Indian passport surrender
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Hello Everyone,
My wife recently had a baby. She cannot travel to surrender her Indian passport. Can I go on her behalf?
My wife recently had a baby. She cannot travel to surrender her Indian passport. Can I go on her behalf?
Hello! Has anyone recently submitted Surrender application to Ottawa via walk-in? How is the wait time? If we walk-in do they give option to drop off or it has to be pickup only? What is the processing time? 8 weeks?
I couldn't find the postal link so I guess I'll just walk in.
I couldn't find the postal link so I guess I'll just walk in.
It should work. As an additional measure take a letter of authorization. There is no specific format for it.
Be prepared for multiple trips if they not satisfied with the documents.
Hello,
What is the current processing times for Surrender certificate for VC jurisdiction.. I applied on Dec 15th still waiting. Further more to add, I have tried logging into the Embassy portal status seems to unchanged since last 2 weeks :
Surrender certificate is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate
What is the current processing times for Surrender certificate for VC jurisdiction.. I applied on Dec 15th still waiting. Further more to add, I have tried logging into the Embassy portal status seems to unchanged since last 2 weeks :
Surrender certificate is under review at Indian Embassy/Consulate
They have slowed for OCI, looks like similar thing happening for Surrender. 6-8 weeks would be the processing time you should look forward to.
Still under review for me BLs ottawa walking Nov22. any updates at ur end? thanks
Just FYI - on eVisa and SC: We got the following reply from eVISA India team:
Dear Applicant,
Prior to submitting an application for an e-Visa, it is mandatory to initiate the process of "renouncing Indian citizenship."
Regards
e-Visa support Team
From: Self
To: "e-TV Support Team" <indian-evisa@gov.in>
Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2024 1:56:07 AM
Subject: Fwd: OCI and SC Query
Dear Applicant,
Prior to submitting an application for an e-Visa, it is mandatory to initiate the process of "renouncing Indian citizenship."
Regards
e-Visa support Team
From: Self
To: "e-TV Support Team" <indian-evisa@gov.in>
Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2024 1:56:07 AM
Subject: Fwd: OCI and SC Query
What was your question sent to them?
Your subject was oci and sc query but you are telling about e-visa..
Question was:
Could you let me know if traveling to India on e-VISA without having obtained the Surrender Certificate first, is allowed?
I am in Canada and have acquired Canadian citizenship and would like to apply and request an OCI and Surrender Certificate (SC). Considering the wait times for processing, I was thinking to parallelly apply for India e-VISA for a family visit, and also Apply for a Surrender Certificate (which is an e-requisite for OCI)?
I was thinking of traveling to India on e-VISA while the Surrender Certificate is in progress and once I am back in Toronto after the Trip to India on e-Visa, I wanted to start the Fresh OCI application process upon getting the Surrender Certificate.
Could you please let me know?
Thanks
They gave you the safest answer. Evisa is available to all Canadian citizens even though they may or may not be of Indian origin. At port of entry they cannot keep asking everyone do you have Indian passport and did you surrender it. If it was mandatory they would have made it a prerequisite for the visa. For e.g. Entry visa has SC as a prerequisite.