Originally Posted by
Pair124124
If you are under 20 or above 50 you have to renew the OCI aswell when renewing the passport (unfortunately I fall into this category).
Technically that is the case, however, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest this particular rule is not enforced at all. It's doubtful that they would deny you entry to India based solely on a violation of this particular rule, but of course everyone has to assess for themselves how comfortable they are with any level of such risk.
Originally Posted by
Pair124124
Also it was interesting to hear when I called the high commission of India today they said that even normally it’s best to renew the OCI booklet when renewing the passport as some airlines are refusing travel with a new passport but OCI associated with old passport.
I've never heard of this. The TIMATIC information for an OCI very clearly states that the OCI is sufficient with the new passport and without the old one, and airlines should be going by that. Did they happen to mention which airlines??