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hi, i born in india and now became USA citizen last year. now i want to get indian visa.but its my first time i am applying for indian visa after i became US citizen i must show my indian passportin visa office.but i lost it.no idea where it is.please help me .its really very urgent.

Actually if you have your US Passport you mail it to the indian consulate in San Francisco and I got my 10 year visa on my passport in about 2 weeks or so. I think it was sooner then that, but it was a long time ago.

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Actually if you have your US Passport you mail it to the indian consulate in San Francisco and I got my 10 year visa on my passport in about 2 weeks or so. I think it was sooner then that, but it was a long time ago.

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but i raed in instructions that if i am applying for indian visa for first time on US passport i must show my indian passport.

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if you have an indian passport why can't you just USE your indian passport? Why do you need a visa? I don't understand...

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

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if you have an indian passport why can't you just USE your indian passport? Why do you need a visa? I don't understand...

I believe India does not allow dual citizenship. Didn't he also say he lost his indian passport?

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but i lost my indian passport.which i must show in visa office to have indian visa for first time on US passport,acc. to rules of indian embassy.

i dont know how far u live away from the embassy of india but if it was me i would take my usa passport and my id card from india and go in and ask them what to do........on my times of calling the consulate for india i never get a live person........and in fact flew to california to be able to go in person.......it will answer all ur questions and u might be able to pass the requirement showing ur id card

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You are misinformed. US citizens do not need an Indian passport when applying for a visa to India. You are now a US citizen, and you don't have an Indian passport anymore, just like about 285,000,000 other US citizens. Forget that you were an Indian citizen once; you are now American.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

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You are misinformed. US citizens do not need an Indian passport when applying for a visa to India. You are now a US citizen, and you don't have an Indian passport anymore, just like about 285,000,000 other US citizens. Forget that you were an Indian citizen once; you are now American.

but according to indian embassy,if indian citizen get foreign citizenship then one must have to submit his/her indian passport,so that they can cancel it.But i didnt do that, because i also came to know about this today. and i got my US citizenship last year and now want to go to india.

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Call the nearest Indian embassy and inform them that you lost your passport. I believe you're supposed to surrender your passport once you take up another country's citizenship.

Then use your US passport to get an Indian tourist visa or follow the rules to get a PIO (person of Indian origin) or OCI (overseas citizen of India) card. Google them.

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After I became an US citizen I got my tourist visa from Houston. Basically I had to go there early in the morning and give my Indian Passport and a letter saying that I am surrendering my Indian Passport. Then in the evening they will return the Indian Passport back to you after stamping on the first page of the Indian Passport saying that it is Cancelled. So basically they cancel the Indian Passport and then return it back to you and they put a Tourist Visa in American Passport.

However, since in your case you lost the Passport, I am not sure how you would do it but contacting the Indian embassy would be the first thing you should do. They have a phone number listed on the website. That number is always busy but i kept calling and finally got someone to answer from Indian embassy after constantly trying for a couple of hours. Or if you live close to one of the indian consulates you should pay a visit cuz it would be a lot easier to find information from indian embassy if you directly go to their office.

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After I became an US citizen I got my tourist visa from Houston. Basically I had to go there early in the morning and give my Indian Passport and a letter saying that I am surrendering my Indian Passport. Then in the evening they will return the Indian Passport back to you after stamping on the first page of the Indian Passport saying that it is Cancelled. So basically they cancel the Indian Passport and then return it back to you and they put a Tourist Visa in American Passport.

However, since in your case you lost the Passport, I am not sure how you would do it but contacting the Indian embassy would be the first thing you should do. They have a phone number listed on the website. That number is always busy but i kept calling and finally got someone to answer from Indian embassy after constantly trying for a couple of hours. Or if you live close to one of the indian consulates you should pay a visit cuz it would be a lot easier to find information from indian embassy if you directly go to their office.

thanks a lot. i called Indian embassy and they said photocopy of indian passport will work and that i have with me.

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