The Overseas Citizens of India card holders, while travelling to India, must carry the OCI booklet and their passport having ‘U’ visa sticker, the Indian Embassy has said.
While the OCI card provides its holder a multiple entry, multi-purpose life-long visa for visiting India, in many cases its holders are required to apply for its re-issuance, including re-issuance of new passport for those below 20 and above 50.
“For an applicant who is 21 to 49 years of age, there is no need to re-issue OCI documents each time a new passport is issued. However, if applicant desires, he/she can request that the OCI documents be re-issued so that the OCI documents reflect the correct passport number,” the Embassy said.