Life became lot easier and travel peaceful after I became a OCI. Prior to that going by subway to the embassy and filling out the forms etc was a chore I never liked.
I knew about this when I became an OCI:
"A registered Overseas Citizen of India is granted multiple entry, multi purpose, life-long visa for visiting India, he/she is exempted from registration with Foreign Regional Registration Officer or Foreign Registration Officer for any length of stay in India, and is entitled to general 'parity with Non-Resident Indians in respect of all facilities available to them in economic, financial and educational fields except in matters relating to the acquisition of agricultural or plantation properties'."
These further benefits are also available:
a.Parity with Non-Resident Indians in the matter of inter-country adoption of Indian children ;
b.Parity with resident Indian nationals in matters of tariffs in domestic air fares ;
c.Parity with domestic Indian visitors in respect of entry fee for visiting national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in India ;
d.Parity with non-resident Indians in respect of: i.Entry fees for visiting the national monuments, historical sites and museums in India;
ii.Practicing the following professions in India, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the relevant Acts, namely: ◾Doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists;
◾Advocates;
◾Architects; and
◾Chartered Accountants; and
e.Entitlement to appear for the All India Pre-Medical Test or such other tests to make them eligible for admission in pursuance of the provisions contained in the relevant Acts.
Reproduced from the content available at this government site:
http://moia.gov.in/services.aspx?id1=35&id=m3&idp=35&mainid=23
I knew about this when I became an OCI:
"A registered Overseas Citizen of India is granted multiple entry, multi purpose, life-long visa for visiting India, he/she is exempted from registration with Foreign Regional Registration Officer or Foreign Registration Officer for any length of stay in India, and is entitled to general 'parity with Non-Resident Indians in respect of all facilities available to them in economic, financial and educational fields except in matters relating to the acquisition of agricultural or plantation properties'."
These further benefits are also available:
a.Parity with Non-Resident Indians in the matter of inter-country adoption of Indian children ;
b.Parity with resident Indian nationals in matters of tariffs in domestic air fares ;
c.Parity with domestic Indian visitors in respect of entry fee for visiting national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in India ;
d.Parity with non-resident Indians in respect of: i.Entry fees for visiting the national monuments, historical sites and museums in India;
ii.Practicing the following professions in India, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the relevant Acts, namely: ◾Doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists;
◾Advocates;
◾Architects; and
◾Chartered Accountants; and
e.Entitlement to appear for the All India Pre-Medical Test or such other tests to make them eligible for admission in pursuance of the provisions contained in the relevant Acts.
Reproduced from the content available at this government site:
http://moia.gov.in/services.aspx?id1=35&id=m3&idp=35&mainid=23
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