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TURN IN YOUR OLD INDIAN PASSPORT IF...

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All Indian passport holders, after obtaining foreign nationality, are required by law to surrender their Indian passports at the nearest Indian Mission/Post.

Those Indian origin Canadian/foreign nationals who are yet to surrender their Indian Passports are advised do so immediately and obtain a surrender certificate, says a press release from the Consulate General of India in Toronto.

In view of the difficulties being faced by aged Persons of Indian origin who arrived in Canada long ago and are unable to trace their old Indian passports, the Consulate has decided to relax the requirement of providing surrender certificate/old cancelled Indian Passport.

Person of Indian origin who acquired Canadian citizenship before June 1, 2010, and are unable to provide copy of surrender certificate /old Indian Passport may provide a duly notarized affidavit with regard to unavailability of surrender certificate/old cancelled Indian passport. The format of affidavit can be seen on CGI Toronto’s website.

Persons of Indian Origin having the surrender certificate/old cancelled Indian passport may continue to submit a copy of surrender certificate/old cancelled Indian passport with their visa application.

The details of the process to surrender the Indian Passport can be seen on www.cgitoronto.gov.in.