Originally Posted by
desi
Ok, some good news (or lucky breaks)
Three new data points from three different ravellers on three different dates, arriving at three different Indian airports (DEL, BLR, BOM).
All of then OCI holders who got OCI before age 50, turned 50, got new US passport. Have not renewed OCI (none of them knew the rule as they believed on lifelong stamp to be lifelong).
None was asked any question. They presented all three documents as usual (current passport, old passport that had OCI stamp and OCI card).
Again, "dont ask - dont tell - dont educate immigration officer" seem to be good policy (of course there could always be DP #1 at some point)
Originally Posted by
knit-in
Yeah, I have the same experience, with my daughter, not me (I'm not fifty, yet
). She's under 21, never been stopped in the last ten years, on her third passport now. But you never know!
A combination of sudden change in plans, procrastination and some wild desire to live on the edge had me not updating my daughter's OCI before our travel to India earlier this month. Happy to report that once again, like always, the immigration officers at DEL let it slide with nary a mention of the rules.
Meanwhile, I was flying to BOM on Egypt Air and the counter lady at JFK was quite amused to see the "Lifetime" validity on the OCI card. As were the gents at the boarding gate at CAI. Arrival in BOM was hassle free with a renewed passport that wasn't updated in the OCI records. The immigration officer informed me that I needn't carry my old passport that has the OLCI stamp on it, just the booklet would do.