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VISA
and CONSULAR SERVICES
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Under Indian legal provisions, Persons of Indian origin (PIO) who
have acquired Foreign citizenship on or after 01-06-2010 are
required to submit declaration of renunciation of Indian
citizenship and surrender their Indian Passports to the nearest
Indian Mission/Post immediately after acquisition of foreign
citizenship. Those PIOs who became foreign nationals before
01-06-2010
are required only to surrender their Indian Passports to the
nearest Indian Mission/Post and obtain a surrender certificate.
Those PIOs who became foreign nationals before 01-06-2010 are
not required to apply for renunciation of Indian citizenship.
The Indian Citizenship Act does not allow dual citizenship.
Holding Indian passport/acquiring Indian passport/traveling on
Indian passport after acquisition of foreign citizenship
constitutes an offence under the Passport Act and attracts
penalties. The schedule of penalties can be seen at this
link
and
the frequently asked questions on imposition of penalties can be
seen at this
link.
The prescribed form for declaration of renunciation is attached
below.
In view of this legal provision all concerned foreign nationals of
Indian origin applying for Indian visa, OCI/PIO card or other
consular services are required to immediately surrender their
Indian passports (valid/Expired) to the Embassy of India, The
Hague. They would be issued an acknowledgement/surrender
certificate in lieu of depositing their Indian passports.
A fee of Euro 185 is charged from applicants for applying
renunciation of Indian citizenship and issue of renunciation
certificate. The required service fee for surrender certificate
is Euro 12 and the certificate will be issued in 5 working days.
Penalty cases would take more time.
Applicants are requested to keep in tact the
renunciation/surrender certificate issued by the Embassy in
their personal custody as a copy of the same has to be produced
every time for availing any kind of visa/consular service.
The full details of the above can be seen at the website of the
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, at the URL:
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/Citi_Rule-2009.pdf
The form for renunciation of the Indian nationality can be
downloaded from
here.
The form for surrender of Indian Passport can be downloaded from
here.
The list of persons whose passports,
OCI Cards and PIO Cards are ready for collection can now be checked online.
Please click
here to see if your
document is ready for collection.
In accordance with the guidelines
of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) this Mission has started
issuing machine readable printed passports. In accordance with the same
guidelines most countries will not allow entry of persons with handwritten
passports except when they possess emergency documents after 2014. Issuances of
these passports takes two-three weeks of processing time. Members of the Indian
Community are advised to apply well in advance for new passport to give the
Embassy necessary processing time. All Indian passport holders are also advised
to convert their passports to machine readable passports before the due date of
2014.
The Consular Section of the Embassy is open from Monday to
Friday except public holidays in the morning from 1000 hrs to
1200 hrs. The address details of the Consular Section are given
below:
Consular Wing
Embassy of India
Buitenrustweg 2
2517 KD The Hague
The Netherlands
Telephone: 070- 3469771 Extension: 208/213
Fax: 070-3617072/3462594/3562523
Telephone enquiries by the Consular Wing are entertained between
1600 hrs to 1700 hrs only. Callers are requested to first dial
the main number, 070-3469771, and then the extension number
after the recorded message.
Applicants
are advised not to send any kind of documents/applications for
any kind of Consular service by post/courier to the Embassy as
the same would not be entertained.
Visas
Visa
Form
Visa
Frequently asked questions related to business/employment visas for India
Frequently asked questions related to tourist visas
Additional instructions on tourist visas
Frequently asked questions related to student visas
Passports
Legalization/Registration of Birth
New
Passport/Passport Renewal/Duplicate Passport forms
Miscellaneous
Service Form
Persons of Indian Origin
(PIO) Card Scheme
PIO Card Form
Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
OCI - Steps to Apply
OCI
- Additional information
Nativity Certificate for OCI Card applicants
Photo
Specifications for OCI Applications
Charges for Consular/Passport
Services
Information for Travelers
Travellers may kindly note
that use of any satellite phone without prior approval of
Department of Telecommunictions, Government of India, is not
permitted. The use/operation of any telegraph services/devices
including wireless in India is regulated by the Indian Telegraph
Act, 1885. As per the existing guidelines issued by the
Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India,
Inmarsat Satphones excluding BGAN system can be used by the
Government, Corporate Houses, Members of the Mountaineering
Expedition and other such categories with prior permission
from DoT. Thuraya Satphone service is not permitted in
India.
Anyone using
any telegraphic devices including Satphone without authorization
violates Section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and he/she
can be penalized under Section 20 and 21 of the said Act.
In case satellite phones
are brought to India in baggage/hand baggage, those satellite
phones without licence from DoT would be detained/confiscated by
the Customs authorities as per the existing procedures till the
time the holder of the satellite phone is able to produce a
licence issued by DoT. In case of import of cargo, a
declaration is to be given by the person importing the goods
about details of goods.
Registration of Non-resident Indians
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