Loss Of US Passport

[Rpun]

Hello,

I am a 28 year old OCI holder. I lost my USA passport and filed for a replacement passport which I have gotten, the new passport does not have the OCI stamp in it. IS there some form I have to fill out or any procedures i need to to get the stamp in the new passport, or is holding the OCI card + new USA passport enough for travel to India?

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks.

[areceej]

Hello,

I am a 28 year old OCI holder. I lost my USA passport and filed for a replacement passport which I have gotten, the new passport does not have the OCI stamp in it. IS there some form I have to fill out or any procedures i need to to get the stamp in the new passport, or is holding the OCI card + new USA passport enough for travel to India?

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks.

I think they changed their rules on that so you don't need to have the Visa stamp as long as you have the OCI card. Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong. I saw this on the CKGS site:


---From now on, registered OCI cardholders would carry their valid foreign passport and the OCI Registration Certificate for entry/exit from India. Immigration authorities in the Immigration Checkposts (ICPs) have been requested not to insist on production of the foreign passport containing the 'U' visa sticker in the case of OCI cardholders while they enter/exit India and the immigration clearance may be granted based on production of the OCI card and a valid passport.

---All existing OCI cardholders and new applicants for an OCI card are requested to take note of the aforementioned changes.

[CKGS Visa Services]

Hello,

I am a 28 year old OCI holder. I lost my USA passport and filed for a replacement passport which I have gotten, the new passport does not have the OCI stamp in it. IS there some form I have to fill out or any procedures i need to to get the stamp in the new passport, or is holding the OCI card + new USA passport enough for travel to India?

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks.

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[proonindiandoc]

I think they changed their rules on that so you don't need to have the Visa stamp as long as you have the OCI card. Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong. I saw this on the CKGS site:


---From now on, registered OCI cardholders would carry their valid foreign passport and the OCI Registration Certificate for entry/exit from India. Immigration authorities in the Immigration Checkposts (ICPs) have been requested not to insist on production of the foreign passport containing the 'U' visa sticker in the case of OCI cardholders while they enter/exit India and the immigration clearance may be granted based on production of the OCI card and a valid passport.

---All existing OCI cardholders and new applicants for an OCI card are requested to take note of the aforementioned changes.

the new OCI card is issue without additional visa sticker on your current passport, but if yours were old version OCI you must apply OCI Misc. lost/stolen passport with $135 to CKGS. to verify your OCI version, look at the last page OCI card on the top left corner, if you see "life time visa" it mean the OCI card is new version and worry free if you have lost/damaged current passport, at any time to travel to India just need current passport and OCI card