Can Goanet publish this article so as to get feed back from our Goanetters who
face this problem when they have OCI on their foreign passports.
It seems there are people who travelled with OCI on their foreign passports and
were not allowed entry unless they obtained VISA to enter.Inspite of having
passports of countries like US,Canada,Australia,Portugal(EU).they were not
allowed entry and were told to obtain VISA like any other Indian citizen.
Publishing of this article will be much appreciated.
Rgds
Cesar
Dear all,Would some of the Goanetters be in a position to put some light on
which of the two options is better to retain Indian citizenship?Is it by
obtaining PIO or by acquiring OCI ?It has been noticed that PIO is a card
issued by the Govt. of India to Indians who obtain foreign passport. It is a
card and does not show anything on the new passport whether one has a PIO or
not.Regarding OCI it is a sticker fixed on the foreign passport and also a card
given to the holder. Thus the new foreign passport shows that one is also an
Indian citizen in lieu of having the sticker on the passportIt is said that
some people are facing problems when they travel to few countries with OCI
sticker on their passports. The emigration officers at the emigration counters
insist on obtaining VISA to enter since they say that even if you hold a
passport of a countrywhich is exempted of visa to enter you have to obtain
entry VISA since you are also Indian citizen ( in lieu of having OCI sticker on
the foreign passport). Could anyone clarify how far this is true and if there
are problems then why not request the Govt of India not to put a sticker on the
foreign passport which one holds and only to issue a OCI card. cesar
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