Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card

You are not eligible to apply for an OCI card in the following cases:

• An applicant who is or ever was a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh or any other such country as notified by the Government of India. This also applies to applicants whose either parent, grand parent(s) or great grand parent(s) is or had ever been a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh or any other such country as notified by the Government of India.
• Foreign Defence/Military/Police/ex-Defence personnel and the persons working with security agencies are not eligible for OCI card

Instructions For Registration – Fresh OCI Card

• The applicant must fill the application form online on the OCI Services portal: ociservices.gov.in/onlineOCI
• Upload all the requisite documents (along with English translations by a certified/sworn translator), photograph and signature (in case of minors who cannot sign, left hand thumb impression should be uploaded. Parents signature should not be uploaded on the portal). All documents issued by the French authorities are required to be apostilled and translated to English before final submission.
• After submitting the application online including documents, photograph and signature, the application must then be printed and submitted in one set along with the original and photocopies of documents (French documents apostilled and English translation by a certified/sworn translator) at the Consulate on working days from Monday to Friday (only in the forenoon between 0930hrs to 1230 hrs – except on Consulate holidays) for verification.
• The application along with original documents may be submitted to the Indian Embassy/High Commission/Consulate having jurisdiction over the country of which the applicant is a citizen or if he/she is not living in the country of his/her citizenship, please submit the application and original documents at the Indian Embassy/High Commission/Consulate having jurisdiction over the country of which the applicant is ordinarily a resident. In case the applicant is ordinarily resident in India, the originals of the documents will have to be submitted to the FRRO concerned.
  Note: The phrase 'ordinarily resident' would apply to a person staying in India or a particular foreign country for a continuous period of 06 months. The provision of minimum stay of six months shall not apply to children of Indian nationals or OCI cardholders up to the age of 12 years applying for an OCI card.
• During the verification, if any deficiency in the application/uploaded documents/photograph/signature is found, we shall inform the applicant via email and telephone. After receipt of all the required documents, the application shall be processed. Payment for new OCI Cards have to be made only when the applicant is called to do so after initial processing at the Consulate. Applicants have to personally visit the Consulate to submit the applications. Biometric data of the applicant will be collected at the same time.
• It is requested that the payment receipt be kept safely in the custody of the applicant as it will be required to be presented at the Consulate for collection of the OCI Card.
• In case you are not able to visit the Consulate for collection of your OCI card, please authorise someone to collect it on your behalf. For this, the applicant is required to send an email to cons2.reunion@mea.gov.in from the email ID registered with the OCI application. In the e-mail, please authorise the concerned person to collect your OCI Card and share his/her ID card (scanned copy). He/She will be required to bring the original ID card at the time of collection.
• Government of India launched the digital OCI on 30 June, 2026 and has stopped printing physical OCI Cards. All eligible applicants will now receive the OCI card in digital format only i.e. e-OCI. Once it is available, the e-OCI can be downloaded by the applicant by logging into the account which was used to apply for OCI. Existing holders of physical OCI cards can also download their e-OCI by logging into the OCI portal with the email ID that was used to apply for their OCI card. Physical OCI cards issued earlier will continue to remain valid.
• In case the applicants do not have access to the account used to apply for their OCI cards, a facility to update the email IDs has been provided on the OCI portal. Please follow the below steps to update your email ID on the OCI Portal and download your e-OCI card:

Kindly note: An e-OCI is processed usually within 30-45 days after payment. However, in the cases referred to other Indian authorities, OCI applications are processed on receipt of clearance from the concerned authority and may take additional processing time.

Documents required for fresh OCI Card:

• Print of duly filled-in and original signed application form (form to be filled online only)
• Original Passport(s) (original + copy of data page) – All Passports in case the applicant holds other nationalities
• Livret de famille (original + copy)
• Applicant’s birth certificate and birth certificate of his/her parents, grand-parents, great grand-parents that would establish his/her lineage up to the Indian person on whose basis Indian origin is claimed by the applicant. In the cases of descendants of indentured labourers who came of Reunion Island from India, considering the difficulty in obtaining birth certificate of the original Indian immigrant, only such applicants may submit Death Certificate or Marriage Certificate clearly mentioning the Indian origin of the 1st generation Indian and linking it to the subsequent generations.
• In cases of descendants of Indian traders who came to Reunion Island, either the original Indian passport of the first generation Indian or apostilled and translated copies of their official records in the Municipality/Archives Department, for example tax records, service-book etc. shall be submitted by the applicants to clearly establish their Indian lineage.
• In case the applicant acquired French nationality and is applying for an OCI Card, Naturalisation Certificate (certificat de nationalite francaise-) (original + English translation+copy), and Certificate of Renunciation of Indian Citizenship along with Surrender Certificate for Indian Passport should be submitted.
• Two recent colour photographs with light colored background (51mm x 51mm)
• For foreign origin spouse of an Indian citizen or an OCI cardholder, along with relevant documents listed above, applicants are required to submit their own Birth Certificate apostilled and translated to English. Additionally, either birth certificates apostilled and translated to English or any other identity document issued by a government authority proving their country of origin and linking them to subsequent generations may be provided.
• Additional documents, if required, shall have to be submitted on demand by the consular staff.

Miscellaneous OCI Services:

Miscellaneous services for update of details in your OCI card may be availed in the below cases:

• Government of India has dispensed with the requirement of getting the OCI card re-issued (i.e. printing of new OCI card) when a new passport is issued after the OCI cardholder attains the age of 20 years. Now, with the e-OCI card, all OCI cardholders are required to only update the details of their new passport online on the OCI portal. OCI cardholders availing this service after attaining the age of 20 years are required to visit the Consulate to provide their biometrics after submission of the online form. For this update, copy of new passport as well as latest photo and signature matching that in the passport has to be uploaded by the applicant, along with additional documents if required.
• Update of passport details, if done within three months of date of issue of new passport, will be a gratis service i.e. no payment is required. However, if done after three months of date of issue of new passport, the applicant will have to pay Euro 26.00 at the Consulate (by bank card).
• Miscellaneous service for change in personal particulars remains a paid service at Euro 26.00.
• e-OCI for a foreign origin spouse will be issued initially for a period of 5 years. Such OCI cardholders will have to re-apply for update along with declaration of their marriage subsisting with the same Indian citizen or OCI cardholder on whose basis OCI card was requested initally. Copy of Indian passport in case spouse is Indian or copy of foreign passport and OCI card, in case spouse is foreigner of Indian origin, must also be uploaded.
• In case of miscellaneous update application by a foreign origin spouse, both the applicant and the Indian origin spouse (either Indian citizen or an OCI cardholder, as the case may be) must present themselves at the Consulate and sign the sworn affidavit in the presence of the Consular Officer. Original Indian passport or OCI card along with related foreign passport of the Indian origin spouse, as the case may be, should be presented to the Consular Officer.
• It will take around 30-45 days for the updated details to reflect in the e-OCI. Therefore, all OCI cardholders are advised to apply for the update well in advance to avoid any issues during their travel to India.
• There will be no restriction on the travel of OCI cardholder to India between the date of application for update and final reflection of the updated details on the e-OCI.

Applicants are advised to ensure accuracy of details entered in the Online form as they will be updated on the e-OCI of the applicants. Consulate cannot be held responsible for any errors in the e-OCI resulting from mistakes in the application form submitted by the applicant.

Notice regarding Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Card

This is to inform that from 31st May 2023 plurilingual Birth certificates, Marriage certificates and Death certificates, etc. will not be accepted for OCI registrations. Only the documents which are translated into English from the original French version will be accepted.

Fees (payment by card only):