Dubai Indian Consulate issues new guidelines

Indian Consulate in Dubai has issued new guidelines for Overseas Indian Citizens. Advisory follows Indian government revising instructions for reissuance of OCI cards

OCI card is a long-term visa for Indian-origin people to be in India with citizenship of other countries.
The mission said OCI card holders, who are required to upload their new passport details online as per the latest revision of the Indian government’s guidelines for OCI card reissuance, may do it for free within three months after receiving the new passport.

As per the latest guidelines relaxing the rules for OCI cards, these cards have to be reissued only once when a new passport is issued after the cardholder completes 20 years of age. This is to capture the cardholder’s facial features on attaining adulthood.

Last month, the Indian government had also decided to do away with the requirement of reissuance of OCI cards if a person has obtained registration as OCI cardholder after attaining the age of 20 years.

There is no requirement of reissuance of an OCI card each time a new passport is issued to a foreigner [person of Indian origin holding a foreign passport] up to 20 years of age and once after the card holder completes 50 years of age.

“OCI card holders are required to upload online a copy of the new passport and latest photo each time a new passport is issued up to 20 years of age, and once after completing 50 years of age. The uploading of these documents maybe done within three months of receipt of the new passport. The service will be provided on gratis basis (without any fee),” stated the consulate.