{"id":701,"date":"2017-10-02T22:24:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T21:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comparism.com\/?p=701"},"modified":"2023-01-19T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T17:45:27","slug":"surrender-indian-passport-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparism.com\/surrender-indian-passport-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Surrender Indian Passport in the UK (2024 Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best guide on the internet for how to surrender Indian passport in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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If you are a person of Indian origin, you’re required to cancel your Indian passport after getting your foreign citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquiring British Citizenship is a lengthy process. It’s quite a journey from renewing your Visa to getting ILR (after 5\/10 years), then submitting your British Citizenship application, to finally attending the citizenship ceremony to get your certificate of naturalisation as a British Citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step is to cancel your Indian passport and receive a surrender certificate. <\/strong>I started exploring the process involved in renouncing Indian citizenship after getting my British nationality and documented the entire process. This post is your complete step-by-step guide on surrendering your Indian passport in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since publishing, this guide has been used by over 100k+ people<\/strong>. In fact, we are using it for my wife\u2019s application in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last five years, the awesome Comparism community has been helping keep this guide up to date. The process of surrendering your Indian passport and getting a Surrender Certificate has changed slightly over the years (with a few key changes), so I thought my wife’s application would be a great opportunity to update it for the latest information verified first-hand as of July 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of this guide is to fill any gaps in understanding you might have after reading the official guide (bless you!). If you\u2019ve landed on this guide, you won\u2019t need to refer to any other page on the web. Promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst I was at it, I changed the format to make it easier to read and follow. I also removed outdated comments that could be misleading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sidenote: The Mrs. was ecstatic and pleased to discover this guide that happens to be far superior to the official one, authored by someone she recognized. Extra brownie points there! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you send money to India?<\/strong><\/h4>

If you do and blindly trust your bank<\/strong> to send money to India<\/a>, you’re doing it wrong! After losing lacs in hidden charges for years, I learnt from my mistakes and never used banks for international money transfers<\/a> again.<\/p>

Let me introduce you to the alternative money transfer services in the UK<\/a> and show you how you could be losing thousands every month (without even realising it!)<\/strong>. You can stop that TODAY – check out my personally curated best money transfer deals<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Related:<\/strong> Is it illegal for NRIs to hold Resident Indian Bank accounts?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what have I covered for you today?<\/p>\n\n\n