Surrender of Indian Passport and Renunciation of Indian Citizenship

Henceforth, a person holding Indian Passport who has acquired foreign nationality is required to surrender his/ her Indian Passport and apply for Surrender Certificate of Indian Passport through Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi website: https://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/Renounce.

The prescribed fee for Registration of a declaration of intention for renunciation of citizenship abroad is given below:

(i) Witnessing the signing of an application or declaration mentioned in rule 38 of Citizenship Rules 2009, administering the oath of allegiance

INR 1000/-

(ii) Registration of a declaration of intention to renunciation of citizenship

INR 7000/-

Total:

INR 8000/-

Instructions for filling of online application are available on the above portal. Applicant may contact support[dot]ctznoci[at]mha[dot]gov[dot]in for matters related to website and regarding filling of online application or technical errors of the website.

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