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You will want to have your date of travel, time of travel, your flight itinerary number, name of destination, full name of applicant, and applicant's birth city, and the zip code of where you live (to help them find the closest available center with open slots). If you book the 8am slot you may have to wait until the end of the business day to get your new passport or it may only be a few hours. For example, if you make an appointment for a new passport at 11am and your time of travel is at 2pm, there will not be enough time for you to get your passport. It is important that you have enough buffer in your travel schedule. You will want to call the passport number before the center opens at 8am EST as they will have just opened up one day (14 days out) of appointments at all agencies. It is best that you schedule your appointment with the passport agency exactly 14 days before your trip. Select “no” for the following question if the family has only one person with an OCI card.Passport Agency Appointments (same day expedited service)Īppointments for same-day expedited service often go quickly. You will now have the option to proceed to Part B and upload the Passport picture page scan. If not select “I have uploaded successfully”. The signature scan file size should be more than 10kb – A signature needs to be a 3:1 ratio (width: height) so once the signature is uploaded you can select the crop button and resize it to a 3:1 ratio.Īfter selecting the upload button and you want to upload again you can select “I want to upload again”.Picture file size should be less than 500kb and.Once the picture is uploaded you will see the crop button and you can adjust the picture by clicking the crop button. Select “Choose File” and upload the picture.
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When you select “Yes I am ready from step 11”, the screen will update with an option to upload the image and signature.
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If not, then you can use any photo edit app or the windows photo edit to resize the image to 2×2 inches.
If you used the Google Photoscan app, you may already have got a smaller size image. If scans are not yet ready, you can select the “Exit Now” button and come back by selecting the “complete partially filled Miscellaneous Application”. If you are ready with the picture, signature scan, and passport scan you can select the “Yes I am ready with the image” button. This will complete Part-A of the application. Select the “Submit” button after filling in all the required information. We recommend entering File No# from the last page of the OCI card. We tried using U-Visa No# and OCI number# but page errors prevented us from going forward.
Please save the Temporary application number so you can use it to come back in case you lost a web connection or to complete a partially filled miscellaneous application.Įnter the Passport number from the last page of OCI. Select OCI Miscellaneous Services.Ī new pop window opens with the application.
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A pdf copy of the Passport picture page in color – Use Adobe Scan.Īccess the Indian government’s OCI website.Then, use an app like Adobe Scan to scan or click a picture. Scanned signature – Sign on plain white paper.Photo: Non-white background, Square (equal width and Height), Picture size should be less thanĥ00kb in size.
Since it takes 2 weeks to 4 weeks to update the system it is better to complete it ASAP. Ministry of Home Affairs has granted extensions to use existing OCI without re-issue till Dec 31st, 2021, and anyone planning to travel to India after Dec 31st, 2021 should upload a Passport copy and photo as soon as possible. This process needs to be done within 3 months of Passport renewal.
If you are an existing OCI cardholder and require uploading the latest Passport copy and photo, please follow the following steps.