Q.1156 OCI Transfer for British National of age 48 . . .

Question: HI I am British national by birth and 48 years old and have a oci but UK passport is due to expire in 2019 what do i do bout my oci.. will still be able to travel if i take my old passport with my new passport with my current oci or do i need to get a new oci kind regards raj rana Answer: Kindly be advised that while there is no need now to transfer OCI to new passport, there is a requirement to get fresh OCI documents for those who are 50 years or older when their previous passport with OCI expires. OCI documents must be re-issued once when an applicant is 50 or more years of age after the issuance of a new passport. There is no requirement now to transfer OCI visa to new passport. This information was posted on our website some time back. For more information on this see question/answer number 829 in the FAQ Section of Nri Information. Here is a link to the page: http://nriinformation.com/questions12/question829.htm

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