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Originally posted by smart desi

I booked an appointment with VFS guys and when I was there to apply for OCI, they asked me Surrender Certificate as rule is changed over night. It is in India only rules change over night.Then I sent my passports to Indian Consulate, Vancouver with fee for all family members and applied for Surrender Certificate (It was clearly written in their web site that it is required if any body applies for OCI, PIO etc.). After a week, I got my passports back with cancelled stamp on it. No Surrender Certificate nothing. When I called VFS again and asked whether they really need Surrender Certificate while applying for OCI, the guy told me that if passport is cancelled that is sufficient. The same guy told me a week before that they need Surrender Certificate. Why Indian guys don't follow what they say. Even they insisted before for Surrender Certificate and now they didn't care to send it, when applied and there is no letter or any information, why they are not sending it. The entire story appears like that they desperately need money and not interested to do what they preach. It only happends in India.

I am now happy that I am a proud Canadian.

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This is mainly in India/Middle East but some of this is there in many many countries as well

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Originally posted by web2000

I thought that there is no need of surrendering Indian passport if u got OCI on or before May 31, 2010.

I sent email to the Ottawa office and they replied that "Even if your Indian passport was expired or cancelled it must be surrendered"

I just want to confirm if this is true. I am not getting any clear answer.

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The whole surrender certificate situation is confusing and the process (if at all any) is disorganized. It's clearly a case of the left hand not talking to the right hand.

Read this:

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/16/visa-norms-simplified-but-yet-to-be-implemented.htm