Q683. Travel to India with expired

US passport having OCI Visa . . .

Question: Hello Sir/Madam, I obtained OCI card in 2010 with U Visa stamped on the current US passport. I was 62 years of age when I obtained OCI card. Now my US passport will expire in eight months. If I plan to visit India in a year from now is it okay to carry the this passport along with the new US passport that I will need. Do I have to apply for re- issuance of OCI on new passport? Thanks, Prakash Sent from my iPad Answer: You can apply for a re-issuance of OCI visa on your new passport but this is not compulsory. It would be perfectly acceptable and under current rules legal if you simply carried both your new and old passport that has the OCI visa pasted on it. I have personally done this many times. In my case I have had two new passports issued since my passport where my OCI visa is pasted expired. I have made many trips to India carrying my original OCI passport that expired several years ago and new valid passport without any problems at Indian airports. When arriving make sure you present both passports to the immigration officer and also the blue OCI booklet. While some time back the OCI booklet was not asked for at arriving airports, it has now become mandatory and should be with the arriving passenger.