Indian expats in the foreign can now provide their local address to be added in their passports.  The news has been confirmed by a Consul of Passport and Attestation at the Indian Consulate in Dubai. According to him, the Indian government has decided to allow NRIs, PIOs or OCIs to mention their local address in their country of residence. This can help those who have no valid address in India.

The consul said, “The NRIs who have been living in the foreign for a long time don’t have a valid address in India. Such people may request the passport authority to add their local address in the passport.”

It does not mean that you have to change the address in the existing passport. You can ask consul about the same or Services2NRI is here to know about what changes you may need in the passport. The authority won’t change the address in the valid passport. Rather, you need to raise a request for a new passport to be issued with the new local address.

Change in Address for Self-Owned & Rented NRIs House

Confused about who should apply for changes in the address?

This order is applied on both, the rented and self-owned accommodation holder NRIs.

The ones who want to make changes, they need to provide certain documents as a proof of residence. This would be done at the time of applying for a new passport. Place a request for changing the address from India to overseas.

Benefits

The mention of a local address can help NRI applicant in getting documents quickly. Certificate of No Marriage of Record (CENOMAR) and Police Clearance Certificate from India, for example, can be easily drawn if you have the local address.

The verification for these documents is mandatory from the MEA and consul. It is the best way to take least of time to get other immigration or change of status documents.

The inclusion of local address where NRIs live encourages them to change their address even if they don’t have a valid address in India.

Checklist of Documents to Change the Address in India

• Aadhaar Card/ e-Aadhaar/ Letter containing the unique Aadhaar number. But, if you don’t have (as NRIs don’t need it mandatorily), you can skip it.
• Allotment letter of the government accommodation issued by the estate office/public work
• Department of the Central/State Government in respect of their employees
• Applicant’s current and valid ration card
• Driving licence
• Duly certified/attested extract of the service record/book of the government employees (serving/retired) or the bona fide certificate issued by the employer for serving Government employees
• Election Commission Photo ID card
• Electricity bill
• Employer Certificate on letterhead from reputed and widely-known companies
• Gas connection bill
• Income Tax assessment order
• Marriage Certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriages along with address proof of spouse in respect of newly married women, if married
• Parents’ passports and parents’ address proof in case of minors (if address is different)
• Parents’ passports in case of minors (if address is the same)
• Passport of son/ daughter in case of dependent parents (if address is the same)
• Passport of son/ daughter in case of dependent parents and address proof of son/ daughter (if address is different)
• Photo Passbook of existing Bank Account (Scheduled Public Sector Banks, Scheduled Private Sector Indian Banks and Regional Rural Banks only)
• Proof of Address (POA) issued by the India Post, Department of Posts
• Rent agreement
• Spouse’s passport copy (first and last page including family details mentioning applicant’s name as spouse of the passport holder provided the applicant’s present address matches the address mentioned in the spouse’s passport)
• Spouse’s passport copy (if address is different) with spouse’s address proof
• Telephone (landline or post-paid mobile bill)
• Water bill

In short, you need to apply for changes in your passport address by raising a request for a new passport with a new address (the local address of where you live). This tweak can help you get a single status certificate or marriage certificate or any other related document for immigration.