Annexure E is required by the Indian Embassy for passport renewal and other Indian OCI services in the USA, Australia, Canada, the UK, and others.
Annexure E is simply an affidavit by an Indian-origin person to declare that they are a citizen of India by birth/descent/registration/naturalization and they have neither acquired the citizenship of another country nor have surrendered their citizenship of India.
There are several other declarations that you need to make on this Annexure including but not limited to the security threats, criminal proceedings, and that you were not sent back (deported) from any foreign country at the Indian government’s expense.
This article will discuss:
Annexure E Online
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Indian Citizenship type
Annexure E asks for your Indian citizenship type or you can say ‘How you received Indian citizenship’. There are 4 options:
- Birth – you were born in India and hence became an Indian citizen.
- Descent – means you were born in an Indian family.
- Naturalization – means you applied for Indian citizenship through the official citizenship process with the Indian government and they approved it.
- Registration – means that the Indian government gave you citizenship through a specific registration process.
You should write the correct option as to how you received your citizenship.
Multiple country citizenships
You should declare about holding multiple country citizenships. Your passport renewal may not approved if you declare wrong information or try to hide information.
India does not allow dual citizenship for its citizens.
For example, if you have received citizenship of the USA, Canada, or any other country, then you are required to surrender your Indian passport and its citizenship to the Indian embassy.
For Indian-origin people, you can apply for an OCI card to visit India without an Indian visa. Please note that you will need an Affidavit of an additional particular form to apply OCI card.
FAQ
You can write the actual real date when you moved abroad.
Example:
You left India on 1 Jan 2020 to study in the USA. You traveled back to India temporarily for 2 months to spend with family from 1 April 2021 to 30 May 2021. You then returned to the USA to continue your studies.
You should write the date of leaving India as 1 Jan 2020.
Note that if you have changed the address while staying abroad, this date should be the date you started living at your current residential address.
You can either leave your spouse’s name blank or write ‘N/A’ in the space next to your spouse’s name if you are not married at the time of applying for passport renewal.
If you are currently divorced or single, you can leave it blank or write ‘N/A’.
If you remarried after being divorced and are currently married, you should write your current spouse’s name.
You should write the current non-Indian residential address on the Annexure E form.
Moral turpitude is a crime like terrorism, theft, robbery, trafficking, kidnapping, etc.
If you have committed any such crime, you need to provide details like the Court name, offense, and prison/jail time if the judge convicted you.
Indian embassy wants to know if you were ever deported at the expense of the Government of India.
You should have reimbursed the money back to the government if they paid for your deportation.
Indian Annexure E has a declaration for pending Indian court summons or warrants against you. If you have any pending, then you should declare it here.
