I used to be an Indian citizen and later became a naturalized US citizen. Still have my (now expired) Indian passport which I never surrendered. I have a valid Indian tourist visa that I got 3 years ago which is valid for another 7 years. My 11-year old daughter (US-born, US-citizen) used to have an Indian tourist visa which just expired. We need to visit my parents at the end of July. My questions -
(a) My daughter is of Indian-origin clearly, so needs an Entry Visa. The problem is that they will ask for my Indian passport to prove she is of Indian-origin, and that passport has not been canceled since I never did the Indian citizenship renunciation. But it is clearly against rules for me to claim she is not of Indian-origin (to bypass the problem, and get a tourist visa instead of an entry visa) because she obviously is.
(b) What happens to my own tourist visa? Will it work for travel to India? Or will they take one look at me and tell me I need an entry visa and not let me into the country?
What is the smoothest way to make this work so we can visit India as planned.
(a) My daughter is of Indian-origin clearly, so needs an Entry Visa. The problem is that they will ask for my Indian passport to prove she is of Indian-origin, and that passport has not been canceled since I never did the Indian citizenship renunciation. But it is clearly against rules for me to claim she is not of Indian-origin (to bypass the problem, and get a tourist visa instead of an entry visa) because she obviously is.
(b) What happens to my own tourist visa? Will it work for travel to India? Or will they take one look at me and tell me I need an entry visa and not let me into the country?
What is the smoothest way to make this work so we can visit India as planned.
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