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Revamped OCI Portal
May 28 , 2025
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- The Union govt has launched the revamped Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) portal.
- Its updated user interface will simplify the registration process for the overseas citizens.
- This has advanced security and a user-friendly experience for the existing over five million OCI cardholders and new users.
- The new portal is available at the existing URL: https://ociservices.gov.in.
- The OCI scheme was introduced through an amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955, in 2005.
- The scheme provides for the registration of Persons of Indian Origin as Overseas Citizens of India.
- For this, they were must citizens of India on or after January 26, 1950, or were eligible to become citizens on that date.
- However, individuals who are or had been or whose parents or grandparents or great grandparents are citizens of Pakistan or Bangladesh are not eligible
- The existing OCI services portal was developed in 2013.
- It is currently operational in over 180 Indian missions abroad as well as 12 Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs).
- It is processing approximately 2,000 applications per day.
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