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

• 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.
  
  
• 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.
• Click here for step by step guide

1. Register online at the link https://ociservices.gov.in/ under OCI Miscellaneous Services.
   
   
2. No physical application is required to be sent to the High Commission.
   
   
3. No new OCI card will be issued.  The updation is online only in this category.
   
   
4. 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.
   
   
5. The file number in the format with NZLW........U24 are in this category and services provided on Gratis basis.
   
   
6. Status can be checked online on https://ociservices.gov.in/statusEnqury
   
   
7. Guide how to check status online click here