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Indians launch SOS campaign to fly home with minors having US citizenship

Travel to India by a non-Indian citizen, except for certain categories of those having Overseas Citizens of India card, is barred due to strict travel restrictions due to Covid-19

Medics screen passengers after an Air India Express flight brought stranded Indian nationals from Abu Dhabi, UAE, as part of the repatriation exercise ‘Vande Bharat Mission’, at the airport in Kochi. Photo: PTI
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Medics screen passengers after an Air India Express flight brought stranded Indian nationals from Abu Dhabi, UAE, as part of the repatriation exercise ‘Vande Bharat Mission’, at the airport in Kochi. Photo: PTI

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A group of 85 distressed Indians in the US have launched a SOS campaign to travel back home, urging the Indian government to allow their minor children having American citizenship with valid Indian visas to accompany them to India.

Travel to India by a non-Indian citizen, except for certain categories of those having Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card, is barred due to strict travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, news agency PTI reported.

The OCI card is issued to the people of Indian-origin, allowing them a visa-free travel in most of the cases. It also gives them certain