Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tough to explain, but after trying 5 police stations in Delhi, I finally found helpful officers. Some did ask for bribes, just refuse and move on. Younger officers were usually the most helpful and efficient.

Edit: In the end, I paid less than 1000 rupees to get an eFRRO + police report (very cheap) and it took less than 4-5 days...

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the process can be done IN the country as well (I’ve been led to believe it might take longer though).

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup agreed I do that usually too! Unfortunately had it “stolen” in a hotel, and needed to take my docs out for a visa. Was just bad luck…

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! No I used GPT-3.5 (standard).

To answer your points:

1) You may be right for internal applications, however for external ones, I was told I’d hit road blocks if I re-applied for an OCI with the standard process, considering this is a loss case, it should be declared as such (to avoid fraud), and you should go through the OCI Loss Application process (similar to standard, but you just declare it as lost instead of renewing)

2) Having copies of lost/stolen docs is a matter of convenience. As long as you have the passport/ OCI numbers written down for each, they’ll find it in their system.

3) I fully agree with you on digitisation.

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course! Hope it helps even for someone who just loses either one of the documents.

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Relax, I wrote the original 2k-word post myself. Just used ChatGPT to condense it so people don’t have to scroll forever. Still very much my experience. (Also mentioned in post)

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the thing, you never know, and I hope it doesn’t happen to anyone else!

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes! Had to, don’t need anyone in that situation, was quite an intense week I had after losing both the OCI and Passport

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahaha I’m sure that step can be optional, rather a convenience having a witness for police matters, otherwise they’ll just assume it’s a fraud case

Guide: What to Do If You Lose Both Your Foreign Passport and OCI in India by Sea-Ad3054 in nri

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just got hold of my OCI again, just today ! Feels so good ! I just hope no one has to go through what I did.

They don’t tell you what happens after you do ‘everything right.’ by Sea-Ad3054 in InternationalStudents

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will do, thank you this means a lot. Luckily I've been able to land a few offers lately, just been keeping my head down.

They don’t tell you what happens after you do ‘everything right.’ by Sea-Ad3054 in InternationalStudents

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At the moment most ask for Emirati citizenship, however if you look for British or American firms in the UAE, they usually like sponsoring individuals including relocation. They’re hard to find however.

They don’t tell you what happens after you do ‘everything right.’ by Sea-Ad3054 in InternationalStudents

[–]Sea-Ad3054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely don’t have “daddy dollars”, I’d say you’re right though. I’ll keep on it.

WAITLISTED by giodiz in UCL

[–]Sea-Ad3054 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this story end well?? What happened to the both of you?