Mandatory requirement of re-issuance of an OCI card each time a new passport is issued to a foreigner up-to 20 years of age and once after completing 50 years of age is dispensed with.

OCI cardholder is required to get the OCI card re-issued only once when a new passport is issued after completing 20 years of age so as to capture his/her facial features, and for those who have changed their personal particulars viz. name, father’s name, nationality and for lost/damage of OCI card.

OCI cardholder is required to upload ONLINE a copy of the new passport and a latest photo each time a new passport is issued upto 20 years of age once after completing 50 years of age. The uploading of these documents on the OCI portal may be done within three months of receipt of the new passport. The service will be [provided pm Gratis [no cost/fee] basis.

Foreign Spouse of an Indian Citizen or spouse of foreign origin of an OCI cardholder are required to upload a copy of the new passport and also a latest photo ONLINE each time a new passport is issued along with a declaration on subsisting of marriage, copy of the Indian passport of the Indian Spouse/passport & OCI card of the OCI cardholder spouse.