How to get an Apostille for OCI Purpose

OCI full form is (Overseas Citizen of India), its a card issued by the Indian government to the Indian diaspora. OCI helps the card holder to enter and exit India without holding a visa.

Why Do We Need an Apostille for OCI Process ?

Apostille is a type of legalization process which makes documents acceptable in foreign countries. Apostille is done to documents which need to be utilized in foreign countries.

If your document has apostille it means

  • Your Documents are genuine
  • Your Documents are issued by competent authority.
  • Contents of the documents are correct

The apostille helps the foreign country to accept documents without any suspicion of fraud.

Depending on the category you are applying under for OCI, You need different documents that need legalize.

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Process of Getting foreign document apostille in India

OCI full form is (Overseas Citizen of India), its a card issued by the Indian government to the Indian diaspora. OCI helps the card holder to enter and exit India without holding a visa.

  1. Collect all the Original documents you want to apostille for OCI (Birth certificate, Marriage certificate etc.. )
  2. Register for in the Application portal for Apostille
  3. After registering Submit your Original documents  Along with the passport scan copy ( Supporting documents )
  4. Get the original documents with Apostille 

Eligibility Criteria for OCI

If you are applying for OCI ( overseas citizen of India) see that you fall under any of these categories only then you will be eligible to apply for OCI.

A foreign national, who was eligible to become a citizen of India on 26.01.1950 or was a citizen of India on or at anytime after 26.01.1950 or belonged to a territory that became part of India after 15.08.1947 his/her children and grandchildren, is eligible for registration as an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI).

If your parents or grandparents were born in india as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935

Spouse of OCI eligible candidate. Whose marriage is registered and subsisted for a continuous period of not less than two years.

OCI Application in India

OCI Application should be submitted to FRRO (The Foreigners Registration Office ) in india 

Apostille is mandatory for the proof of relationship 

apostille birth certificate for oci card, apostille marriage certificate oci Etc 

Hospital issued birth certificates will not be accepted.

There are 12 FRRO Office in India 

  1. FRRO Ahmedabad
  2. FRRO Amritsar
  3. FRRO Bangalore
  4. FRRO Calicut
  5. FRRO Chennai
  6. FRRO Cochin
  7. FRRO Delhi
  8. FRRO Hyderabad
  9. FRRO Kolkata
  10. FRRO Lucknow
  11. FRRO Mumbai
  12. FRRO Trivandrum 

You can apply for OCI in the FRRO office near you.