Cheapest OCI Service in the UK — 2026 Price Comparison (All Services)

All services at a glance (2026)

Cheapest OCI service UK — £149

The OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card is the service with the widest price spread among UK agents. The work is identical everywhere — completing the ociservices.gov.in form, preparing documents, resizing photos to the exact 51×51mm specification and preparing you for the VFS appointment — what differs is the fee and what it includes. Here are real published prices, taken from each provider's own website on 27 August 2026:

Whichever provider you choose, the ~£248 government/VFS fee is paid by you at the appointment and cannot be discounted. Re-issues after a passport renewal and PIO-to-OCI conversions are also £149 with Sorted, and the Surrender + OCI bundle is £199 (saving £29) for new British citizens.

Cheapest Indian passport renewal UK — £99

Renewal runs on the Passport Seva portal followed by a VFS Global appointment. Sorted's £99 covers the application, document preparation and appointment help — including Tatkal (urgent) cases, name changes and children's first passports. Compare £125 at Matrix Solutions and £149 at Reload Internet (their published fees, checked 27 August 2026). The government/VFS fee is paid separately at your appointment. Standard renewals take 3–4 weeks from the appointment; Tatkal under 2 weeks.

Cheapest Indian visa service UK — £129

Tourist visas, visiting visas for parents, business visas and e-visas all start at £129 with Sorted. Government visa fees vary by type and duration (£25–£100) plus a VFS service charge (~£15–25). Bringing both parents over? The Family Visit bundle (2 visas) is £229 — saving £29.

Cheapest surrender certificate service UK — £79

Surrendering your Indian passport after British citizenship is mandatory before OCI. Sorted's fee is £79 — Matrix Solutions and other agencies charge £100 (checked 27 August 2026). The government consular fee is £30, plus the ICWF levy and the VFS charge. Most new British citizens should take the Surrender + OCI bundle at £199 instead, which sequences both applications correctly.

Cheapest NRI PAN card service UK — £69 all-inclusive

This is the one service where Sorted's price includes the government fee and postage — £69 total, nothing more to pay. Matrix Solutions charges £125 for NRI PAN (checked 27 August 2026). e-PAN typically arrives in 7–12 days; the physical card in 20–25 days. No VFS appointment is needed.

Cheapest PCC (Police Clearance Certificate) service UK — £79

An Indian PCC for emigration or employment costs £79 with Sorted — £100 at Matrix Solutions (checked 27 August 2026) — covering the Passport Seva application, document preparation and VFS booking. The government consular fee is £30 — the same schedule item as a surrender certificate, in the consular schedule in force from 1 July 2026 — plus the ICWF levy and the VFS service charge, paid at your appointment. Typical turnaround: 1–3 weeks.

Cheapest Form I birth registration service UK — £99

Registering a UK-born baby as an Indian citizen (Form I on indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in) is £99 with Sorted, plus £47.78 in government and VFS fees on the day (the £16 consular fee, the £2 ICWF levy and VFS Global's £29.78 service fee), and £18 more if the child is over one year old on the appointment date — the widest price gap of any service: full-service agencies charge up to £200 for birth registration with a minor passport (Matrix Solutions' published fee, checked 27 August 2026). Timing matters — it must be done within one year of birth, before the child holds another nationality's passport. The New Baby Complete bundle (Form I + Passport + OCI) is £279, saving £68.

How to compare providers fairly

• Ignore the government fees in adverts. They're identical everywhere and paid by you at the appointment — a provider quoting "from £25" is quoting the government fee, not their own.
• Check what the service fee includes. Photo resizing to portal spec, document checks and query/resubmission support are where cheap-looking offers quietly add extras.
• Ask about query support. If the consulate raises a query, Sorted resubmits free. Some agents charge again.
• Factor in the rejection risk. A "free" DIY application that gets queried costs weeks — and sometimes a rebooked appointment fee.

Family bundles — the cheapest route for households

Wherever you are in the UK, prices are the same — see our local pages for London, Wembley & NW London, Birmingham and Leicester.