IMPORTANT NOTICE
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Under Indian legal provisions, Persons of Indian origin (PIO) who have acquired Foreign citizenship on or after 01-06-2010 are required to submit declaration of renunciation of Indian citizenship and surrender their Indian Passports to the nearest Indian Mission/Post immediately after acquisition of foreign citizenship. Those PIOs who became foreign nationals before 01-06-2010 are required only to surrender their Indian Passports to the nearest Indian Mission/Post and obtain a surrender certificate. Those PIOs who became foreign nationals before 01-06-2010 are not required to apply for renunciation of Indian citizenship. The Indian Citizenship Act does not allow dual citizenship. Holding Indian passport/acquiring Indian passport/traveling on Indian passport after acquisition of foreign citizenship constitutes an offence under the Passport Act and attracts penalties. The schedule of penalties can be seen at this link and the frequently asked questions on imposition of penalties can be seen at this link. The prescribed form for declaration of renunciation is attached below. In view of this legal provision all concerned foreign nationals of Indian origin applying for Indian visa, OCI/PIO card or other consular services are required to immediately surrender their Indian passports (valid/Expired) to the Embassy of India, The Hague. They would be issued an acknowledgement/surrender certificate in lieu of depositing their Indian passports. A fee of Euro 185 is charged from applicants for applying renunciation of Indian citizenship and issue of renunciation certificate. The required service fee for surrender certificate is Euro 12 and the certificate will be issued in 5 working days. Penalty cases would take more time. Applicants are requested to keep in tact the renunciation/surrender certificate issued by the Embassy in their personal custody as a copy of the same has to be produced every time for availing any kind of visa/consular service. The full details of the above can be seen at the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, at the URL: http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/Citi_Rule-2009.pdf The form for renunciation of the Indian nationality can be downloaded from here. The form for surrender of Indian Passport can be downloaded from here. |
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PIO CARD APPLICANTS are requested to submit their Dutch passport along with receipt to the service provider between 0900 - 1200 hrs on all working days. The Dutch passport along with PIO booklet would be returned to the service provider by the Embassy. This can be collected by the applicant on the same day between 1630 – 1730 hrs from the service provider.
OCI CARD APPLICANTS are requested to submit their Dutch passport along with receipt to the service provider between 0900 - 1200 hrs on all working days. The Dutch passport provided with OCI visa sticker would be returned along with OCI booklet to the service provider by the Embassy. This can be collected by the applicant on the same day between 1630 – 1730 hrs from the service provider.
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Applicants are advised not to send any kind of documents/applications for any kind of Consular service by post/courier to the Embassy as the same would not be entertained. |
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Address and location of India Visa and Consular Services Centre’s where application must be submitted:
| The Hague (Den Haag) Laan Van Meerdervoort 51 2517 AE Den Haag. Submission of application Individual -- 0900 Hrs to 1430 Hrs Travel agents -- 0830 Hrs to 0930 Hrs Urgent cases -- 0830 Hrs to 1200 Hrs Collection of Passport Individual / Travel agent --- 1430 Hrs to 1630 Hrs Urgent & Emergency --- 1630 Hrs to 1700 Hrs |
Amsterdam - Collection centre Weesperstraat 392 1018 DN Amsterdam The Netherlands Submission/Collection of application Individual -- 0900 Hrs to 1300 Hrs Travel agents -- 0900 Hrs to 1000 Hrs |
Rotterdam - Centre 341a World Trade Center Beursplein Postbus 30018 3001DA Rotterdam Submission/Collection of application Individual -- 0900 Hrs to 1300 Hrs Travel agents -- 0900 Hrs to 1000 Hrs |
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Call Centre Operational hours
0900 Hrs to 1200Hrs
1300 Hrs to 1700Hrs
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