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  • A person has to renounce Indian Citizenship after acquiring citizenship of another country.

  • Within three months from the date of acquiring citizenship of a foreign country, the applicant should submit the application for renunciation of Indian citizenship and surrender of Indian passport at the Embassy. The forms may be downloaded as per below-mentioned link:

  • The ‘renunciation of Indian citizenship’ form should be filled in four original sets along with all the requisite documents such as foreign citizenship/naturalization certificate, foreign passport, Indian passport, recent photographs. Copies of all the documents and one photograph should be attached with each set of the form. All the requisite documents must be presented in original also.

  • The ‘surrender of Indian passport’ form should be filled in one set only along with copies of all the above-mentioned documents.

  • Thereafter, the filled sets of forms with the documents and fees should be deposited at the Embassy on any working day between 0930 and 1200 hrs. After two weeks, the certificate for renunciation of Indian citizenship and the cancelled Indian passport may be collected from the Embassy on any working day between 1600 and 1700 hrs. List of holidays may also be seen before coming to the Embassy.