Glossary
Surrender Certificate
Also called: Indian passport surrender certificate
A surrender certificate is the document issued by the High Commission of India confirming that an Indian passport has been surrendered after its holder acquired another citizenship. Indian citizens who acquire another citizenship, such as British, are required under Indian law to surrender their Indian passport. Depending on the date and the rules in force, the surrendered passport may be annotated instead of a separate certificate being issued.
Who needs it
Former Indian citizens who have naturalised as British or another nationality, especially those planning to apply for OCI. The surrender certificate is generally part of a Fresh OCI file, so surrender usually comes first. Anyone who naturalised without a recorded surrender typically starts with surrender, then applies for OCI. The two can be prepared together as one coordinated package.
What Matrix Solutions does
We prepare surrender applications from the UK for £100, or £199 with Fresh OCI as a bundle; this is a UK service through a VFS appointment.
UK service — applications through UK visa centres
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