OCI Miscellaneous Services

You can apply for this service if you have been:

1. Issued of new passport
2. Change of personal particulars viz. nationality etc;
3. Filling of wrong personal particulars while submitting online application viz. name, father's name date of birth etc.
4. Change of address/occupation of the OCI cardholder/significant change appearance

NOTE: After the launch of e-OCI card, an OCI card holder obtaining a new passport on attaining the age of 20 years shall update their passport particulars on the online system and also give their biometrics information to the Indian Mission/Post/FRRO concerned at the time of updation of the details on the online system or at the time of first entry or departure, as the case may be, after such updation of the details. It has accordingly been decided to discontinue the reissuance of OCI card on obtaining a new passport after attaining the age of 20 years.

1. The applicant shall access the OCI Services Portal (www.ociservices.gov.in) and log in using valid credentials.
2. Upon login, the applicant shall select "Apply for Miscellaneous Services", which shall open the relevant application module. 3. Applicant shall submit application for the following services: 4. Upon grant of Miscellaneous service by Indian Mission/Post/FRRO, the system shall generate an updated e-OCI card registration incorporating the approved changes. 5. An automated notification shall be sent to the applicant informing that the updated e-OCI card registration is available for download. 6. The updated e-OCI card registration shall be securely stored and linked to the applicant's profile.
   
   7. Download of the updated e-OCI card registration shall be enabled through authenticated access on the portal. 8. Access controls shall ensure secure retrieval of the document.

Important Points: 1. Consular surcharge of EUR 3 shall be levied on all OCI services and must be paid along with OCI fee, as specified in the fee details section. 3. The online application for OCI must be completed online as described in the How to Apply section below. 4. All the personal particulars / data entries of the OCI application should match with the current Passport. The name of parents & spouse should match as mentioned in their Indian Passport (if held). 5. During the online form filling on the OCI portal, all the supporting documents should be uploaded on the OCI portal. In case of any error / changes, please fill a fresh new online application form.

IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE NOTED

In other cases, when an OCI cardholder receives renewed passport each time, he/she may upload a copy of the new passport and latest photo of size 51mm x 51mm at https://ociservices.gov.in/ under the OCI Miscellaneous Services category.

If an OCI cardholder applies for updation within 3 months of receipt of the new passport, the service is provided without any charges of fee. In other cases, when an OCI cardholder applies for updation of passport particulars more than three months after the issuance of a new passport, the application will be processed only upon receipt of the prescribed fee of €26, payable online to Embassy’s designated bank account.

The applicant is required to visit the Embassy after payment of the fee. After making the payment, the applicant must upload the payment receipt and request form on the OCI portal to enable further processing of the application. Further, upon update of the new passport details on the OCI Services Portal, the revised passport particulars shall automatically stand reflected on the e-OCI record, thereby eliminating the requirement for the OCI Cardholder to carry the old passport for verification purposes.

Similarly, all other relevant particulars of the OCI Cardholder shall remain digitally updated in the e-OCI system on a real-time basis, unlike the existing physical booklet system where details remain static unless a fresh booklet is issued.

In case of OCI cardholders registered under Foreign Spouse category, apart from the copy of the new passport containing the photo of the passport holder and a latest photo, the OCI cardholder and his/her Indian spouse / passport and OCI cardholder and declaration stating that their marriage is still subsisting should be submitted. 

1. These documents may be uploaded by the OCI cardholder within 3 months of receipt of the new passport. This service is provided without any charges of fee.
2. Auto generated email will be automatically sent to the applicant confirming that documents have been successfully uploaded.
3. There will be no restriction on the OCI cardholder to travel to/from India during the period from the date of issue of new passport till the date of final acknowledgement of his/her documents in the online system. There is no requirement of submission of application at the Embassy.