Reissue of OCI Card Conversion of PIO to OCI

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 ONLINE UPDATION IS SUFFICIENT, (RE-ISSUE OF OCI CARD IS NOT NEEDED):

  • An OCI cardholder has to update the OCI card each time a new passport is issued irrespective of age except the case of reissuance of OCI card.

  • For this purpose, the OCI cardholder has to upload a copy of the new passport containing the photo of the passport holder and also a latest photo on the online system under OCI Miscellaneous services. These documents may be loaded by the OCI cardholder within three months of receipt of the new passport. This service will be provided on Gratis basis.

  • In case of OCI cardholders registered under section 7A(1)(d) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, OCI cardholder spouse shall, in addition to the documents mentioned in (i) above, give a declaration that their marriage is still subsisting. Copy of the Indian passport of the Indian spouse/ passport and OCI card of the OCI cardholder spouse shall also be uploaded in such cases.

  • Immediately on uploading of the documents, an email will be auto sent by the system to the OCI Cardholder confirming that the documents have been successfully uploaded.

  • There will be no restriction on the OCI cardholder to travel to/from India during the period from the date of issue of new passport till the date of final acknowledgement of his/her documents in the online system.

  • Click here for step by step guide
  1. Register online at the link https://ociservices.gov.in/ under OCI Miscellaneous Services.
  2. No physical application is required to be sent to the High Commission.
  3. No new OCI card will be issued.  The updation is online only in this category.
  4. Specification guidelines for uploading of documents: The maximum size allowed for a document file is 500 kb. The document file must be in PDF format. (For sake of comparison, an A-4 size page document color scanned at 100 dots per inch resolution will generate a file of about 200-250 kb). Each category of document must be uploaded in a single file.
  5. The file number in the format with NZLW........U24 are in this category and services provided on Gratis basis
  6. Status can be checked online on https://ociservices.gov.in/statusEnqury
  7. Guide how to check status online click here

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