What to Do After Receiving the OCI Card?

AM Posted by: Ankit mangal
• 30 May, 2025
13 Reply

After receiving the OCI card, you can get all the benefits that the card offers to its cardholders, such as entering India without a visa and without any restrictions. Additionally, pay the same domestic airfares as the local Indian residents. In short, you can experience all the perks like the Indian residents, except for the voting rights and owning agricultural land or any plantation property.

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  • Sanjay Pillai 12 June, 2025

    With an OCI card, now you can easily own a house or conduct a business in India. However, it did not allow buying any plantation property, like agricultural land and farmhouse.

  • Isha Jain 12 June, 2025

    I recently became a UK citizen and also received my OCI cards, one for me and the second for my husband. We got a four-year assignment to work in India. Considering this, I am planning to relocate there, and one of the best things is that I do not have to deal with the lengthy visa application process.

  • Rajesh Gupta 12 June, 2025

    It is great to have an OCI card by your side. It makes travelling in India easy without applying for a visa. In addition, with this by your side, you do not need to ask anyone before extending your stay in the country.

  • Aarti Shah 12 June, 2025

    Well, after receiving the OCI card, you not all get visa-free entry in India but also get equal economic and financial rights like Non-resident Indians for lifetime. For instance, you can buy or own properties in India, do business or work, and have other rights as well. The only exceptions are that you cannot take part in political elections, have no jobs in the government sector, voting rights, or more.

  • Meena Krishnan 12 June, 2025

    An OCI card is a small step down from many nations that freely allow dual citizenship to people. If anything, the country should navigate on the other side and make it simpler to be a dual citizen.

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