Is There Any Fee for Surrendering an Indian Passport in the UK?

AS Posted by: Abhishek Sain
• 22 July, 2025
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Applicants need to pay a fee of £20, excluding ICWF, and service charge fees for the Surrender of Indian passport in the UK. An Indian person needs to surrender their Indian passport to get another country's citizenship. According to the Indian Citizenship Act, India does not allow dual citizenship, and if any person is found having foreign citizenship without surrendering the indian passport, then under section 12(1A) of the Passport Act, it is a cognizable offence.
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  • Megha Tandon 04 August, 2025

    To surrender your Indian passport, you need to pay a fee for surrender of the Indian passport for the applicant who has already obtained their foreign citizenship, till 31.5.2010, is £20, and for the applicants who got their foreign citizenship from 1.6.2010, they have to pay a fee of £20. Additionally, if you want to issue a duplicate surrender certificate in the UK, then you need to pay a fee of £10.

  • Aishwarya Rana 30 July, 2025

    To apply for the surrender of an Indian passport in the UK, you need to pay a fee of £20 for the Indian passport renunciation application. Here are the documents you will need to apply for Indian passport surrender: two passport-size photos, a completed application form, your original Indian passport, a Copy of your British passport, and a naturalization certificate.

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