Notes

Applicants applying for Miscellaneous Services, please read
To avail Miscellaneous Service, you must be an existing OCI Card Holder

In case the existing OCI card holder wishes to update the latest information about his latest passport, Change in address/Occupation/Contact details, the OCI card holder can select the option as given below and upload the latest photograph and requisite documents. These details shall be updated into the OCI system records and an acknowledgement shall be shared with OCI card holder on his/her registered email ID. The services under these categories are gratis in nature:

In case issuance of new Passport Details (each time a new passport is issued up to 20 years of age and once after completing 50 years of age)

In case change in address/occupation/contact details.

As per latest MHA guidelines, The re-issuance of new OCI card will be applicable for following categories:

In case of issuance of new passport (once a new passport is issued after completing 20 years of age.)

In case of change of personal particulars viz. name, father's name, nationality etc.

In case of loss/damage of OCI registration certificate.

In case the existing OCI card holder wishes to apply for re-issuance of OCI Card, application form, complete in all respects, along with all relevant enclosures and requisite fee may be submitted to the Indian Mission/Post/Office in whose jurisdiction the applicant is ordinarily residing irrespective of the fact whether the same Indian Mission/Post/Office has issued the original OCI documents or not.

In case the existing OCI card holder wishes to update/upload the latest information about his latest passport, Change in address/Occupation/Contact details, the OCI card holder can select the option/(s) as given below and upload the latest photograph and requisite documents. These details shall be updated into the OCI system records and an acknowledgement shall be shared with OCI card holder on his/her registered email ID. The services under these categories are gratis in nature.

Please fill the fields in BLOCK LETTERS.

Signature/Thumb impression should be confined to the prescribed box. In case of minor applicants, parents should NOT sign in the box.

Photograph be a square shape and it should have plain light color background (not white) without the border with front view of person's head and shoulders showing the full face in middle of the photograph. It should not be stapled and not have any signature.

Photographs that do not conform to these standards will be rejected and may cause a delay in processing the applications. Please see standards of acceptable photographs as Photo Link.

If there are any objections while processing the applications, the same will be displayed on the Online Status Enquiry. Please follow the instructions and send requisite documents to the Indian Mission/ Office where you have applied quoting the File (or Acknowledgement) Number.

After successful registration, copy of Part A and Part B with an online registration number will be printed. Application form on Parts A and B, complete in all respects, along with all relevant enclosures may be submitted to the appropriate office.

Enclosures to be attached with the application:

The documents enclosed with the application should be self attested.

This form when completed should be submitted in original along with photograph, signature and requisite documents.

In India to the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Amritsar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Lucknow, Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) , Ahmedabad and Goa.

Outside India, to the Indian Mission/Post having jurisdiction over the country of which the applicant is a citizen or if he/she is not living the country of his/her citizenship, to the Indian Mission/Post having jurisdiction over the country of which the applicant is ordinarily resident.

After receipt of application in concerned office, a File (or Acknowledgement) Number would be issued to the applicant by way of acknowledgement

The applicant can verify the status of his/her application online by quoting the online Registration Number or File (or Acknowledgement) Number.

Please contact Mission/Office where you have applied for OCI registration after 10 days from the date of dispatch of documents from Delhi or any day after receipt of documents at the Mission/Office whichever is earlier. Please produce your passports(s) and PIO card, if applicable, in person/through authorized person for affixing OCI visa sticker and issuance of registration certificate. In case of applications filed in India with FRRO, applicants should go to the FRRO office in person/through authorized person

For collection of OCI document, the applicant is required to be present at the concerned Indian Mission / FRRO Office in person or he/she can send a duly authorized person, along with his/her passport & PIO card (if any) and the original documents for which self-attested copies were attached at the time of submitting application, for verification purposes.

Please check that all fields in the form are filled in and all necessary enclosures are attached before submission of the form to Indian Mission/Post abroad or FRRO in India.

Concealment of any material fact or false representation etc. will lead to cancellation of registration as Overseas Citizen of India (Please refer to section 7D of the Citizenship Act, 1955).

For Re-print this application, visit : https://ociservices.gov.in

For status Enquiry about your application, visit : https://ociservices.gov.in

Applicants applying for Miscellaneous Services, please note-
There will be re-issue of OCI card only once i.e. when a new passport is issued after completing 20 years of age. This will be as per the existing system of re-issue of OCI cards under OCI Misc. services.

Provision for uploading of a copy of the new passport containing the photo and also a latest photo on the online system each time a new passport is issued up to 20 years of age and once after completing 50 years of age.

In the case of those who have been registered as OCI card holder as spouse of foreign origin of a citizen of India or spouse of foreign origin of an OCI card holder, provision for uploading a copy of the new passport containing the photo and also a latest photo on the online system each time a new passport is issued, along with the following:-

A declaration signed by the OCI card holder and his/ her Indian spouse or OCI card holder spouse to the effect that their marriage is still subsisting.

In case the OCI card holder is the spouse of an Indian citizen, copy of the Indian passport of the Indian spouse.

In case the OCI card holder is the spouse of an OCI card holder, passport & OCI card of the OCI card holder spouse.

OCI card holder may upload the documents within 3 months of issue of new passport. This service will be on gratis basis. A simple form along with provision for uploading these documents to be provided.

On uploading of the documents as at (2) & (3) above, an auto email to be sent by the system to the OCI card holder confirming that the documents have been successfully uploaded.

After verification of the uploaded details by concerned Indian mission/FRRO, an acknowledgement through email to be automatically sent to the OCI card holder informing “Updated details have been taken on record”.

It is mandatory to upload Applicant's image and Applicant's signature image during OCI-Registration

Both the images must be in jpeg or jpg format, with max size 500kb.

The height and width of the Applicant Photo must be equal.

The minimum dimensions are 200 pixels (width) x 200 pixels (height).

The maximum dimensions are 1500 pixels (width) x 1500 pixels (height).

The height and width of the Signature Photo must have aspect ratio 1:3

The minimum dimensions are 200 pixels (width) x 67 pixels (height).

The maximum dimensions are 1500 pixels (width) x 500 pixels (height).

Kindly be ready with both these images before starting the registration process.