Indian passport surrender

[forevermore76]

Here's my situation.

2006 - Indian Passport was issued with 10 year validity.
2011 - Acquired first foreign citizenship.
2016 - Indian Passport renewed for 10 year validity from India.
2020 - Acquired second foreign citizenship.

I've used Indian passport once for traveling since 2006(one trip to India in 2016) and have renewed it once between 2006 till now. The current passport expires in 2026. I would like to surrender and be done once and for all but surely it sounds like opening a can of worms.

I have no idea how much financial penalty they will try to impose as there are no clear rules to deal with this situation. Also, if I just traveled to India in 2026 and renewed the passport I would probably be good for another 10 years but if caught, they will probably try to charge me criminally and detain me in India. Honestly don't know if I'll ever travel to India again but I would like to keep the possibility open.

Please let me know if anyone has been in this situation before and how they navigated.

@forw.jane
Hey there! If I do have to travel to India, would you recommend I just get an e-visa? Thanks.

 

[forw.jane]

@forw.jane
Hey there! If I do have to travel to India, would you recommend I just get an e-visa? Thanks.

It's all online process so you would know if it's works or not without submitting your passport in person.

 

[forevermore76]

It's all online process so you would know if it's works or not without submitting your passport in person.

Fair enough. Do I have to select nationality as Canadian if applying from Canada or it doesn't matter?

 

[forw.jane]

Fair enough. Do I have to select nationality as Canadian if applying from Canada or it doesn't matter?

It will be based on the passport you using for getting evisa.

 

[MaheshS$91]

Hey, first post here.

I'm submitting passport surrender on behalf of my wife and wanted to ask if the DD for postal application can be created using my bank account or has to be wifes?

I think the draft has the name of the account holder at the bottom and if that is something that can cause BLS to not process the application.

Thanks in advance.

 

[forw.jane]

Hey, first post here.

I'm submitting passport surrender on behalf of my wife and wanted to ask if the DD for postal application can be created using my bank account or has to be wifes?

I think the draft has the name of the account holder at the bottom and if that is something that can cause BLS to not process the application.

Thanks in advance.

For non working spouse other spouse create it from there account. Same for kids. Not an issue.