India Renunciation Certificate Documents

Note: Effective Nov 2, 2020, Indian government has given the contract to VFS Global. Previous contract with CKGS has ended. We are updating the instructions as they become available.

The following documents must be submitted to get the surrender certificate:

If you have original Indian passport, complete Renunciation Certificate Form.

If you were naturalized before Jun 1, 2010, and over 10 years ago, complete Deemed Surrender Certificate Form.

The form must be filled in duplicate.

For child above 5 years of age, signature of the minor child is mandatory. For child under the age of 5 years, thumb impression of the child is mandatory. For all minor children, signature of both the parents are mandatory. For parents signature, the signature must match with the passport signature.

The applicant’s name should appear the same way as in the Indian passport even if the name in the US / Foreign passport is different.

Caution: When you complete the form, the date of Naturalization Certificate must be entered as the date when you acquired US or foreign citizenship, and it not the date when your US or foreign passport was issued. More than 90% of the rejections are due to this error.

You will be required to complete this form if you were naturalized less than 10 years ago.

If a child is under the age of 18 years, is greencard holder and lives with the parent in the US, they can get the automatic citizenship when one or both the parents become US citizen through naturalization. They can apply for the US passport but don’t automatically get the naturalization certificate. However, for the the purpose of getting India renunciation certificate, US naturalization certificate is required which you can apply by filing form N-565 with the USCIS.

a police report for the lost Indian passport.

Applicants naturalized after Jan 1, 2005
In case Indian passport is missing, provide a police report.

• Affidavit of Loss Form
  If you don’t have your most recent Indian passport, complete Affidavit of Loss Form.
  If you have a copy of Indian passport with Cancellation Stamp, send that. Otherwise, you must submit notarized Affidavit of Loss Form
  
• Copy of your Indian birth certificate OR school leaving certificate OR any document showing proof of former Indian citizenship.

ICWF Fee:
All applicants need to pay $3.00 as ICWF fee.

Reference Fee:
All non-U.S. passport holders must pay an additional $20 as the reference fee.

All non-US citizens residing in the US for less than 2 years and applying for any service need to pay a reference fee of $20 in addition to other fees.

Processing Service Fee:
Those applying at the VFS Global (that is, everyone in the US) should add a Processing Service Fee of $15.90.

Parental authorization form. It must be signed and notarized for both parents.

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