders now required to get document re-issued only once at age of 20Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders will now be required to get their document re-issued only once at the age of 20 instead of mult...
Foreigners married to Indians cannot enjoy OCI status after divorce, Centre tells HCThe woman has challenged in the high court a provision of the Citizenship Act - section 7D(f) - under which a foreign spouse of an Indian n...
Number of OCI cards issued has doubled since last 5 yearsAs many as 3.2 lakh overseas citizens of India (OCI) cards were issued per annum between 2015 and 2021 as compared to an average 1.7 lakh c...
OCI cardholders require special permit if they want to undertake 'Tabligh', media activities: GovtHowever, the Union Home Ministry has given a major concession to OCI cardholders by allowing them parity with Indian nationals in the matte...
Govt allows certain categories of foreigners to enter India amid COVID-19 curbsAmong those allowed entry into India are married couples where one spouse is an OCI cardholder and the other is Indian national, and studen...
Govt allows certain categories of OCI cardholders to visit IndiaMinor children born to Indian nationals abroad and holding OCI cards, couples where one spouse is an OCI cardholder and the other an Indian...
Home Ministry relaxes travel conditions for OCI cardholdersThe Home Ministry has relaxed travel conditions for the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders, in certain age group. An OCI cardh...
Govt relaxes certain guidelines for reissue of OCI cards"In case an OCI card holder who has attained the age of 50 years and got his/her passport renewed subsequently but has not got his/her OCI ...
Bill in Lok Sabha to merge Person of Indian Origin, Overseas Citizenship of India schemesCitizenship (Amendment) Bill 2014 seeks to remove certain lacunae noticed during implementation of 1955 Act & review of provisions relating...