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applying for OCI - photo size
Posted on 16.12.2010 20:47
applying for OCI - photo size
Dear Friends,
i will be applying for OCI card next week. on the mha and the consular websites the size of the photo is given as 51*51 ..
in one thread on trust7 i saw that the 51*51 did not fit correctly on the application form and so the poster had to argue a bit with the embassy employees ..
i am anyway going to get the 51*51 as per the mha website but am interested to know your experiences and suggestions. thank you.
BestRegards
Sridhar
xsridhar
Member since 31.08.2008
Posted on 17.12.2010 14:23
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
@ Sridhar,
When I applied for OCI, I used the pictures we took for German ID and Passport. Though the dimensions for these documents are different, the pictures were accepted without any hassle at Frankfurt. I hope this helps.
Rohith
Member since 06.05.2005
Posted on 17.12.2010 14:58
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
ah..great..thank you Rohith..good that i can reuse the photos ..
xsridhar
Member since 31.08.2008
Posted on 19.12.2010 02:29
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
In Frankfurt HBF , Underground there is a photo shop and they know the exact dimensions and picture format for OCI.
ISSUES
Member since 14.06.2010
Posted on 19.12.2010 11:10
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
the real size is 51x51 which is almost same like the american visa 50x50.
Go to Foto Flash next to Poccistraße KVR in Munich. They charge 10 euros for all types of fotos 
supersid
Member since 26.07.2010
Posted on 20.12.2010 18:39
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
today submitted my oci application at the indian embassy , Frankfurt.A.M.
even though i trusted rohith i didnt want to take any chances so took along with me the 51*51..which they accepted without any issues.
i asked the person handling the application whether the german biometric photos(35*45) would be accepted as well. she said no and pointed me to a neat piece of paper attached to the glass window that says 51*51 and i said ok ..fine
just posting this experience here that embassy people like always can be unpredictable so better to stick to 51*51..
the other thing i was not prepared for was i had to additionally fill a paper to renounce my indian citizenship and for this i was charged 115 euros. apart from the 240 euros for the oci application. i couldnt find this fee info on the frankfurt indian embassy's webpage or the berlin indian embassy's webpage.does someone know about this?
bestregards
Sridhar
xsridhar
Member since 31.08.2008
Posted on 20.12.2010 18:51
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
ok..found this info in the washington dc indian consular website.
http://www.indianembassy.org/oci.php
so the web pages of the indian embassies in germany might have not been updated or i missed it even though i looked twice at these websites.
xsridhar
Member since 31.08.2008
Posted on 21.12.2010 13:18
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
The 115 Euros being charged for 'surrendering' your Indian citizenship is a new way to suck money one last time They cite that they want to prevent misuse of Indian passports by ex-Indian citizens.In Germany, however, the passports are confiscated by the German authorities before issuing you the Einbürgerungsurkunde.
If you read the surrender certificate, it is cheap piece of paper saying that you surrender the indian citizenship - a citizenship which you actually dont have any more because according to the 1955 citizenship act of india, you lose your Indian citizenship once you acquire a foreign one.
I fought against it and even wrote to the Minister of Overseas Affairs and several secretaries there and the PMO but noone even replied.
This convinced me even more that I took the right step to give up my Indian citizenship.
Sridhar - I would urge you to atleast write to MOIA and Indian Embassy in Germany to express your displeasure on this. Maybe it will help if several people do it - for the future.
supersid
Member since 26.07.2010
Posted on 21.12.2010 14:38
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
yes..i will write to them.
xsridhar
Member since 31.08.2008
Posted on 21.12.2010 14:41
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
@supersid,
if you already have the copy of your complaint letter , can you send to me . i mean if you already framed it in such a way referencing whatever law , article numbers etc..so i can avoid the google search. if not just ignore this message. i will frame something.
xsridhar
Member since 31.08.2008
Posted on 21.12.2010 15:34
Re: applying for OCI - photo size
i have just now sent this complaint/question through the mha website..though i know that this will never be seen by anybody at mha..may be i will try the embassy,right to information etc channels as well..
Hello ,
Subject: Indian government charging 115 euros for citizenship surrender certificate even
when the person automatically lost his citizenship as per citizenship act 1955 section
9(1)
according to Citizenship Act, 1955 section 9 (1) a person ceases to be a citizen of india
consequent upon voluntarily acquiring the citizenship of another country.
source: Ministry of home affairs
http://www.mha.nic...izenship/acquire1.htm
question 1:
Germany takes the indian passport and then gives the german passport.
so every eligible indian citizen in germany is surrendering his indian passport at the relevant
german office and then is getting the german passport. so according to section 9 above the
concerned indian citizen is immediately losing his indian citizenship.so why do the person
again have to file a citizenship renunciation application and pay 115 euros?
BestRegards
xsridhar
Member since 31.08.2008
