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Going through documents required for an OCI (Adult) application, there is a section for “Proof of Reununciation of Indian citizenship”, which says that the original Indian passport must be provided if one cannot produce proof of renouncing Indian citizenship. So does this imply that if one acquires US citizenship and then applies for OCI, one would have to send their Indian passport, which then supposedly would come back with the stamp “Cancelled as holder acquired US citizenship”?
I am trying to analyze how I ended up in this situation: my wife and I acquired US citizenship in mid-2008 and got our OCI cards in late 2008. My Indian passport has the stamp “Cancelled as holder acquired US citizenship”, but my wife’s does not. Is it the Indian consulate’s fault that they did not put the stamp on my wife’s passport at the time of granting the OCI card?
The problem is that technically my wife cannot produce proof of having renounced Indian citizenship and faces a penalty of $250 because of the rule “If the most recent Indian passport is retained for more than 3 years after acquisition of citizenship of another country, a penalty of $250 is assessed”.
Any ideas? Am I understanding it wrong?
I am trying to analyze how I ended up in this situation: my wife and I acquired US citizenship in mid-2008 and got our OCI cards in late 2008. My Indian passport has the stamp “Cancelled as holder acquired US citizenship”, but my wife’s does not. Is it the Indian consulate’s fault that they did not put the stamp on my wife’s passport at the time of granting the OCI card?
The problem is that technically my wife cannot produce proof of having renounced Indian citizenship and faces a penalty of $250 because of the rule “If the most recent Indian passport is retained for more than 3 years after acquisition of citizenship of another country, a penalty of $250 is assessed”.
Any ideas? Am I understanding it wrong?
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