FRESH OCI APPLICATION (MINOR CATEGORY)

A foreign national, who was eligible to become citizen of India on 26.01.1950 or was a citizen of India on or at any time after 26.01.1950 or belonged to a territory that became part of India after 15.08.1947 and his/her children and grandchildren, provided his/her country of citizenship allows dual citizenship in some form or other under the local laws, is eligible for registration as Overseas Citizen of India.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:

• Duly filled Application form
  Login to http://ociservices.gov.in Applicants need to upload all the requisite documents and photo and signature.
• 2’*2’ white background photos – 2
  Proof of citizenship:
  Applicant passport copy and birth certificate (all Sri Lankan documents in Tamil or Sinhala needs English Translation) and has to be attested by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism Sri Lanka (MOFA). Passport should be valid for at least 6 months from the date of application and in case of foreign passport (country other than Sri Lanka) and age above 12 years residence visa should be valid for 6 months at least
• Cancelled/surrendered Indian Passport person (In case applicant has surrendered Indian passport in or after 2010, they need to submit surrender certificate as well)
• Proof of Address mentioned in Application
  Copy of Electricity bill or NIC card or Telephone bill or water bill in the name of own/spouse/parents/grandparents.
  In case of rented accommodation, Lease/Rent agreement from tenants and No Objection letter from Tenant along with copy of electricity bill/NIC card/Telephone bill/Water Bill mentioning the address of application.
• Document to prove the linkage between the applicant and root Indian origin person mentioned in the application viz. copy of Birth certificate/Certificate of Registration of  
  Father/ Mother
  Grandfather/Grandmother
  Great grandfather/ Great grandmother
  Great great grandfather/ Great great grandmother
  Great great great grandfather / Great great great grandmother
   and copy of citizenship certificate.
  (All document issued by Sri Lankan documents in Tamil or Sinhala should be translated in English and further attested by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism Sri Lanka (MoFA).
• Documents as proof of Indian Origin
  Copy of Indian passport of root person
  Or
  Digital copy of Inherited Land/ Immoveable property documents in India
  Or
  Copy of Inherited Land documents attested from competent Indian authorities
  Or
  Copy of Original Pattabook/ Immoveable property documents
  Or 
  Certificate of Registration issued by Sri Lankan Government
  The Citizenship Act, No 18 of 1948
  or
  The India and Pakistan Residence (Citizenship) Act No 3 of 1949
  or
  The Indo Ceylon Agreement (Implementation) Act No 14 of 1967
  or
  The grant of Citizenship to the Stateless Persons Act no 5 of 1986
  or
  The grant of Citizenship to Stateless Person (Special Provisions) Act no 39 of 1988
  or
  The grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin (Amendment) Act No 35 of 2003   
  [The above documents would be accepted with Citizenship Confirmation obtained from Department for the Registration of persons of Indian Origin (Premises of Department of Immigration and Emigration), Battaramulla and should be attested by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism Sri Lanka (MoFA). ]
                                    or
  India- Sri Lanka Passport/ India- Ceylon Passport
                                 or
  The Registration records maintained at High Commission of India, Colombo OR Assistant High Commission of India, Kandy
• Copy of passport of parent and copy of birth certificate of parents
• Parents Marriage certificate(All document issued by Sri Lankan documents in Tamil or Sinhala should be translated in English and further) attested by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism Sri Lanka (MoFA).

           Note:

Duly filled application along with photocopies of supporting documents     should be submitted at High Commission of India any working day after booking appointment from the official website. (www.hcicolombocpv.in)

All the original documents to be produced at the time of Interview.

• Persons registered as OCI Beneficiaries have not been given any voting rights, election to Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha/Legislative Assembly/Council, holding Constitutional posts such as President, Vice President, Judge of Supreme Court/High Court.
• Any further benefits to OCIs will be notified by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) under section 7B (1) of the Citizenship Act, 1955.
• If it is found that the registration as an OCI Beneficiaries was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of any material fact or the registered OCI has shown disaffection towards the Constitution of India or comes under any of the provisions of section 7D of the Citizenship Act, the registration of such person will not only be cancelled forthwith but he/she will also be blacklisted from visiting India.
• or any clarification/query on the scheme, please visit website ociservices.gov.in
• High Commission of India may ask other necessary documents at the    time of processing of application.

Timing for submission of the OCI applications: