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Persons of Indian origin applying for Indian visa, OCI/PIO Card or miscellaneous consular services are required to produce a Surrender Certificate. This Certificate would be issued to them on payment of one-time Renunciation of Indian Citizenship Fee.

Salient features of the scheme are listed below:

• Indian citizens acquiring any foreign citizenship on or after 1 June, 2010 must formally renounce Indian citizenship. This can be done by surrendering their Indian passports for cancellation and obtaining a “Surrender Certificate” endorsement on the cancelled passport.  They would be required to pay a one time Renunciation Fee of Canadian $ 168 while surrendering their Indian passports to the Consulate General of India.  The Indian passports would be cancelled and returned to the passport holder along with “Surrender Certificate” endorsement for the future reference.
• Indian citizenship must be formally renounced as soon as possible after acquiring foreign citizenship.
• Production of Surrender Certificate endorsement is essential while applying for Indian visa, PIO/OCI card or any other miscellaneous consular services, in case you acquired Canadian citizenship on or after 1 June, 2010.
• In case, the Indian passport held at the time of acquiring Canadian citizenship is not available, a statement explaining the circumstances of the loss/damage, detailed police report of lost passport, the passport number & date of issue/expiry must be provided, along with proof in support of your claim.

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