Washington: The Overseas Citizens of India card holders, while travelling to India, must carry the OCI booklet and their passport having 'U' visa sticker, the Indian Embassy has said. While the OCI card provides its holder a multiple entry, multi-purpose life-long visa for visiting India, in many cases its holders are required to apply for its re-issuance, including re-issuance of new passport for those below 20 and above 50.
"For an applicant who is 21 to 49 years of age, there is no need to re-issue OCI documents each time a new passport is issued. However, if the applicant desires, he/she can request that the OCI documents be re-issued so that the OCI documents reflect the correct passport number," the Embassy said.
For an applicant who is 50 years of age or older, OCI documents must be re-issued once after the issuance of a new passport, the statement said. One should apply for re-issuance of OCI card in case there is a change in personal particulars, loss or damage of passport and/or OCI booklet, for correcting personal details entered wrongly while submitting online applications.
However in case of emergency, the OCI card holder can continue to carry the old passport wherein OCI 'U' visa sticker is pasted along with the new passport and the OCI booklet for visiting India. "It is important for the OCI card holder to carry the OCI booklet along with the passport having U visa sticker. Both these documents should always be in
09:22 AM, Apr 30, 2013
The 11th edition of the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas will end on Wednesday in Kochi with a valedictory address from President Pranab Mukherjee. The president will also present the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards. ...
09:35 AM, Jan 09, 2013
New Delhi: Even with a limited release, Barfi did "remarkable" business in its opening weekend and collected approximately Rs 34.20 crore nett, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh said. This is the breakup of the Barfi business: Friday 9.20 crore, Saturday 11.50 crore, Sun (estimated) Rs 13.5 crore. "Barfi was released in less than 700 cinema halls in India (a tiny release as compared to the biggies)," Adarsh said. "Occupancy at...
12:07 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), is eyeing stake in Russia's ambitious Arctic Ocean oil and gas projects with US supermajor ExxonMobil and Italian energy giant ENI. OVL on May 4 wrote to Russian state oil company Rosneft expressing interest in taking stake in one of the three joint ventures announced to explore for oil and gas beneath Arctic Ocean,...
01:13 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Washington: The United States has issued a fresh travel advisory on overseas travel to its citizens, including India which "continues to experience terrorist and insurgent activities". "India continues to experience terrorist and insurgent activities which may affect US citizens directly or indirectly," the State Department said in its new worldwide travel alert for its citizens. "Anti-Western terrorist groups, some on the US government's list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations, are...
01:11 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai/New Delhi: In a bid to prop up the battered rupee, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday hiked the limit of overseas investments in government bonds and announced a few other measures to improve market sentiments. The limit of overseas investment in government bonds has been raised by $5 billion to $20 billion and that of external commercial borrowings to $10 billion. Certain manufacturing and infrastructure companies that...
09:49 PM, Jun 25, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Friday partially lifted the ban on emigration to Libya more than a year after the country was hit by violence and internal strife. Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi announced the partial lifting of the emigration ban to Libya. The ban on going to Libya for employment was imposed on February 21, 2011 after violence rocked the country. After an interim government has taken over,...
03:12 AM, Jun 16, 2012
Chennai: Breaking a 15-year trend and indicating a change in social profiling, the number of emigrants with ECR (Emigration Check Required) endorsement from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar has since last year surpassed Kerala and Tamil Nadu, so far the largest feeders for overseas employment. According to the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are the states which sent the largest number of workers abroad with ECR endorsement...
05:52 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Indian Overseas Bank, a leading public sector bank with headquarters in Chennai and branches all over India and abroad invites on-line application from Indian citizens for 551 vacancies for various Specialist Officers positions. Registrations start from May 29, 2012 and continue up to June 12, 2012. The vacancies are in different management grades (top/senior/middle) and include risk management, cash management, integrated treasury management, media, economist and information and technology. Only...
05:55 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Mumbai: The depreciating rupee has been giving nightmares to not only the businessmen but to students also, especially those who are hoping to study abroad. For Pune's Pranaav Jadhav, a second year communications student in the US, the rupee's downfall has been a terrible blow. The higher exchange rates mean he has to shell out an additional Rs 50,000 per semester as his tuition fee. Living expenses have also risen...
09:59 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The allocation for Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for 2012-13 was on Friday increased by nearly 40 per cent to Rs 114 crore in the Union Budget as against the last year's Rs 81 crore. Out of the total allocation, Rs 55.37 crore has been given to the Ministry for general expenditure while Rs 20 crore has been allocated under the head 'public works'. Rs 6 crore has...
07:31 PM, Mar 16, 2012
London: Responding to concerns of British citizens holding the status of 'Overseas Citizen of India' (OCI), the UK Foreign Office has clarified that when such citizens are in India, they will continue to be treated as British citizens and offered consular assistance if required. A large number of people of Indian-origin have acquired OCI status after being naturalised as British citizens in the UK. The scheme launched by the Indian...
12:59 AM, Mar 16, 2012
Chennai: Five people were killed in an encounter with the police when they allegedly attempted to rob a bank. Two policemen were also injured in the incident that took place at 1 am on Wednesday night. Acting on a tip-off, a police team surrounded a house in Vandikaran Street in Velachery around 1 am and asked the suspects to come out, a police officer said. The accused opened fire at...
07:50 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Mumbai: Overseas investments by Indian companies stood at $ 797 million in January, with Tata Group, infrastructure major IL&FS and pharma major Lupin emerging as major investors. As many as 418 overseas investment transactions were carried out by various companies last month. However, outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) in the month of January was over 45 per cent less than the $ 1.46 billion figure during December 2011, according to...
07:57 PM, Feb 02, 2012
Mumbai: Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) plans to issue a $1 billion 10-year overseas bond, probably early next year, to fund capital spending and possible acquisitions, three sources with direct knowledge said on Wednesday. Reliance, the largest listed Indian conglomerate, has hired Citigroup (C.N), Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAC.N) and UBS AG (UBSN.VX) for the issue, according to the sources who declined to be named as the information is not public yet....
05:12 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Washington: In support of the three-day fast undertaken by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for peace and communal harmony, members of Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) held fast in more than a dozen cities across the United States. The fast in support of Modi were held in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, Atlanta, St Louis, Chicago, Kentucky, Minnesota, Florida, Texas and California, OFBJP said in a statement. OFBJP...
07:59 AM, Sep 18, 2011
Mumabi: Overseas investments by Indian companies in July was $2.69 billion, with Tata Steel, Crompton Greaves and Glenmark, among the leader players committing investments abroad. The FDI outflows last month is almost half of $5.47 billion outflow in June. According to an RBI data released on Tuesday, as many as 289 overseas investment transactions were carried out by various companies last month, with Sanmar Group International leading the pack. It...
10:37 PM, Aug 02, 2011
New Delhi: The Corporate Affairs Ministry has asked the Registar of Companies (RoC) to inspect the books of accounts of the controversial multi-level marketing company Speak Asia and submit its report to the government by July 10. The Singapore-based company Speak Asia, which is yet to be incorporated as a company in India, would be inspected under section 591 of the Companies Act, which is applicable on companies incorporated outside...
05:35 PM, Jul 03, 2011
New Delhi: Multi-level marketing company Speak Asia on Tuesday said it has received funds from Singapore-based United Overseas Bank, which closed the entity's account last month. "We wish to also inform that more than $16 million is available for use and disbursal as soon as a new account is opened and the banking partner is identified," Speak Asia said in a statement. "We have begun preparing for disbursal of these...
09:41 PM, Jun 07, 2011
Bliberalisation levelled the global consumer-world, a visiting non-resident Indian enjoyed the status of a rock star in Kerala, which accounts for a fifth of non-resident Indians (NRIs). Serpentine queues of friends and family used to wait longingly for the bell-bottomed "Gulf Malayalee" to show up at the airport carrying suitcases laden with perfumes, exotic chocolates and electronic gadgets. After 1991, those goods began to be sold in India and the...
12:22 PM, Mar 24, 2011
