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OCI applicants in Canada must now visit BLS centres for biometrics, with postal applications no longer accepted from April 5, 2026

Updated On: 06 Apr 2026 | 1:59 PM IST

With India and the European Union finalising a long-awaited free trade agreement, European Council President António Luís Santos da Costa shared a lighter moment by revealing his OCI card

Updated On: 27 Jan 2026 | 7:43 PM IST
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OCI cardholders can now submit e-Arrival cards online before travel, as India rolls out new rules while also tightening conditions for keeping OCI status

Updated On: 27 Oct 2025 | 12:20 PM IST

India Govt tightens OCI rules: India will now cancel OCI cards if holders face at least two years' jail or are charge-sheeted for offences carrying seven years or more in prison

Updated On: 14 Aug 2025 | 5:36 PM IST

Jaipur Foot USA Chairman Prem Bhandari, who has helped several Indians stranded in the US to return to their homeland amid the COVID-19 pandemic, has written a letter to Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla

Updated On: 29 Jun 2020 | 12:23 PM IST

The Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed certain categories of foreigners, including OCI cardholders and minors who hold OCI cards, whose parents are Indian nationals, a senior ministry official said

Updated On: 12 Jun 2020 | 9:08 PM IST

The image of India as a seriously flawed democracy is also likely to get deeply etched in international psyche and that may take a very long time to undo

Updated On: 18 Nov 2019 | 9:33 AM IST

Taseer becomes ineligible to hold an OCI card, as per the Citizenship Act, 1955, as the OCI card is not issued to any person whose parents or grandparents are Pakistanis

Updated On: 07 Nov 2019 | 11:33 PM IST

OCI is a scheme that was introduced in response to demands for dual citizenship by the Indian diaspora

Updated On: 03 Nov 2017 | 4:15 PM IST