Miscellaneous Services

1. Miscellaneous Services

Miscellaneous Consular Services provided by the Embassy for specific purposes include- attestation of civil and legal documents, attestation of educational certificates of Indian students resident in Iraq, issue of birth certificates to children of Indian nationals born in Iraq

MISCELLANEOUS CONSULAR SERVICES:

The following is the table of fees chargeable for various Miscellaneous Consular Services

Sl. No.	Type of Consular services	Amount in USD
1	Attestation of civil documents - Affidavits, Educational Degree, Sponsorship certificate, Marriage Certificate, Wills & Power of Attorney, etc	10
2	Misc. Attestation - Registration of Birth, certified copy of the entry, issue of civil certificates (NOC) etc.,	10
3	Registration of birth of a minor child at an Indian Mission Under section 4(1) of the Citizenship Act, 1955	20
4	Attestation of affidavits/documents pertaining to sale, purchase, power of attorney, mortgage, transfer, gift etc. of real estate or movable properties or issue of a document by consular officer pertaining to such matters.	20
5	Attestation of trade/commercial documents or issue of any certificate (exports from foreign country to India)	20
6	Attestation of trade/commercial documents or issue of any certificate (exports from India to a foreign country)	20
7	Registration of death and a certified copy of the entry	Gratis
8	Cancellation of Indian passport of an Indian national who dies abroad	Gratis
9	Attestation of pension papers & life certificate etc., pertaining to pensioners	Gratis

In addition to the above fee, an amount of US $ 2/- is also payable towards the ICWF fee

2. Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card

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The constitution of India does not allow holding Indian citizenship and citizenship of a foreign country simultaneously. However, based on the recommendation of the High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora, the Government of India decided to grant Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) commonly known as ‘Dual Citizenship’. The Parliament of India approved the relevant bill in this connection in August, 2005. Persons of Indian origin (PIOs) of certain category who migrated from India and acquired citizenship of a foreign country other than Pakistan and Bangladesh, are eligible for grant of OCI as long as their home countries allow dual citizenship in some form or the other under their local laws.

Persons registered as Overseas Citizen of India will not have the right of voting, election to Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha/Legislative Assembly/Council, constitutional posts such as President, Vice-President, and Judge of Supreme Court/High Court etc. However, OCI card holders shall be entitled to the following benefits:

(a) Multiple entry, multi-purpose lifelong visa to visit India;

(b) Exemption from reporting to police authorities for any length of stay in India;

(c) Parity with NRIs in financial, economic and educational fields except in the acquisition of agricultural or plantation properties.

(d) A person registered as OCI is eligible to apply for grant of Indian citizenship under Section 5(1)(g) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 if he/she has been registered as OCI for five years and has been residing in India for one year, out of the five years before making the application.

For obtaining OCI Card, applicants may apply with to the Indian Mission/Post in the country of citizenship of the applicant, in a form prescribed for the purpose.

Applicants are advised to ensure that no column of the application is left unattended. Apart from affixing photographs and signatures at the designated places on the application, it may also be ensured that the requisite numbers of spare photographs (04 in all) of prescribed size are enclosed with the application. Photographs should be 35X35 mm in size with white background, front pose, both shoulders and both ears visible. Applicant’s signature/thumb impression should not touch outlines of the signature box. The existing foreign passport cancelled or expired Indian Passport if available and their photocopies also need to be enclosed along with the application.

Fee for OCI services will be as under:

S.No.	Type of Service	Fee in USD
1.	Fresh OCI Card	275
2.	Miscellaneous services on OCI Card	25
3.	Issuance of Duplicate OCI Card in case of loss / damage	100

NOTE

In addition to the above fee, an amount of US $ 3/- is also payable towards the ICWF fee

The following documents would be required for applying OCI card:

a) Foreign passport
b) Cancelled Indian Passport
c) PIO card, if the OCI is being applied in lieu of PIO card.
d) Original receipt.

The expected timeline for issuance of OCI cards is approximately 4 to 6 weeks from date of acceptance of application by the Embassy