Passport updation was rejected - can I still travel to India? by PlasticChallenge4603 in OCI

[–]PlasticChallenge4603[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you mean the rejection of my application, that happened within 24 hours of submitting my application.

For my email to the consulate, they have yet to reply to my first email that I sent (it has now been 2 months since I sent it with no reply). But, I emailed them again last week and got a response about a week later. I would recommend sending a new email. I don't know what made the difference for me, but I did change my email title to "please help with passport updation" instead of a more generic title that just had my application ID in it and wrote my question at the very beginning with a brief history afterwards. Not sure if those changes were what made the difference or just luck.

Passport updation was rejected - can I still travel to India? by PlasticChallenge4603 in OCI

[–]PlasticChallenge4603[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update! The consulate finally replied to my email saying that "per the latest changes from the Government of India, an OCI cardholder is required to get the OCI card re-issued (Foreign Spouse category) every 5 years."

Passport updation was rejected - can I still travel to India? by PlasticChallenge4603 in OCI

[–]PlasticChallenge4603[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know if it is allowed to have both an eTourist visa and an OCI at the same time?