The guy said he has 20 yr kid. That means he may be in his 40s or 50s.

If age is over 50, certainly go through the pain of idiotic OCI process. It is worth it.

If age is in 45-50, PLEASE DO NOT apply for OCI card. Stupid idiotic indian beuracrats have come up with some really pathetic reasoning that
- you are security risk when you turn 50
- you are NOT security risk in 29 years between age 21 and 50 but moment you turn 50, you are security risk
- of course after age 50 you are never security risk
- another typical indian nonsense: your security risk at age 50 is dependent on expiry of your canadian passport (if your passport gets expired at age 51 then "security risk at age 50" rule is triggered at age 51 but if it expires at age 58 then india's secuirty can wait until then

if you cross age 50 while holding OCI idiots babus will want you to get OCI re-issued when you get new passport in your current country. "LIFELONG VISA" is not really true. You wil have to bear with about 2-3 months when you can not travel to India in addition to go through torture all over again.

This question was asked to NaMo at NY meeting and he just stared - most likely didnt believe or probably didnt even understand.

Indian bureacrats have a powerful gift of turning any well-intended initiative into irritating nightmare. Just look at currency fiasco...