Consulate General of India
Milan
N O T I C E
Subject: Renunciation of Indian Citizenship and Surrender/Cancellation of Indian Passport
The Government of India has introduced the new system for processing of the application for ‘Renunciation of Indian Citizenship and Surrender/Cancellation of Indian Passport’ on acquiring foreign citizenship. The new procedure shall be as per the following with effect from 20th December, 2021. The new procedure would be as follows:
1. All the applicants are required to submit/register their applications on the portal of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India - https://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/Renounce by making a declaration in the Form XXII for renunciation of their Indian Citizenship.
2. After submission/registration of application on MHA’s portal, the applicants are required to submit the following after seeking proper appointment (henceforth, all the current appointments for surrender/cancellation of Indian Passport are suspended), at the Consulate General of India, Milan for further processing of renunciation of their Indian Citizenship and Surrender/Cancellation of their Indian Passport. The processing fee would be Euros 94 and Euros 114 (in respect of cases before 1.6.2010):
(i) Duly filled-in Application Form for Surrender/Cancellation of Indian Passport along with the Passport;
(ii) Finally submitted/registered application on MHA’s portal;
(iii) Copy of the Italian Passport and the Carta d’ Identita;
(iv) Online Payment Receipt (Payment to be made at least 3 days in advance from the date of submission of the application at the Consulate)
3. It may kindly be noted that with the introduction of the new system for processing of the application for ‘Renunciation of Indian Citizenship and Surrender/Cancellation of their Indian Passport’, the processing time of the application from the date of submission of the application at the Consulate, would be a minimum of 30 days subject to receiving of clearances from various Departments of Government of India.
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