We offer a Surrender certificate help service and have partnered with Reload OCI. We will complete all of the paperwork and formalities on your behalf and make a booking at VFS for you and manage the complete process of surrendering your Indian passport to the Indian High Commission and VFS centers all over the UK
In your appointment, we will also go ahead and take the Surrender Certificate passport photo to include in your application and we will also scan and upload them to your application as well as provide all printouts.
So why wait? Make a booking for Surrender Certificate help and visit us in Paddington now:
Make a Booking to visit us for Surrender Certificate HelpAccording to the 1955 Indian Citizenship Act, people of Indian origin are not allowed to have dual citizenship. The law requires you to surrender and let go of your Indian passport at the nearest VFS center in other to relinquish your Indian citizenship and they are beginning to charge penalties for not doing this, so please get on this within 6 months of receiving your UK passport – it is NOW a MUST.
1955 Indian Citizenship Act
Your British Naturalization certificate is your proof of British Citizenship and you received your certificate after you had your final ceremony in the UK.
As soon as you receive your Naturalization certificate – the clock is ticking and you only have 6 months to renounce your Indian passport and acquire your Surrender certificate to avoid being fined.
Once you get your Surrender Certificate, you can then apply for your OCI, and that is as good as an Indian Passport as it is a lifetime visa to India for UK citizens.
So let us take care of all of the formalities and get you your surrender certificate. Best of all, we can now get your surrender certificate and OCI application completed at the same time – so please book below if you only wish to obtain your surrender certificate OR your surrender certificate and OCI at the same time.