ONLINE UPDATION IS SUFFICIENT, (RE-ISSUE OF OCI CARD IS NOT NEEDED):

• OCI cardholder shall immediately surrender this OCI card to the Indian Mission in the event of the OCI cardholder joining the military or police service. If it comes to the notice of the authorities that the OCI cardholder has joined the military or police service and has not surrendered the OCI card, the OCI card shall be deemed to have been cancelled and action as appropriate under the law including blacklisting of the OCI cardholder shall be taken.

• An OCI cardholder may upload a copy of the new passport containing the photo of the passport holder and a latest photo on the online system under OCI Miscellaneous Services each time a new passport is issued up to 20 years of age and once after completing 50 years of age. These documents may be uploaded by the OCI cardholder within three months of receipt of the new passport.  The services will be provided on Gratis basis.
  
  
• Immediately on uploading of the documents, an email will be auto sent by the system to the OCI Cardholder confirming that the documents have been successfully uploaded. (Note: Auto Email will be sent only when the application is submitted successfully) 
  
  
• There will be no restriction on the OCI cardholder to travel to/from India during the period from the date of issue of new passport till the date of final acknowledgement of his/her documents in the online system.
  
  
• For more details, please refer Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India guidelines at following link  here.

Kindly complete Part A and Part B of application and Submit 

Step 1:   Go to the website https://ociservices.gov.in/welcome  - click on Miscellaneous application

Step 2:  Fill new application (enter your OCI card, passport number linked to OCI card and the date of birth to proceed further)

Step 3:  Selection criteria - passport particulars updation if you want to update only your passport details this is free of service and you will not receive any new oci card , you can travel with oci card, new passport and old passport post completing this step only for online update 

Selection criteria - Address updation if you want to update only your address free of service and you will not receive any new oci card 

You may able to select only one option per application so if you want to update passport details and address both you need to fill two different applications to avail the service

Step 4:  No need to send any application to us if its only new passport number updation to OCI card / online Address updation to OCI card and if you have applied under gratis service the same will be updated online 

Documents to be uploaded:

(i)     Passport particulars updation: A copy each of (i) OCI card, (ii) New passport and (iii) Old passport.   

          For Non New Zealand passport holders - Please upload valid NZ Visa copy to avail the online services. 

(ii)    Address Updation: Address proof - Only if applicant wants to update new address.

Step 5  : Status can be checked online on https://ociservices.gov.in/statusEnqury

1. Guide how to check status online click here

Step 6:  You will not receive any new OCI card 

(Important - please thoroughly check the Part-A & Part-B of filled application. It will be acknowledged only after completion of both parts of the application. Applicant may travel if the following status are shown in the enquiry)

(i) "Your application has been acknowledged by competent authority. It is being processed and will be updated soon".

(ii) "Your details have been updated in OCI records"

Kindly note if there is name change in current passport or nationality, kindly get your OCI card reissue using chargeable service 

Please travel using your OCI card, Old passport and the new passport 

1. No physical application is required to be sent to the High Commission.
   
   
2. No new OCI card will be issued.  The updation is online only in this category.
   
   
3. Specification guidelines for uploading of documents : The maximum size allowed for a document file is 500 kb. The document file must be in PDF format. (For sake of comparison, an A-4 size page document color scanned at 100 dots per inch resolution will generate a file of about 200-250 kb). Each category of document must be uploaded in a single file.
   
   
4. The file number in the format with NZLW........U24 are in this category and services provided on Gratis basis.