You are not allowed to make any edits if you have submitted the form online on both Govt. Portal (s) and VFS Portal. You will need to complete the registration process again, if you have made any mistakes while completing registration on Government Portal or VFS Portal.
TLDR: If you noticed you made a mistake in the OCI Government form AFTER paying your VFS fees and printing everything, since there is no option to update submitted information the embassy suggested to manually correct it on the printed form via crossing out and updating the information and putting your initials next to ...
Apply under OCI Miscellaneous Service online at Click on "Fill New Miscellaneous Application" Select option "Passport particulars updation" under “GRATIS” service. Upload photo, signature and passport document files. This entire process is done online.
To update new passport particulars towards existing OCI card, please follow below process. Apply under OCI Miscellaneous Service online at Click on "Fill New Miscellaneous Application" Select option "Passport particulars updation" under “GRATIS” service.
Re: Applied for OCI renewal, can we travel to India while its in progress? They will cancel your old OCI when they issue the new one. Unless the old one has expired naturally, it is still valid for travel.
Also that some details as per the OCI application are not editable subsequently. In some cases, the OCI application with errors is liable to be rejected and may be returned to the applicant for submitting fresh OCI application with correct details.
Fill in personal details, reasons for change, and include supporting evidence. The affidavit must be notarized to lend it legal legitimacy. Remember to include details of the changes, a statement of truth, and the affidavit's execution date and location.
If OCI is pending then send the Copy of Surrender certificate to OCI Cell with cover letter that your OCI application is pending write your online OCI Registration number on Cover letter, your name, address, phone and email and request them to process the OCI.
Power of Attorney needs to be signed and witnessed by two individuals (other than immediate family members) with their names and addresses clearly mentioned. It has to be duly notarized and further apostilled before submitting to the Consulate for attestation.
Hence our processing time for Attestation/Apostille from the Ministry of External Affairs shall be 5-7 working days. PLEASE NOTE: As per guidelines by the Ministry of External Affairs, every document being submitted (original or supporting) for Attestation, will have to be scanned before submissions.