Can I Travel to India With OCI Card?

SN Posted by: Sneha Nair
• 04 July, 2025
3 Reply

Yes, you can travel to India freely with an OCI card with a valid passport. It allows you to stay in India for work, study, or living purposes for an indefinite period. It offers a multi-entry and lifetime visa-free entry to OCI cardholders.

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  • Arjun Kapoor 09 July, 2025

    You cannot travel with only an OCI card. To ensure a safe travel, you must get a valid and updated passport, which allows you to travel safely to India. OCI card only helps you to stay in India for an find definite period for work, study, or living purposes, but it does not give you the citizenship of India, it only gives you a permanent residence in India.

  • Manish Agarwal 07 July, 2025

    Yes, you can travel to India if you get an OCI card. However, to travel, you must have a valid, updated passport with you. It is a card that is basically a visa-free document for foreign nationals. Here is the simple application process to apply for an OCI card. You just need to visit the official OCI Services website, fill out the OCI application form, and upload all the essential documents for the OCI application, book an appointment at the nearby Indian mission or embassy, then pay the fees for your application and get your OCI card within a few weeks.

  • Vikram Singh 05 July, 2025

    Yes, you travel with an OCI card to India, but you should have a valid passport. Having a passport with an OCI card allows you to travel in India, and live, stay, or work in indian for an endless period.

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