Note: Please print out a copy of this checklist, Sign and submit the same along with your
application.
Renunciation of Indian Citizenship & Surrender of Indian Passports
Checklist
Place a tick in the box for documents you are submitting or if the statement is applicable to your case.
Section A: About Renunciation of Indian Citizenship & Surrender of Indian Passports
The Indian Citizenship Act, 1955, does not allow dual citizenship. Many individuals continue to retain their Indian
passports and some even travel on them and there are yet others who get fresh passports issued by suppression of
information even several years after they have acquired foreign citizenship. Keeping an Indian passport/acquiring an
Indian passport/travelling on an Indian passport after acquisition of foreign citizenship constitutes an offence under
the Indian Passport Act, 1967, and attracts penalties.
Indian passport holders who have acquired foreign citizenship are required to surrender their Indian passports to the
nearest India Passport & Visa Services centre immediately after acquisition of foreign citizenship. The Government of
India has fixed the fee for renouncing the Indian Citizenship/surrender of Indian passport and has prescribed certain
penalties for not renouncing Indian citizenship/surrender of Indian passport.
Section B: Documents Required You Staff
● Fill Online Application Form - available at www.vfsglobal.com/india/australia
Download and print the online filled form.(Register on the website
(https://embassy.passportindia.gov.in/) and create your User Id for filling an online
application form)
o After completing details online, download the application form, print and sign where
applicable.
o Any Errors on the printed form cannot be modified by Pen/Pencil at the time of
Submission.
o Both parents should sign the passport application Form in case of Minor.
Applicants are advised to ensure accuracy of the details entered in the online Form.
● Form XXII dully filled and signed by the applicant - Available at
www.vfsglobal.com/india/australia
● Original Indian Passport for cancellation.
(If your Indian Passport is lost and not in your possession, submit a Statutory Declaration
attested by a JP or Notary with details for the passport not being in your possession)
(NSW residents kindly submit documents attested by a Notary Public only, list of NSW notaries
available at: https://notarynsw.org.au/find-a-notary)
● One recent photographs (2 inch x 2 inch), meeting strict specifications. see
www.vfsglobal.com/india/australia for more details. IPVSC Centres in Australia provide
photography services as per the guidelines of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
This service is chargeable and available for standard photographs of Adult and children.
(Assistance may not be available for Infant and applicants’ with Special Needs).
● Photocopy of current foreign passport.
● Photocopy of foreign citizenship certificate
● Appointment Letter:-
o All Applicants visiting the application centre for submitting their applications in person are
required to schedule an appointment. (Applications sent by Post/Courier do not require
scheduling an appointment)
o Visit www.vfsglobal.com/india/australia to schedule appointment or Click here.
● Mode of payment:-
o Eftpos / Credit card - MasterCard or Visa Card issued in Australia (at VFS counters)
o Cash (at VFS Counters only)
o Money / Postal Order payable to “VFS Services Australia Pty Ltd” only
o Post Applications- Complete Credit Card Authorization form
Note: - Personal Cheque and company Cheque are not acceptable.
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Note: Please print out a copy of this checklist, Sign and submit the same along with your application.
- Courier Fee is mandatory (Applications received by post will be returned by post)
● High Commission or Consulate General of India may seek more information or documents if
necessary to process the application.
FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES ONLY
Submission Officer Comments -
The applicant hereby confirms that he/she has read the above, ticked the boxes against
documents submitted & ensures that all the necessary documentation has been submitted.
VFS Officer (Name & Sign) Applicant (Name & Sign)
Features of the rules:
Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) intending to apply for Visa, OCI & PIO Cards, are required to renounce Indian
citizenship/surrender their Indian passports along with their Visa/OCI/PIO applications or first apply for
renunciation of Indian citizenship/surrender their Indian passport and then apply for these services. In case
they do not have the Indian passports in their possession for any reason (loss/misplacement/submission to
Department of Immigration and Citizenship a long time back, etc.), they are required to provide statutory
declaration in this regard and pay the fees.
All applications for renunciation/surrender of Indian passports are to be made at the respective VFS offices at
Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.
Fee schedule for renunciation of Indian citizenship and Surrender of Indian passport (in AUD) with effect from
11.10.2012 is given below
Aspect Fees For Renunciation
Acquired foreign citizenship on or prior to AUD 32
31.05.2010
Acquired foreign citizenship after 31.05.2010 AUD 147
NOTE: THE ABOVE CHARGES DO NOT INCLUDE VFS SERVICE CHARGES
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Note: Please print out a copy of this checklist, Sign and submit the same along with your application.
Credit Card Authorization (to be completed for applications sent by post)
I authorize VFS Services Australia Pty Ltd to debit my credit card for application charges as applicable on
https://www.vfsvisaservice.com/IHCAUSOnline/FeeCalculator.aspx
Please note Debit cards are not accepted for postal applications.
Card Number
Credit Card Expiry
Date
M M Y Y
Card Type
(Tick appropriate box)
Visa card or Master card issued in Australia only.
1.20% surcharge including GST applicable on total payable.
Cardholder’s name
(As printed on Card)
Cardholder’s
Signature
Applicant’s Passport
Number
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