Applying for a new OCI card (minor - by birth) at VFS Global (USA)
Owing to widespread confusion about the documents required to be uploaded on the Indian government website and what needs to be sent to VFS, I thought it is time I come back and write a new blog. This blog will only focus on documents, not the actual process to apply for the OCI card (as VFS does a pretty good job at doing that). This list is true as of October 2021, any changes to the document list after this month are not covered here. Having said that as a disclaimer, let's jump right in: Documents required to be uploaded on the Indian Government OCI Services website and the various categories they should be uploaded under ( Tip 1: As these are soft copies of originals, no need to self attest any of these documents), Tip 2: Every category below accepts only a single PDF file with size less than 1 MB so scan your documents at 150 DPI max, Tip 3: Be ready with a software that can merge and compress PDFs - Adobe Acrobat DC gives out a 7 day trial and it is the best!): Current