NEW DELHI, May 19 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the new Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Portal & said that, a revamped OCI portal with an updated user interface will simplify the registration process for Overseas Citizens.
He also emphasised that many Indian-origin citizens reside in various countries worldwide, and we must ensure they face no inconvenience when visiting or staying in India.
The new portal will provide enhanced functionality, advanced security, and a user-friendly experience for the existing over five million OCI cardholders and new users.
The new OCI portal is available at the existing URL: : https://ociservices.gov.in. The OCI scheme was introduced through an amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955, in 2005.
The scheme provisions the registration of Persons of Indian Origin as Overseas Citizens of India, provided they were citizens of India on or after January 26, 1950, or were eligible to become citizens on that date.
The new OCI portal introduces several user-friendly features, including user sign-up and segregation of registration menu, auto-fill of user profile details in registration forms, dashboard displaying completed and partially filled applications, integrated online payment gateway for those who filed in FRROs and in-built image cropping tool for uploading applicant photos and signatures.
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