Can american born child enter india with both indian citizen parents?
Aug 10, 2020, 7:53 am
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Can american born child enter india with both indian citizen parents?
a friend wants to make a trip to india in september and isn't sure if travel is allowed for the kid (under 1 year age) who is american born and has american passport. Does the child needs to apply for indian visa? any info is helpful
Thanks in advance
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Aug 10, 2020, 10:50 am
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As of date OCI is a must. Foreigners with specific business visas with specific travel reasons are only being allowed into India right now.
These rules are currently changing (being relaxed) every few weeks or so. However that is no guarantee that on the date of travel a tourist visa will do.
Your friend should also talk to the Indian Embassy/TA/Airline.
https://boi.gov.in/content/advisory-...ted-covid-19-1
These rules are currently changing (being relaxed) every few weeks or so. However that is no guarantee that on the date of travel a tourist visa will do.
Your friend should also talk to the Indian Embassy/TA/Airline.
https://boi.gov.in/content/advisory-...ted-covid-19-1
Aug 10, 2020, 1:01 pm
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For this September, the child's visa application will probably be declined.
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Aug 13, 2020, 10:04 am
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i dont' know, i guess probably because they recently moved to US and think they are just as much as indian as other indians are, lol... stupid logic, i get it. They will perhaps try to get indian visa for the kid and if not, delay the trip
Aug 14, 2020, 1:46 am
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its unlikely they will be able to get the visa for a september trip....
Aug 19, 2020, 6:03 am
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I would assume the kid is Indian by virtue of the parents. I'd tell the parents to contact the consulate soonest as there may be a time limit to registering the birth. They can also advise on travel (if they can get hold of someone).
Aug 19, 2020, 6:31 am
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I'm not sure that's legal given the child already has a US passport...
Aug 19, 2020, 8:41 pm
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The parents should apply for OCI for their child since the child isn't eligible for Indian citizenship or a passport. Then the child can travel to India with almost no restrictions.
https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/pages/MjY,
https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/pages/MjY,
Aug 20, 2020, 12:02 am
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The parents should apply for OCI for their child since the child isn't eligible for Indian citizenship or a passport. Then the child can travel to India with almost no restrictions.
https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/pages/MjY,
https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/pages/MjY,
Aug 20, 2020, 12:51 am
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Well true (on the website they say 4-6 weeks normally), but trying to get in any other way by September seems even less doable. May as well apply for it now rather than later and not have to worry about other visas.
Aug 20, 2020, 1:23 am
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it generally takes a lot longer than 4-6 weeks, even though that's what they state on the website....these days it would take much longer....i would be surprised if they are even processing oci applications are the moment that are not of an urgent nature....
Aug 20, 2020, 2:22 am
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I'm sure OCI applications would be a mess right now with both reduced staff & services at the Indian embassies and a huge backlog of applications since more people are now applying for it. The 4-6 weeks is a best case scenario... and we're quite far from that right now.
Aug 20, 2020, 9:34 am
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A minor, who is an Indian citizen by descent but also possess another nationality by birth, involuntarily, may retain the same and hence will be a dual citizen until attaining the full age of 18 years. Within 6 months of attaining full age, the child needs to decide on nationality and renounce the foreign citizenship otherwise, the Indian nationality will default be terminated.
Would definitely recommend doing further research instead of relying on wikipedia info, but at first glance seems promising.
Aug 20, 2020, 12:59 pm
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- In case parents wish to obtain Indian passport for the child, they are required to register the birth of the child with the Indian Mission before applying for a passport for the newborn.
- Both the parents should sign a declaration of non-acquisition of a U.S nationality by the child and consent to issue of an Indian passport to the child.